Banks and Blackstone plan $63 billion in financing for Anthropic's Broadcom AI gear

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The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that some banks considered pulling out. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan held last-minute talks with bank executives and agreed to higher interest rates to secure their commitments, those people told the Journal.

The Journal describes the borrower as a shell company whose loans are to be repaid with Anthropic’s lease payments. Reuters says Broadcom is providing senior lenders with “residual value support,” effectively a significant guarantee within the financing structure. That protection does not extend to every portion of the deal: the Journal reports that a separate, riskier portion will not carry a Broadcom guarantee.

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