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Banks, Blackstone line up $63 billion to finance Broadcom chips for Anthropic

Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley will provide $63 billion so a special purpose vehicle can buy Broadcom AI hardware and lease it to Anthropic, CNA reported, citing the companies via Reuters.

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What's new
  1. Techmeme is now reporting this
  2. New headline Was: “Banks, Blackstone line up $63 billion for Broadcom chips for Anthropic”

Wire reporting: (Reuters, via CNA)

Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley will provide $63 billion in financing so a new special purpose vehicle can buy Broadcom AI accelerators and networking gear and lease them to Anthropic, Channel News Asia reported, citing the companies via Reuters3.

Techmeme summarized a Bloomberg account that Broadcom arranged the package with those four firms through the SPV1. Reuters published its own story the same day; this desk could not open that page2.

CNA, citing the companies, said Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley are arranging first-lien financing and Blackstone is providing the committed second-lien portion3.

Broadcom is providing residual value support to senior lenders, CNA reported, meaning it agreed to absorb declines in asset value up to the first-lien amount; the companies’ release did not state the size of that senior slice3.

Deliveries are expected to start in 2027 under a previously announced Broadcom compute-capacity agreement, the companies said3.

Apollo and Blackstone had earlier agreed to finance a $35 billion expansion of Anthropic computing capacity with Broadcom, CNA reported3.

CNA also noted Anthropic filed for an initial public offering on Monday3.

Sources

  1. TechmemeBroadcom arranges a $63B deal with BofA, Blackstone, Citi, and Morgan Stanley to finance the purchase of chips for Anthropic via a new special purpose vehicle (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)
  2. ReutersWall Street banks, Blackstone line up $63 billion to finance Broadcom chips for Anthropic
  3. (Reuters, via CNA)Wall St banks, Blackstone line up $63 billion to finance Broadcom AI chips for Anthropic

Read the original at Techmeme ↗

How it’s being reported

2 sources

First reported by CNACNA

Where they agree

  • Four firms are committing $63 billion of financing tied to Broadcom equipment for Anthropic.
  • A special purpose vehicle will own the hardware and lease it to Anthropic.
  • Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley arrange first-lien debt; Blackstone takes second-lien.
  • Hardware deliveries are expected to begin in 2027.

Where they differ

Who arranged the package

Side by side

Each outlet's article broken down by our newsroom, in our own words. To read what they wrote, use the button under each one.

TechmemeTechmeme

Broadcom arranges a $63B deal with BofA, Blackstone, Citi, and Morgan Stanley to finance the purchase of chips for Anthropic via a new special purpose vehicle (Lynn Doan/Bloomberg)

Leads with a figure in the headline.

Roundup pointing to Bloomberg’s report that Broadcom arranged $63 billion of financing with four firms for Anthropic chip purchases via an SPV.

Leaves out Lien split, residual-value terms and delivery timing in the companies’ statement via CNA.

Leads with a figure in the headline.

What it reports

  • Bloomberg’s Lynn Doan reported Broadcom arranged a $63 billion financing with Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley.
  • The structure uses a new special purpose vehicle to buy chips for Anthropic.

Leaves out Lien split, residual-value terms and delivery timing in the companies’ statement via CNA.

Read the original at Techmeme Read the full article at Techmeme