报道称 Anthropic IPO 后预计获高收益垃圾级信用评级
Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, report says
据《金融时报》报道，Blackstone 向参与 630 亿美元 Anthropic 芯片融资交易的投资者表示，预计 Anthropic 在 IPO 后将获得“高”垃圾级信用评级，具体为 BB 区间。Blackstone 此前曾表示 Anthropic 会在 2027 年前获得投资级评级。Anthropic 本周正式提交上市申请，TechCrunch 就此联系 Anthropic 和 Blackstone，双方均拒绝置评。
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报道披露 Blackstone 对 Anthropic IPO 后信用评级的预期由投资级转为 BB 级，读者可据此了解其融资成本可能上升的背景。
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Anthropic is expected to receive a high “junk” rating from credit rating agencies following its initial public offering, according to a report from the Financial Times.
The FT says the investment giant Blackstone, the anchor investor in a recent $63 billion deal to finance Anthropic’s chips, told investors in the deal that it expects the AI lab to receive a “high” junk rating after its IPO. Previously, the FT notes, Blackstone had said the opposite: that the Claude maker would receive an investment-grade rating (indicating low risk for lenders) before 2027 rolls around.
Now Blackstone expects double B range rating, the top tier of speculative “junk” grade, according to the reporting.
TechCrunch reached out to Anthropic and Blackstone but both declined to comment.
Blackstone’s forecast is just a prediction, but naturally, a high junk rating would make it more difficult and costlier for Anthropic to raise the money to keep funding its massive spending that has undergirded its business. The lab has been on a spending spree, racking up large compute power deals throughout the past 12 months, which has worried investors .
Anthropic officially filed to go public earlier this week, kicking off a wave of speculation about how the massive IPO would impact the broader AI industry .