The chip loan just went private. broadcom is in early talks with apollo and blackstone for…
the chip loan just went private. broadcom is in early talks with apollo and blackstone for financing above 50 billion dollars to build custom ai chips for openai, per oct 10 reporting.
the bond market is now the second choice.
Context
The Wall Street Journal reported on Oct 8, per TickerGrove and TIKR, that Broadcom is arranging more than 50 billion dollars of financing for the custom AI chips it is building with OpenAI. Apollo and Blackstone are among the lenders it approached, and talks are early.
FinancialMarkets.com says Oracle is also exploring debt for AI infrastructure.
The 50 billion dollars plus, Apollo and Blackstone and the early stage match the sources. The reports are dated Oct 8, not Oct 10. 'The bond market is now the second choice' is the author's reading.
'the bond market is now the second choice' is the author's opinion.
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- Read the WSJ original for the loan terms.
Sources
- TIKR, Oct 8, 2026tikr.com
- TickerGrove, Oct 8, 2026tickergrove.com
- FinancialMarkets.com, Oct 8, 2026financialmarkets.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 10 October 2026 at 19:45 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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