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Funding · on the rundown Friday, March 6, 2026

SoftBank seeks loan of up to $40 billion to fund OpenAI investment

Covered by 5 outlets over 12 hours. First reported by Seeking Alpha at 04:43 UTC on March 6, 2026.

5 outlets

Who reported it, and when?

5 distinct reports run by 5 outlets, earliest first (UTC); a syndicated report lists every site that ran it
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Mar 6 04:43SoftBank seeks up to $40B loan to fund OpenAI investment, Bloomberg News reports
  • Seeking Alpha
Mar 6 05:15SoftBank seeks up to $40 billion loan to finance OpenAI investment
  • economictimes.indiatimes.com
Mar 6 07:00Report by Livemint
  • Livemint
Mar 6 08:00Report by businesstimes
  • businesstimes
Mar 6 16:45SoftBank eyes up to $40 billion loan to fund OpenAI investment
  • manilatimes.net

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Who was named?

More news naming OpenAI

  1. Oct 13 · AI OpenAI must turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets suit 2
  2. Oct 13 · AI Anthropic says small models near self-replication on IoT devices 6
  3. Oct 13 · AI India Today: “China building AI task force with 1,000+ scientists to beat OpenAI and Anthropic at maths” 2
  4. Oct 13 · Legal Taoiseach to chair new Cabinet committee covering AI regulation 2
  5. Oct 12 · AI Microsoft executives call for "emergency brakes" on AI models 3
  6. Oct 11 · AI Bill Gates: AI safeguards missing; bioterror risk now 50x natural pandemic 1
  7. Oct 10 · AI CNBC: “Microsoft's Nadella says AI needs an ‘emergency brake’ that humans control” 2

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