Anthropic may get high 'junk' credit rating after IPO: report

Blackstone, anchor investor in a $63 billion deal financing Anthropic's chips, now expects the Claude maker to receive a double-B rating, the top tier of speculative 'junk' grade, after its IPO, the Financial Times reported. Blackstone had earlier said Anthropic would get an investment-grade rating before 2027. The AI company filed to go public this week.