Aug 15 2026

Bloomberg tallies $70 billion of off-balance-sheet AI credit backstops

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Residual value guarantees from chipmakers, including Broadcom's backstop of the $35 billion Project Big Sky chip lease for Anthropic, lift AI infrastructure debt to while appearing on no issuer's balance sheet.

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Anthropic holds the Sonnet 5 price increase · 70%, resolves November 30th 2026
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Nvidia beats the $91B consensus on August 26th · 75%, resolves August 31st 2026
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Anthropic keeps Model 2 unreleased through February 2027 · 70%, resolves March 1st 2027

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