@VraserX: SoftBank is raising more than $11B in junk bonds partly to fund its next OpenAI investment. If you want one image of ho…
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SoftBank is raising over $11 billion through junk bonds to fund its next investment in OpenAI, highlighting the intense capital race in AI development.
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SoftBank is raising more than $11B in junk bonds partly to fund its next OpenAI investment.
If you want one image of how insane the AI capital race has become, this is it.
We are literally financing the race toward superintelligence with high-yield debt.
Could be genius. Could https://t.co/ko9O33PDcM
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