Anthropic reportedly offers 10%+ yield on $9B chip-backed debt in $60B package
TansuYegen · x · 2026-10-18
Anthropic reportedly offered Blackstone over 10% yield on $9B of debt backed by 5-year chip leases, part of a proposed $60B financing package with $18B junior debt, $42B senior debt, and roughly 1.5GW of Google AI chips. The author notes the AI race is becoming as much about access to capital as access to intelligence.
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