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Apollo Mulls Raising SoftBank Loan to $9 Billion for OpenAI Bets

Bloomberg Markets Thursday 17 September 2026, 06:17 UTC By Laura Benitez, Kari Lindberg and Scott Carpenter 1 min read
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Apollo Global Management Inc. is in talks with SoftBank Group Corp. about boosting the size of a loan to $9 billion from $5.4 billion to help the Japanese firm amplify its bets on AI giant OpenAI.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is in talks with SoftBank Group Corp. about boosting the size of a loan to $9 billion from $5.4 billion to help the Japanese firm amplify its bets on AI giant OpenAI.
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