{"data":{"id":2374,"lang":"en","title":"SoftBank Secures $11.87 Billion Loan to Keep Funding Its OpenAI Bet","summary":"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%.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","published_at":"2026-09-15T02:01:11Z","updated_at":"2026-09-15T02:01:11Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2374-softbank-secures-11-87-billion-loan-to-keep-funding-its-openai-bet","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2374?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2374.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://techstartups.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Softbank.jpg","word_count":153,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://techstartups.com/2026/09/14/softbank-secures-11-87-billion-to-keep-funding-openai-even-as-its-stock-plunges-13/","domain":"techstartups.com"},{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/softbank-gets-upsized-11-9-billion-loan-in-openai-funding-push","domain":"bloomberg.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2447,"title":"SoftBank si zajistil úvěr 11,87 miliardy dolarů na další financování sázky na OpenAI","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2447-softbank-si-zajistil-uver-11-87-miliardy-dolaru-na-dalsi-financovani-sazky-na","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2447?lang=cs"},"content":"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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nSoftBank 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."}}