Broadcom lends Anthropic $42B to buy its own chips
Broadcom agrees to lend Anthropic up to $42B to finance chip leases, following Nvidia's vendor-financing playbook and locking in its largest AI customer.
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Broadcom agrees to lend Anthropic up to $42B to finance chip leases, following Nvidia's vendor-financing playbook and locking in its largest AI customer.
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