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>>tedsan+(OP)
Where are they getting the $500B? Softbank's market cap is 84b and their entire vision fund is only $100b, Oracle only has $11b cash on hand, OpenAI's only raised $17b total...

>>383toa+0b
>> Where are they getting the $500B? Softbank's market cap is 84b and their entire vision fund is only $100b, Oracle only has $11b cash on hand, OpenAI's only raised $17b total...

1. The outlays can be over many years.

2. They can raise debt. People will happily invest at modest yields.

3. They can raise an equity fund.

>>Turing+Af
Soooo this isn’t so much ‘announcing an investment’ as ‘announcing an investment opportunity’?

Why not continue:

4. They can start a kickstarter or go fund me

5. They can go on Dragons’ Den

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>>jamesh+vg
>> 4. They can start a kickstarter or go fund me

Debt/Equity Fundraising is basically a kickstarter! Remarkably similar.