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Broadcom (special-purpose-vehicle borrower, financing custom AI-chip/networking capacity leased to Anthropic) (special-purpose-vehicle senior/junior debt facility (reported "in discussions"/"in talks" — not confirmed closed as of the sources found this pass), 2026-08-21) → Broadcom (capital (treasury/financing facet))

$100.0B (ceiling) — "seeks more than $60bn in debt... figures under discussion could take the total as high as $100bn"; alternate tranche breakdown of a ~$30bn junior tranche alongside a ~$60-70bn senior-secured tranche; a special-purpose vehicle would issue the debt, and "Anthropic does not buy the chips under this arrangement — investors finance the purchase, then lease the hardware to the company"; Blackstone and Apollo Global Management named as the parties in talks to participate, specifically on the junior tranche

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$100.0B (ceiling) — "seeks more than $60bn in debt... figures under discussion could take the total as high as $100bn"; alternate tranche breakdown of a ~$30bn junior tranche alongside a ~$60-70bn senior-secured tranche; a special-purpose vehicle would issue the debt, and "Anthropic does not buy the chips under this arrangement — investors finance the purchase, then lease the hardware to the company"; Blackstone and Apollo Global Management named as the parties in talks to participate, specifically on the junior tranche

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$100.0B (ceiling) — "seeks more than $60bn in debt... figures under discussion could take the total as high as $100bn"; alternate tranche breakdown of a ~$30bn junior tranche alongside a ~$60-70bn senior-secured tranche; a special-purpose vehicle would issue the debt, and "Anthropic does not buy the chips under this arrangement — investors finance the purchase, then lease the hardware to the company"; Blackstone and Apollo Global Management named as the parties in talks to participate, specifically on the junior tranche

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