Loan for a Monopoly: SoftBank Secures $40B for OpenAI Expansion

On March 27, 2026, the puzzle of OpenAI's corporate financing fell into place. SoftBank Group secured a $40 billion credit facility specifically for further injections into Sam Altman's startup.

This is the logical conclusion to the insider information we discussed recently: OpenAI was offering Private Equity funds a guaranteed return of 17.5% to capture the Enterprise segment. Classic venture capital is no longer sufficient to pay for computing power and data centers. The shift to syndicated bank loans of this magnitude proves that the AI race has turned into a battle of macroeconomic budgets. Only those foundational models backed by unlimited debt facilities will survive.

Source: Reuters / Bloomberg