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SoftBank reportedly slashes OpenAI-backed loan from $10 billion to $6 billion as lenders balk at private AI valuations

$4 billion. That's what just evaporated from SoftBank's OpenAI-backed loan as lenders lose faith in private AI valuations.

Reporting by The Decoder 1 min brief
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Why it matters

SoftBank's loan reduction signals growing skepticism among institutional lenders about how to value pre-IPO AI companies, raising questions about the gap between market expectations and actual financeable value in the sector.

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4 to know

  1. SoftBank reduced OpenAI-backed loan from $10B to ~$6B

  2. Lenders citing difficulty reliably assessing unlisted company valuations

  3. Suggests market skepticism on private AI company valuations

  4. OpenAI remains unlisted despite $150B+ implied valuations in secondary markets

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Publisher excerpt: SoftBank has reduced a loan secured by OpenAI shares from 10 to around 6 billion dollars. Lenders are apparently reluctant to reliably assess the value of an unlisted company like OpenAI.
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