Broadcom Seeks Over $60B in AI Chip Debt Deal, Potentially $100B Total

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Broadcom seeks more than $60B in AI chip financing, may include a ~$30B junior tranche and guarantee part of a $60–70B senior-secured tranche, potentially totaling ~$100B to back Anthropic and others.

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Broadcom is lining up a debt package that starts at more than $60 billion, could include a roughly $30 billion junior tranche, and might total as much as $100 billion to underwrite AI chip deals that would help customers including Anthropic. The proposal would have Broadcom guarantee part of a $60 to $70 billion senior-secured tranche, which is unusual for a silicon vendor and reads like a new way to finance customer adoption of hardware. Bloomberg’s deal reporters and industry analysts treat this as a test of whether capital markets will bankroll an industry pivot from product sales to financed deployments.