By Proactive
Publication Date: 2026-08-21 06:40:00
Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO, XETRA:1YD), the US semiconductor company, is in talks to raise more than $60 billion in debt to fund a financing deal that would supply AI chips to Anthropic and other companies.
That is according to Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter.
The talks point to the scale of borrowing now being lined up to build out AI computing capacity.
How the deal is structured
The financing could include a junior debt tranche of roughly $30 billion, according to the report.
A tranche is a slice of a larger borrowing, each carrying its own risk and repayment terms.
Broadcom would guarantee part of a senior-secured tranche that could range from about $60 billion to $70 billion.
Senior-secured debt ranks first for repayment and is backed by specific assets, making it lower…
