Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom Eye Up to $5B of Meta’s Stock Sale

Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom have “severally and not jointly, indicated an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of $5.0 billion of shares of Class A Common Stock offered in the Common Stock Offering,” Meta Platforms said in a press release on 26 October 2026, as it launched about $35 billion of stock offerings. Meta said the indications of interest “are not binding agreements or commitments to purchase.”

The offerings are about $22.5 billion of Class A common stock under forward sale agreements and about $12.5 billion of depositary shares representing mandatory convertible preferred stock. Meta said it expects $135 to $145 billion of capital expenditures in 2026, as our Meta offering piece reported.

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What Meta Says About the Chipmakers

The release calls the three companies the “Cornerstone Investors”. It says they would buy “at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as the other purchasers in the Common Stock Offering.”

Because the interest is not binding, the release says, any of them “may determine to purchase more, fewer, or no shares”, and the underwriters may sell them more, fewer or no shares. The underwriters receive the same discount on any shares the three buy.

Source: Meta Platforms press release (PR Newswire), 26 October 2026, 06:58 EDT.

What Was Posted on X

Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) posted at 11:00 GMT on 26 October that Meta launched a $35B equity offering to finance AI infrastructure, with $22.5B in common stock and $12.5B in convertible preferred shares, and that Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom have expressed interest in investing up to $5B combined. The post adds that Meta targets $135B-$145B in 2026 capex with another $60B stock-sale program planned for 2027, and names rising AI financing needs and potential shareholder dilution as the key risk; that risk line is the poster’s view.

How the $35 Billion Offering Is Built

Meta said it does not expect to receive any proceeds initially from the common stock offering. Meta will deliver shares to Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs affiliates under forward sale agreements on dates it chooses on or before 19 November 2027, the release says.

Source: Meta Platforms press release (PR Newswire), 26 October 2026. Sizes are approximate, as stated in the release.

Each share of preferred stock will automatically convert, for settlement on or about 15 August 2029, into a variable number of shares, according to the release. Meta intends to apply to list the depositary shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “METAM.” It also plans an approximately $60 billion at-the-market program in Class C stock, not expected to begin until the first quarter of 2027, and says it has not entered into any agreement for it.

The Chipmakers and Meta’s Funding Plan

The release says Meta intends to fund its investments through “a balanced mix of operating cash flow, investment-grade debt, strategic partnerships, and equity capital.” It says Meta is building four superclusters with more than one gigawatt of capacity each and is investing in custom silicon aimed at reducing the cost of compute.

The release we read does not describe what Meta buys from Nvidia, AMD or Broadcom. On 24 October, Bloomberg reported that the AI boom increasingly runs on circular money, with chipmakers and cloud giants investing in or lending to AI companies that then buy their chips and compute, as our Nvidia guarantee piece reported.

Connecting the Coverage

Meta’s 21 October information statement said its adviser had put the most Meta could raise in equity at about $700 billion over a number of years without Mark Zuckerberg’s voting power falling below 50%, as our $700B filing piece reported. Meta’s 10-Q listed approximately $355.73 billion of leases not yet commenced as of 30 September, as our leases piece reported.

In the same week, Elon Musk wrote that debt markets “have almost entirely shut off access to money for any company that doesn’t have substantial revenue independent of AI data centers,” as our SpaceX debt piece reported. Nebius chief executive Arkady Volozh said some capital sources were “temporary closed, like asset-backed or debt market,” as our neocloud piece reported.

The Structural Read

As we read it, the indicated interest is small next to the plan: up to $5.0 billion sits inside about $22.5 billion of common stock, and Meta says it expects $135 to $145 billion of capital expenditures in 2026.

As we read it, the structure spreads the cash out in time: Meta says it does not expect to receive proceeds from the common stock initially, and the forward sale agreements settle on dates it specifies on or before 19 November 2027.

Bloomberg reported on 24 October that chipmakers and cloud giants increasingly invest in or lend to AI companies that then buy their chips and compute. Meta’s release does not describe what Meta buys from Nvidia, AMD or Broadcom.

Three Implications

FOR META SHAREHOLDERS The release says the depositary shares will automatically convert into common stock for settlement on or about 15 August 2029, and that a separate $60 billion Class C program is planned from the first quarter of 2027.

FOR THE THREE CHIPMAKERS The release says they would buy at the same price and on the same terms and conditions as other purchasers, and may buy more, fewer or no shares.

FOR AI FINANCING Meta says it intends to fund its investments through a balanced mix of operating cash flow, investment-grade debt, strategic partnerships and equity capital.

The Business Engineer Lens

This story maps onto the Business Engineer framework The AI Capex Map.

The framework sets out to map the financing of AI: “How the money flows, where it cracks, what it buys, who can absorb it, and what happens when revenue can’t catch up.”

As we read it, chipmakers offering to buy a share of Meta’s stock sale is one answer to “how the money flows”. The framework was published in May 2026 and does not discuss this offering.

What Is Not Established

The chipmakers’ interest is not a commitment, and the release does not give the split between Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom. The offerings had launched but not priced when we read the release. The $60 billion program has no agreement, and its timing, size and terms have not been determined. We did not contact Meta, Nvidia, AMD or Broadcom.

The Bottom Line

Meta’s 26 October release says Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom have indicated an interest in buying up to $5.0 billion of the Class A common stock in its roughly $35 billion of offerings, at the same price as other buyers. The interest is not binding. Meta expects $135 to $145 billion of capital expenditures in 2026.