Blackstone Pitches Massive Debt Financing for Anthropic Chip Deal
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Blackstone has held preliminary discussions with investors about a second large debt financing package to fund Anthropic's use of Alphabet's Google chips. The proposed deal could involve at least $36 billion in debt, surpassing the $35 billion deal finalized by Apollo and Blackstone about two months ago. This follows Anthropic's confidential IPO filing as it aims to go public before rival OpenAI.
Blackstone Group has engaged in preliminary discussions with investors to gauge interest in a second massive debt financing package intended to fund Anthropic PBC's use of chips from Alphabet's Google. According to sources familiar with the matter, a preliminary proposal involves at least $36 billion in debt, which would exceed the $35 billion debt package that Apollo Global Management and Blackstone finalized about two months ago. This potential new financing round comes on the heels of Anthropic's confidential filing for an initial public offering in the United States, as the company seeks to beat competitor OpenAI to the public markets.
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- IPO = Initial Public Offering — первичное публичное размещение акций
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