Meta, SpaceX Raise $135 Billion for AI and Chips as Anthropic Eyes $100 Billion IPO
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 26
Meta, SpaceX Raise $135 Billion for AI and Chips as Anthropic Eyes $100 Billion IPO
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 26
Summary
Meta said it could raise up to $95 billion through stock sales, while SpaceX said it closed a $40 billion debt round to buy chips for data centers.
The fundraising reflects intensifying capital needs in AI, as companies pour billions into data centers and semiconductors needed to train and run models.
Meta said earlier this month it was prudent to raise money before rivals absorb available capital, citing recent or expected fundraising by Alphabet, SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.
Anthropic added to that pressure on Monday by releasing financial figures ahead of a planned IPO later this year that could seek more than $100 billion.
The financing wave comes as investors question heavy AI infrastructure spending and technology stocks have largely fallen over the past month.
With tech giants draining billions for AI, will the impending multitrillion-dollar infrastructure war trigger a catastrophic collapse of global capital markets?
As Meta and SpaceX hoard cash for gigawatt data centers, can the physical energy grid survive this unprecedented artificial intelligence power grab?