Anthropic is offering Blackstone a yield of more than 10 percent to finance its latest chip deal, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Blackstone funds would invest 9 billion dollars in debt backed by Anthropic’s five year lease payments on the chips. The reported pricing attaches to the junior side of the 60 billion dollar Broadcom chip financing package that banks have been syndicating since early October, and Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report.
Anthropic offers Blackstone double-digit yield on chip debt
Anthropic is offering Blackstone a yield of more than 10 percent to finance its latest chip deal, the Financial Times reported on Friday, with Blackstone funds set to invest 9 billion dollars in debt backed by the company's five year lease payments on the chips.
Why it matters: A double digit yield on the junior slice of the Anthropic chip financing prices the credit risk lenders see in AI hardware debt, even for the strongest private borrower in the sector.
Data as of Friday, October 16, 2026, 21:42 ET. Single sourced to Financial Times reporting, via the Reuters summary read in full; Reuters said it could not immediately verify the report, hence grade C. Developing item.
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- Anthropic offers Blackstone double-digit yield in latest chip financing · Financial Times · 2026-10-16
- Anthropic offers Blackstone double-digit yield in chip-financing deal, FT reports · Reuters, via Devdiscourse · 2026-10-16