Broadcom in talks to arrange over $50B financing for OpenAI custom AI chips
The Wall Street Journal and other outlets report that Broadcom has been working to arrange more than $50 billion in financing for the custom AI chip project it is developing with OpenAI, with Apollo Global Management and Blackstone among the lenders in talks. Oracle is separately negotiating with Apollo and Goldman Sachs to fund a large chip purchase. The financing has not formally launched, the size and timing could still change, and both Broadcom and OpenAI declined to comment; one Taiwanese outlet put the figure at about $30 billion.
Why it matters: If completed, it would extend the trend of funding AI chip procurement through multibillion-dollar debt deals, following Broadcom's $60 billion financing effort for Anthropic.
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Broadcom Inc., fresh off the launch of a $60 billion debt financing to help fund Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence build-out, is already sketching out plans for its next blockbuster deal.
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