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Anthropic is in talks to issue $36 billion in debt to fund Google TPU usage

Reported on The AI Breakdown · The AI Breakdown · Aug 6, 2026

“Anthropic is in talks with Blackstone to issue 36,000,000,000 in debt to fund the use of Google's TPUs.”
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Anthropic completes or announces $36 billion debt issuance with Blackstone

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