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  "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/softbank-issues-11-1-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T00:13:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
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    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/softbank-issues-111-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push-6406761"
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  "account": "Technology investor SoftBank Group has issued $11.1 billion in dollar and euro-denominated bonds, according to a filing on September 24. The company aims to generate cash to continue investing in artificial intelligence. The bonds include $1 billion in senior notes with a 3-1/2-year term, $4.5 billion in 5-1/2-year senior notes, and another $4.5 billion in 7-1/2-year senior notes. The interest rates on these bonds are 8.625%, 9.25%, and 9.75%, respectively. SoftBank also issued two €500 million tranches of euro-denominated senior notes with 4 and 6-year terms, yielding 7.125% and 8%, respectively. These bonds will be employed to fund the final $10 billion tranche of a $30 billion investment that SoftBank committed to making in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. When completed, this total investment will amount to $64.6 billion, taking into account the earlier $30 billion investment. Earlier this month, SoftBank issued ¥1 trillion ($6.32 billion) in corporate bonds for retail investors.",
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        "outlet": "Mashable",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/openai-hires-patreons-co-founder-as-its-creator-push-expands",
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        "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/softbank-issues-11-1-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push-9447495",
        "published": "2026-09-24T00:13:20.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "SoftBank issues $11.1 billion in bonds in OpenAI financing push",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/softbank-issues-11-1-billion-in-bonds-in-openai-financing-push",
        "published": "2026-09-24T00:54:45.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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