Inside Broadcom’s Bold Move to Boost Demand for Its Chips
When Broadcom last week announced a funding venture with Apollo and Blackstone to pay for a gigawatt of computing capacity to be used by Anthropic, it looked like the latest in a series of AI computing deals funded by private equity. Behind the scenes, however, the deal represents a risky move by Broadcom to boost demand for its chips. While the announcement didn’t spell out Broadcom’s role, the company—which works with tech firms such as Google to design their AI chips—is...