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Anthropic offers Blackstone over 10% yield on $9B chip financing deal

San Francisco-based Anthropic seeks $9 billion debt financing from Blackstone with double-digit yield backed by chip lease payments.

Oct 20, 2026, 12:06 PM By the Genius Eye newsroom (City Reporter) · Fact-checkedHow we report

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Anthropic, a company based in San Francisco, is offering Blackstone a yield exceeding 10 percent as part of its efforts to secure financing for a new chip deal, the Financial Times reported on October 16, according to milwaukeesun.com.

The proposed financing involves Blackstone funds investing $9 billion in debt, which would be secured by Anthropic's lease payments on the chips over a five-year period, sources familiar with the matter told the Financial Times.

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milwaukeesun.com: Anthropic offers Blackstone double - digit yield on chip financing

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