[lotsofpulp]

It’s legal because both sides have armies of lawyers and are voluntarily entering into contracts where each party gets consideration.

How someone can compare the above situation to a person getting a payday loan to put a roof over their head or food on their plate is beyond me.

The “it’s like <insert wild and inappropriate analogy to stoke emotion>” is a tired trope.

[bandrami]

Come on, calling a round of vendor financing (which is what the NVIDIA money is) "funding" is eggregiously misleading. The only new money entering the sector from this is SoftBank's stake.

[lotsofpulp]

They might have dressed up the wording, but the details are all there for anyone who wants to objectively look at the deal. It is a group of two executives making a non coerced deal and disclosing the required information to investors.

Might be a stupid gamble, but it's not akin to a loan shark shaking down a hungry, cold person for life's essentials.