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Bloomberg reports Nvidia has enlisted Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock and Brookfield to help source $500 billion of financing for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, while Intel completed an upsized equity sale of about $20 billion. That combination matters because it turns Nvidia into both a technology supplier and an organizer of capital, the company is helping build the funding plumbing behind AI deployments. Investors should note this is a redistribution of project risk and fees from pure hardware makers to asset managers and sponsors.