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SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to raise as much as $100 billion from Gulf investors to finance an ambitious artificial intelligence investment strategy, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions.

SoftBank Group has raised $11.1 billion in dollar- and euro-denominated bonds in the largest high-yield corporate bond sale ​globally on record as the tech investment conglomerate seeks to fund its mammoth bet on OpenAI.

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SoftBank Group Corp. moved forward Monday with an offering of $10 billion in dollar-denominated and €1 billion in euro

SoftBank Group Corp. secured an additional $450 million to increase the size of an existing credit line to $6.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said, giving the Japanese conglomerate more financial flexibility as it expands investments in artificial intelligence.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is in talks with SoftBank Group Corp. about boosting the size of a loan to $9 billion from $5.4 billion to help the Japanese firm amplify its bets on AI giant OpenAI.

SoftBank Group disclosed in a 13F filing that Intel stock represented nearly 67% of its disclosed U.S. equity portfolio as of June 30, 2026, with the position totaling 86,956,522 shares valued at $12,141,739,167.

 Hyundai Motor Group on ​Thursday disclosed that it would make U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics a wholly owned subsidiary by acquiring SoftBank Group’s stake ‌of around 10%, a move it said would help it deploy advanced robotics across its operations.

Hyundai Motor Group plans to buy SoftBank Group’s remaining 9.65% ​stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 ‌million to make the U.S. robotics firm a wholly owned subsidiary, South Korea’s ​Maeil Business Newspaper reported on ​Friday.

Japan’s SoftBank Group plans to invest 45 billion euros ($53 billion) over the next five years to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in France, the company said on Sunday.

SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) shares rose sharply on Tuesday, extending gains into a fourth consecutive session as optimism over the company’s exposure to artificial intelligence and chipmaking drove strong gains.

SoftBank booked a yearly gain of $46 billion at its Vision Fund driven mainly by the huge rise in value of its investment in OpenAI.

SoftBank Group said on Friday it has secured a $40 ​billion bridge loan to bolster investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and for general corporate ‌purposes, marking another significant step in its artificial intelligence strategy.

SoftBank Group Corp. is working to build a massive AI data center on federally owned land in Ohio that it’s planning to power with roughly $33 billion worth of natural gas-fired electricity to be installed by the end of the decade.

OpenAI has closed a $110 billion funding round, a financing that’s more than double the size of its last raise a year ago, which was a record for a private tech company.

SoftBank has completed its $40 billion investment commitment to OpenAI, sources told CNBC’s David Faber.

SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc., a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

SoftBank Group  is racing to close a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by year-end through an array of cash-raising schemes, including a sale of some investments, and could tap its undrawn margin loans borrowed against its valuable ownership in chip firm Arm Holdings , sources said.

SoftBank Group Corp. is studying potential acquisitions including data center operator Switch Inc., people with knowledge of the matter said, underscoring billionaire founder Masayoshi Son’s growing ambitions to ride an AI-fueled boom in digital infrastructure.

SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in U.S. chipmaker Nvidia for $5.83 billion as the Japanese giant looks to capitalize on its “all in” bet on ChatGPT maker OpenAI.