WSJ 称 Anthropic 630 亿美元芯片融资在 Broadcom CEO 周末谈判后敲定
WSJ: Anthropic’s $63B chip financing closed only after Broadcom CEO Hock Tan negotiated with bank executives over a weekend and agreed to higher interest rates
《华尔街日报》报道，Anthropic 的 630 亿美元芯片融资是在 Broadcom CEO 陈福阳与银行高管周末谈判、同意提高贷款利率后才完成的。Anthropic 需要这笔钱租用芯片而非直接购买，由一家壳公司向银行和 Blackstone 借款买芯片，再用 Anthropic 的租金偿还贷款。由于贷款方对单独押注一家初创公司心存顾虑，出售芯片的 Broadcom 承诺在 Anthropic 停止付款时承担大部分贷款。
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WSJ: Anthropic’s $63B chip financing closed only after Broadcom CEO Hock Tan negotiated with bank executives over a weekend and agreed to higher interest rates on the loans.
Anthropic needed $63B to lease chips it can’t afford to buy outright, so a shell company borrowed that money from banks and Blackstone, will buy the chips, and will repay the loans from Anthropic’s rent payments.
Because lenders were nervous about lending against a startup alone, Broadcom (which sells the chips) promised to cover most of the loans if Anthropic stops paying, and agreed to higher interest rates to get the deal signed.