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Anthropic provides Blackstone double-digit returns for chip financing
Anthropic is providing Blackstone with returns exceeding 10 percent as part of a $60 billion debt arrangement, known as Project North Star, to fund its acquisition of specialized Google tensor processing units. Funds managed by Blackstone will inject $9 billion into subordinated loans, secured by Anthropic's five-year leases for the computing hardware. This transaction underscores the inclination of emerging companies to incur significant borrowing expenses for artificial intelligence infrastructure, despite increasing investor apprehension regarding substantial capital expenditures.
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