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Anthropic Google Chip Financing

Alphabet Inc. · 2026-08-04 · Importance 58 · Surprise 42

Blackstone is reportedly discussing a second debt package of at least $36 billion to finance Anthropic’s procurement of Google custom AI chips. The potential financing would follow a previously arranged $35 billion debt package supporting Anthropic’s lease of Google chips. The reported transactions indicate substantial external financing demand for Google’s TPU capacity and deepen Alphabet’s strategic relationship with Anthropic.

Key facts

• Blackstone is reportedly in early discussions with investors to arrange a second substantial debt package potentially worth at least $36 billion to fund Anthropic PBC's procurement of chips from Alphabet's Google source
• A prior $35 billion debt package was arranged by Apollo Global Management Inc. and Blackstone to finance Anthropic's lease of Google's custom chips source
• Anthropic is preparing for a confidential US IPO filing to go public before its rival OpenAI (reported alongside discussions of debt financings for chip procurement) source