Anthropic receives its first credit rating of BB+, the highest level of "junk" grade.

PANews October 17 news, according to the UK Financial Times, rating agency KBRA granted Anthropic a BB+ issuer rating in June this year, the highest speculative-grade (junk) level, only one notch below investment grade, with a stable outlook. The rating applies to approximately $4.4 billion of subordinated debt within a $35 billion chip financing package, issued at a yield of about 8.5%, while senior debt carries an interest rate of 5.75%. Due to limited disclosure by Anthropic, KBRA did not obtain metrics such as free cash flow and EBITDA, and instead used a "risk score" to replace a full financial model assessment. As of the end of June, the five-year-old company had zero debt on its own balance sheet. Wall Street is preparing a new $60 billion debt package (including $18 billion of subordinated debt) to acquire custom AI chips jointly developed by Google and Broadcom. Moody's, S&P, and Fitch will ultimately decide its official rating after listing.