TSMC may put 500 million dollars in Anthropic

TSMC may put up to 500 million dollars in Anthropic and the same in OpenAI, TSMC said on the 10th of November 2026.

TSMC is the Taiwanese company that makes chips for Nvidia, Apple and others. Both amounts are upper limits, written as "not to exceed" in the statement.

Two deals, two kinds of shares

TSMC would buy Anthropic common shares at the price of its initial public offering, or IPO, the board said. An IPO is when a company first sells shares to the public.

For OpenAI, TSMC would buy preferred stock. That is a kind of share that usually gets paid before common shares.

Bigger spending at home

The same board approved about 40.9 billion dollars for new factory capacity, TSMC said. It also approved up to 500 million dollars for a new company to invest in the chip industry.

Below we break down the numbers

The two AI stakes come to at most 1 billion dollars together, by our arithmetic. That is about 2.4 percent of the 40.9 billion dollars approved for capacity.

TSMC reported third quarter net income of 763.06 billion Taiwan dollars, the company said.

What is confirmed and what is not

The approvals come from TSMC's own statement. TSMC did not say when the OpenAI purchase would happen.

Anthropic plans to list its shares on the 19th of November, DesignRush reported.

Key facts

TSMC approved up to 500 million dollars for Anthropic shares.

TSMC approved up to 500 million dollars for OpenAI shares.

The Anthropic shares would be bought at the IPO price.

The board also approved about 40.9 billion dollars for capacity.