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AI Weekly Issue #525: Nvidia may buy into Perplexity above $30B before Wednesday's earnings

Separately, Bloomberg says SoftBank plans a record ¥1 trillion, or $6.3 billion, retail bond to help repay the bridge loan behind its OpenAI stake and fund more AI deals. Put together, the signals expose next week's capital split: the chip supplier is moving toward the product layer, while the frontier investor is asking Japanese savers to finance its bets.

AI Weekly Issue #525: Nvidia may buy into Perplexity above $30B before Wednesday's earnings

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Separately, Bloomberg says SoftBank plans a record ¥1 trillion, or $6.3 billion, retail bond to help repay the bridge loan behind its OpenAI stake and fund more AI deals.

Put together, the signals expose next week's capital split: the chip supplier is moving toward the product layer, while the frontier investor is asking Japanese savers to finance its bets.

Listen for whether management now talks like a supplier, an investor, or both.

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Separately, Bloomberg says SoftBank plans a record ¥1 trillion, or $6.3 billion, retail bond to help repay the bridge loan behind its OpenAI stake and fund more AI deals. Put together, the signals expose next week's capital split: the chip supplier is moving toward the product layer, while the frontier investor is asking Japanese savers to finance its bets. Listen for whether management now talks like a supplier, an investor, or both.

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