AI funding frenzy lifts bond sales to record

· Politics · United States

US investment-grade bond sales set an annual record on Monday as a surge in artificial intelligence spending drives companies to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars. Anthropic's IPO filing revived enthusiasm for AI, while Meta announced a $95 billion stock offering to fund AI infrastructure and "personal superintelligence," SpaceX closed $40 billion in debt to buy GPUs, and Pimco bought a $4 billion slice of a SpaceX AI financing deal. The activity is testing whether investors will keep funding the AI build-out as the trade has sputtered at times.

Why it matters：The AI build-out is being financed with record debt and equity, tying technology's future to credit markets.

Key points

  • US investment-grade bond sales hit an annual record.
  • Meta plans a $95 billion stock offering for AI.
  • Pimco bought $4 billion of a SpaceX AI debt deal.

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