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SoftBank on podcasts: where it advertises, what it's offering listeners, and what hosts say about it when they're not being paid.
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“SoftBank has a long-standing financial relationship with Open AI. To date, SoftBank has invested about $65 billion into Open AI giving it a 13% equity stake in the AI lab. SoftBank is Open AI's second largest shareholder after Microsoft. SoftBank has already stretched thin financially. They've had to take out tens of billions of dollars of loans to make their investments into Open AI. In September, the ratings agency Fitch gave SoftBank a double B plus rating, which is classified as high yield or junk.”
The transcript heavily criticizes SoftBank's financial overextension, junk-rated debt status, and involvement in a highly risky project built on unsustainable debt.
▶ Hear it“This other piece of [ __ ] soft bank company got pulled, but that was just ridiculous. That was like we work with a software or we work with a SoftBank logo on it.”
SoftBank-backed companies are criticized for having weak IPO prospects and being compared unfavorably to WeWork.
▶ Hear it“He's also one of the biggest investors in the world. In my story, Masa is the hero even though a lot of people who didn't know the story correctly might have misunderstood. So in my story, Masa took a bet on me and and he did amazing”
Masayoshi Son described as 'one of the best investors in the world' and 'one of the biggest investors in the world' who took a bet on WeWork and was heroic in the speaker's story.
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