“And as I discussed a few weeks ago, Anthropic will, outside of the very highest rung of junk, be limited in how much debt it can actually take on, and if it needs (as I estimate) around $50 billion a year, it’s hard to see how it pulls that off.”
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Unless it reaches the very highest rung of junk, Anthropic will be limited in how much debt it can take on, and if it needs around $50 billion a year (his estimate), it is hard to see how it pulls that off.
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- outside of the very highest rung of junk (their words)
- if it needs around $50 billion a year (their words)
- as I estimate (their words)
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Where's Your Ed At, Running Dry, paragraph 93.
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: Where's Your Ed At, Running Dry
And as I discussed a few weeks ago, Anthropic will, outside of the very highest rung of junk, be limited in how much debt it can actually take on, and if it needs (as I estimate) around $50 billion a year, it’s hard to see how it pulls that off.
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- 2026-11-03
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