Anthropic expected to receive high ‘junk’ rating from credit agencies following IPO, FT report says
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Anthropic is expected to receive a high junk rating from credit rating agencies following its IPO, according to the Financial Times. Blackstone, the anchor investor, reportedly told investors the rating would be in the double-B range, reversing earlier expectations of an investment-grade rating and potentially making fundraising costlier. TechCrunch notes that Anthropic and Blackstone declined to comment, framing the rating outlook as a material risk to its expansive AI compute spending.