#AI financing

Finance AI

SoftBank's ¥1tn Retail Bond Funds Debt and Robots, Not AI

SoftBank fixed the coupon on a seven-year retail bond at 4.75%. Its own terms table says the proceeds redeem existing domestic bonds and part-fund the ABB robotics deal — not OpenAI, and not Stargate.

14h ago

Meta AI

BlackRock Preps a $12 Billion-Plus Bond Sale to Fund Meta's El Paso AI Data Center

The asset manager's GIP and HPS units own 80% of the 1 GW Texas campus vehicle, extending the off-balance-sheet playbook Meta pioneered with Hyperion in Louisiana.

Jul 21, 2026