
软银垃圾债券发行提升了孙正义全押AI赌注的风险。软银集团董事长兼CEO孙正义的押注记录喜忧参半——他对中国科技巨头阿里巴巴的投资取得了重大成功,但他也向亚当·纽曼的WeWork投入了160亿美元,最终导致该公司破产。
SoftBank junk bond sale raises stakes for CEO Son’s all-in AI bet SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son's bets have a mixed track record — his investment in Chinese tech giant Alibaba was a major success, but he also directed $16 billion to Adam Neumann's WeWork, which ultimately went bankrupt.
软银承诺在创纪录的110亿美元垃圾债券发行中支付史上最高收益率,这凸显了市场对可能过热的担忧下,孙正义必须为其全押人工智能的赌注争取回报的压力。
SoftBank’s promise to pay its highest-ever yields in a record $11 billion junk-bond offering highlights the pressure on CEO Masayoshi Son to secure returns on his all-in bet on artificial intelligence amid concerns about possible overheating in the market.
上月的软银债务发行进一步推动了今年企业借贷的急速增长,其中包括亚马逊、Alphabet和腾讯的大规模债券发行。
The SoftBank debt issuance last month added to a sharp surge in corporate borrowing this year, including major bond sales from Amazon, Alphabet and Tencent.
尤其是孙正义的投资规模,其中包括对ChatGPT制造商OpenAI总计646亿美元的支持,使这家科技与投资综合企业成为AI情绪的风向标。
The scale of Son’s investments, which include backing totaling $64.6 billion for ChatGPT maker OpenAI, in particular, has made the technology-and-investing conglomerate a bellwether for AI sentiment.