Sources: Apollo and Blackstone finalized a $35B package for Anthropic to lease TPUs; Broadcom is backstopping payments on the debt's largest senior portions (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg : Sources: Apollo and Blackstone finalized a $35B package for Anthropic to lease TPUs; Broadcom is backstopping payments on the debt's largest senior portions — Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone Inc. have finalized a $35 billion financing package for Anthropic PBC to expand its AI infrastructure …
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