TSMC approves up to $1 billion in Anthropic and OpenAI investments
TSMC’s board approved investments of up to $500 million each in Anthropic and OpenAI, positioning the chipmaker to gain stakes in major AI developers as well as supply their infrastructure. The Anthropic investment would buy shares at the company’s IPO price, while TSMC plans to use its OpenAI allocation for preferred stock. The board also approved about $40.9 billion in capital spending for capacity, fab construction and 2027 research and development, and a NT$9-per-share cash dividend. It reported third-quarter revenue of NT$1,494.24 billion and net income of NT$763.06 billion.






