{"id":719300,"date":"2026-03-28T01:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T22:00:23","slug":"why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-softbanks-new-40b-loan-points-to-a-2026-openai-ipo\/","title":{"rendered":"Why SoftBank\u2019s new $40B loan points to a 2026 OpenAI IPO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SoftBank has taken on a new $40 billion loan to help it cover its $30 billion commitment to invest in OpenAI as part the AI model maker\u2019s record-breaking $110 billion raise last month, the Japanese conglomerate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/group.softbank\/en\/news\/press\/20260327\">said on Friday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most striking is that the loan is unsecured and has a 12-month term, meaning it must be repaid or refinanced by next year. This could be a signal that the lenders believe OpenAI\u2019s highly anticipated public listing will indeed come later this year, as some markets outlets, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/03\/17\/openai-preps-for-ipo-in-2026-says-chatgpt-must-be-productivity-tool.html\">like CNBC<\/a>, have reported. The loan is provided by JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and four Japanese banks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since OpenAI\u2019s IPO is bound to be one of the largest listings ever, if it does h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en this year, that would presumably give SoftBank the liquidity to settle the debt in such a short time span. SoftBank\u2019s new $30 billion investment in OpenAI brings its total bet on the ChatGPT\u2019s maker to over $60 billion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Most striking is that the loan is unsecured and has a 12-month term, meaning it must&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":719301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2198353376.jpg?resize=1200,800","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[77337,75803,70790,5007,141199,161405,151477],"class_list":["post-719300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-ai","tag-jp-morgan","tag-goldman-sachs","tag-ipo","tag-openai","tag-softbank-group-international","tag-venture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}