TSMC to invest in Anthropic, OpenAI, raise quarterly dividend

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has approved plans to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) developers Anthropic and OpenAI and raise its quarterly cash dividend to a record NT$9 (US$0.27) per share, the company said Tuesday.

Taipei, Nov. 11 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has approved plans to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) developers Anthropic and OpenAI and raise its quarterly cash dividend to a record NT$9 (US$0.27) per share, the company said Tuesday.

In a statement, the world's largest contract chipmaker said its board of directors approved a plan Tuesday to invest up to US$500 million in Anthropic common shares at the AI startup's initial public offering (IPO) price.

Anthropic, the developer of the Claude AI assistant, is scheduled to launch an IPO later this month, with the issue price set at US$70-US$78 each and the offering is expected to raise up to US$64.4 billion, according to international news reports.

The board also approved a plan for TSMC to spend up to US$500 million to acquire preferred shares in OpenAI.

Market analysts said the two investment plans reflected TSMC's optimism about AI development and its interest in taking stakes in major AI firms.

TSMC said the board also approved a plan to establish an investment company with up to US$500 million in capital to invest strategically in semiconductor companies and related businesses.

The chipmaker, which has repeatedly reported record earnings, said its board approved a cash dividend of NT$9 per share for the third quarter, up from NT$7 for the second quarter.

TSMC reported a record net profit of NT$763.06 billion for the July-September quarter, up 68.7 percent from a year earlier and 8.0 percent from the previous quarter.

Earnings per share (EPS) rose to NT$29.43 from NT$17.44 a year earlier and were up from NT$27.25 percent in the previous quarter.

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