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Broadcom Reportedly to Provide Anthropic Up to $42B in Financing to Rent Broadcom Chips
Per Reuters' Oct 1 exclusive, Broadcom committed up to $42B in Anthropic's IPO filing — for leasing Broadcom's own chips; the filing discloses the potential conflict of Broadcom as both supplier and creditor.
Why it mattersAnthropic has committed to $125.2 billion of TPU compute over five years, and the $42 billion covers about a third; other outlets say it is really a contingent guarantee, with Bro…
