{"id":56085,"date":"2026-04-22T21:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/japanese-tech-giant-softbank-pursues-10b-loan-using-ai-company-stakes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:37:33","slug":"japanese-tech-giant-softbank-pursues-10b-loan-using-ai-company-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/japanese-tech-giant-softbank-pursues-10b-loan-using-ai-company-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Tech Giant SoftBank Pursues $10B Loan Using AI Company Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776908253213.jpg?resize=450%2C290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776908253213.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776908253213.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group is reportedly working to secure a massive $10 billion loan using its ownership stake in artificial intelligence company OpenAI as collateral, according to a Bloomberg News report published Wednesday.<\/p><p>Sources familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the proposed financing arrangement would be structured as a two-year margin loan, with SoftBank having the flexibility to extend the borrowing period for an additional 12 months if needed.<\/p><p>The loan would be backed by SoftBank&#8217;s shares in OpenAI, the company behind the popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence platform that has revolutionized how people interact with AI technology.<\/p><p>Reuters has not been able to independently confirm the details of this reported loan arrangement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese investment firm SoftBank Group is reportedly working to secure a massive $10 billion loan using its ownership stake in artificial intelligence company OpenAI as collateral. The proposed two-year financing deal would include an option to extend the borrowing period by another year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1776908253213.jpg?fit=450%2C290&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-eAB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43286,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/japanese-tech-giant-softbank-obtains-40b-loan-for-openai-partnership\/","url_meta":{"origin":56085,"position":0},"title":"Japanese Tech Giant SoftBank Obtains $40B Loan for OpenAI Partnership","author":"Admin","date":"March 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"SoftBank Group has obtained a massive $40 billion bridge loan to expand its investment in artificial intelligence company OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. 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