Broadcom leads 83.5t-won financing, backs Anthropic AI chip risk

U.S. semiconductor corporations Broadcom are joining hands with major financial firms to raise about 83.5 trillion won needed for Anthropic’s semiconductor purchases. Under the structure, financial firms raise funds through loans and other means to buy AI Semiconductor and lease them to Anthropic. Broadcom said it would shoulder losses within a certain range from declines in the value of semiconductors and equipment to reduce the investment risk for financial firms.

Broadcom said on the 26th (local time) that it signed a $63 billion (about 83.5 trillion won) financing deal with Bank of America (BofA), Blackstone, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley to build Anthropic’s AI computing infrastructure.

The transaction will be carried out through a newly established special purpose vehicle (SPV). When financial firms provide loans and investment funds, the SPV uses them to purchase Broadcom’s custom AI accelerator…