# SoftBank Secures $11.87 Billion Loan to Keep Funding Its OpenAI Bet

*2026-09-15 02:01 UTC · Business · 1 min read*

> SoftBank sealed an upsized $11.87 billion loan from about 20 banks to keep funding its roughly $65 billion OpenAI investment, even as its own stock slid 13%.

SoftBank Group sealed an upsized $11.87 billion two-year loan from roughly 20 banks last week, beating its initial $10 billion target, to help finance its investment in OpenAI. The Tokyo-based conglomerate, led by Masayoshi Son, is on track to pour close to $65 billion into the ChatGPT maker by October.

The fresh financing lands as SoftBank shares slid as much as 13% on Monday, their sharpest drop since late June, as equity investors grow wary of whether the AI spending spree can justify current valuations. Credit markets are telling a different story: the loan was oversubscribed, showing banks remain confident enough to keep lending against the bet.

SoftBank also plans to use part of the proceeds to retire the remaining $25.9 billion balance on an earlier $40 billion bridge loan, due September 15. The financing underscores how deep SoftBank has gone into OpenAI even as broader AI-stock jitters ripple through markets this week.

## Sources

- [techstartups.com](https://techstartups.com/2026/09/14/softbank-secures-11-87-billion-to-keep-funding-openai-even-as-its-stock-plunges-13/)
- [bloomberg.com](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/softbank-gets-upsized-11-9-billion-loan-in-openai-funding-push)

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