SoftBank Group is pushing hard to finalize a $22.5 billion funding commitment to OpenAI by the end of the year. CEO Masayoshi Son is executing a series of cash-raising strategies, including selling off investments and possibly tapping into undrawn margin loans tied to its stake in Arm Holdings. This move marks one of Son's largest bets on artificial intelligence as he works to enhance SoftBank's competitive position in the sector. So far, he has liquidated SoftBank's entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia and sold $4.8 billion worth of T-Mobile shares. To streamline operations, Son has tightened deal approvals at SoftBank's Vision Fund, requiring his explicit consent for any deal over $50 million. The company aims to take its payments app, PayPay, public, with expectations of raising over $20 billion in an IPO that has been delayed until the first quarter of next year due to the U.S. government shutdown. Additionally, SoftBank is looking to divest some of its shares in Didi Global as the ride-hailing service prepares to list in Hong Kong after being forced to delist in the U.S. OpenAI has yet to receive the funding from SoftBank but is expected to do so by the end of 2025. SoftBank has various capital sources it could leverage, such as margin loans, cash reserves, and stakes in publicly traded firms. The company invested in OpenAI at a valuation of $300 billion back in April, and that figure has since surged to nearly $900 billion, which could yield significant gains for SoftBank once the deal is finalized.