Aug 20 2026

Broadcom talks to lenders about raising more than $60 billion in debt to finance AI chips for Anthropic and others, with a roughly $30 billion junior tranche under discussion and Broadcom guaranteeing part of the senior debt.

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Bloomberg reported the talks; Blackstone and Apollo are among expected participants and some structures push the package toward $100 billion. It extends the June arrangement to fund more than 20 gigawatts of Anthropic compute by 2028, and is the clearest vendor-financing structure of the AI cycle so far.

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