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Havish Gupta

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In 2018, WeWork tried to raise $20 billion from SoftBank's Vision Fund. The deal was almost finalized, but major investors in the fund, including Saudi Arabia opposed it, causing the deal to collapse. Now, in 2025, OpenAI has raised a $40 billion round with SoftBank as the major backer.

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