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  "id": 9447495,
  "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",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T00:13:20.000Z",
  "source": {
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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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  "summary": "SoftBank Group has issued $11.1 billion in bonds to fund its investments in artificial intelligence, with a focus on OpenAI. The company issued dollar-denominated senior notes of $1 billion at a 3-1/2-year term, $4.5 billion at 5-1/2 years, and $4.5 billion at 7-1/2 years, with interest rates of 8.625%, 9.25%, and 9.75% respectively. Additionally, the company issued two €500 million tranches of euro-denominated senior notes with terms of four and six years, yielding 7.125% and 8%. These bonds will be used to fund the final $10-billion tranche of $30 billion SoftBank has committed to investing in OpenAI, bringing its total investment in the company to $64.6 billion.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "OpenAI hires Patreon’s co-founder as its creator push expands",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/openai-hires-patreons-co-founder-as-its-creator-push-expands",
        "published": "2026-09-23T22:05:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "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": "2026-09-24T00:13:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "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."
}