日本时间10月1日支付第三笔也是最后一笔100亿美元款项后，软银集团已完成对OpenAI的300亿美元后续投资。软银集团周四表示，这笔款项通过其愿景基金2支付。
SoftBank Group has completed its $30bn follow-on investment in OpenAI, after paying the third and final $10bn tranche on 1 October, Japan time. The Japanese group made the payment through its Vision Fund 2, it said on Thursday.
随着此次付款完成，软银已累计向OpenAI投入646亿美元，持股比例约为13%。
With this payment, SoftBank has now put $64.6bn into OpenAI in total, for a stake of about 13%.
软银于2月下旬敲定这笔300亿美元的投资承诺，并将其分成三笔等额款项，分别于4月1日、7月1日和10月1日支付。
It agreed the $30bn commitment in late February and split it into three equal payments, due on 1 April, 1 July and 1 October.
这笔资金是OpenAI 1220亿美元融资轮的一部分，该轮融资将这家ChatGPT开发商的估值推至8520亿美元。亚马逊承诺为该轮融资最多投入500亿美元，英伟达和软银则各承诺投入300亿美元。
The money formed part of OpenAI’s $122bn funding round, which valued the ChatGPT maker at $852bn. Amazon committed up to $50bn to that round, while Nvidia and SoftBank committed $30bn each.
为支付最后一笔款项，软银使用了9月24日宣布的外币债券发行所得资金。
To cover the final tranche, SoftBank used the proceeds of a foreign-currency bond sale announced on 24 September.
该债券发行募资111亿美元，路透社称此次交易是全球规模最大的高收益公司债发行。
The bonds raised $11.1bn, and Reuters described the deal as the world’s largest high-yield corporate bond issue.
与此同时，软银已了结3月与银行签署的400亿美元过桥贷款，该贷款用于为这项投资提供资金。软银曾从该贷款中提取300亿美元，并于9月初提前偿还了剩余的259亿美元。
At the same time, SoftBank has closed the $40bn bridge loan it signed with banks in March to fund the investment. It had drawn $30bn of that facility and repaid the outstanding $25.9bn early in September.
9月30日，软银还取消了其中从未提取的100亿美元额度。公司表示，完成这一操作后，过桥贷款项下的借款已全部偿还，不再有任何款项可以提取。
On 30 September, SoftBank also cancelled the $10bn it had never drawn. As a result, the company said, all borrowing under the bridge loan has been repaid, and nothing more can be drawn from it.
在此次最新投资承诺之前，自2024年9月以来，软银已通过愿景基金2向OpenAI投资346亿美元。
Before the latest commitment, SoftBank had already invested $34.6bn in OpenAI through Vision Fund 2 since September 2024.
新增的300亿美元投资将使由创始人孙正义领导的软银成为OpenAI最大股东之一。
The new $30bn makes the group, led by founder Masayoshi Son, one of OpenAI’s largest shareholders.