Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is up 4.8% in pre-market trading on Wednesday, April 8, riding the wave of bullish optimism generated by a new Anthropic partnership.
Together with Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the two companies struck a major agreement to secure critical artificial intelligence (AI) chip capacity by early 2027.
In an official statement, Anthropic CEO Krishna Rao described the deal as a key step in scaling the firm’s infrastructure in line with surging demand.
Moreover, the management further emphasized that the agreement represents its largest compute commitment so far, aimed at keeping pace with what it called unprecedented expansion.
“We’ve signed an agreement with Google and Broadcom for multiple gigawatts of next-generation TPU capacity, coming online starting in 2027, to train and serve frontier Claude models,” Anthropic announced on X.
Broadcom scales its U.S. operations
Separately, Broadcom disclosed in a securities filing on Monday, April 6, stating that the agreement includes a long-term supply assurance arrangement extending through 2031.
The company also noted that most of the new infrastructure will be developed in the United States, which aligns with the previously announced $50 billion investment in domestic computing capacity.
As witnessed by the rising share prices, investors welcomed the new announcements positively, seeing potential long-term revenue streams tied to one of the world’s largest tech companies.
However, the fact remains that Broadcom has been quite a volatile stock, having recorded multiple swings of more than 5% over the past year. In other words, the latest gains could be meaningful, but it still remains to be seen whether the recently revealed moves will prove transformative to the company’s long-term outlook.
Following the release of Anthropic’s press release, Bernstein gave AVGO shares a “Buy” rating with a $525 price target, while a number of other analysts reiterated their positive ratings, including JP Morgan, Bank of America (BofA), and Goldman Sachs.
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