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The AI hardware supply chain is shifting from venture equity to asset-backed private credit financing.

The unprecedented capital scale of custom silicon and infrastructure build-outs has driven frontier AI labs to finance compute clusters through structured, hardware-secured private debt rather than diluting equity.

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AI & Frontier Tech
Apollo, Blackstone, and Broadcom Seal Landmark $35 Billion 'Chip Financing' Deal for Anthropic

It highlights how an AI developer transitioned to structured, off-balance-sheet asset financing rather than raising traditional dilutive equity.

AI & Frontier Tech
Apollo and Blackstone Finalize Record $35 Billion Private Credit Financing for Anthropic

It shows how an AI developer secured record-breaking private debt funding using custom hardware chips as capital security.