# Anthropic reportedly offers Blackstone 10%+ yield for TPU financing

_Published Friday, October 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM EDT · AI, Products · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

Anthropic is offering Blackstone a 10%+ yield to help finance a $60B debt package to buy Google TPUs, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. Blackstone would invest $9B in the debt. The high borrowing costs complicate Anthropic's goal of achieving investment-grade status.

## Sources

- [Techmeme](https://www.techmeme.com/261016/p29#a261016p29)

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