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Anthropic is considering securing an additional $36 billion in debt financing to support its use of Google chips.

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According to a Bloomberg report, Blackstone Group has held preliminary discussions with investors to gauge their interest in a second massive debt financing plan, designed to fund Anthropic PBC’s use of chips from Alphabet’s Google. Per people familiar with the matter, the preliminary proposal involves at least $36 billion in debt, which would exceed the $35 billion debt package agreed by Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone roughly two months ago. This potential new financing round comes after Anthropic secretly filed its initial public offering (IPO) application with the U.S., as the company aims to go public ahead of its rival OpenAI.

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