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BlackRock
The world's largest asset manager, which has moved directly into financing AI's physical build-out -- co-founding a dedicated AI Infrastructure Partnership and investing in AI labs through its funds.
The world's largest asset manager, which has moved directly into financing AI's physical build-out -- co-founding a dedicated AI Infrastructure Partnership and investing in AI labs through its funds.
BlackRock's scale lets it mobilize capital most single investors can't: the AI Infrastructure Partnership it co-founded with Microsoft and MGX targets up to $100B in data-center and power investment, and BlackRock-affiliated funds also took part in Anthropic's $30B Series G.
Earns management and performance fees on the trillions of dollars in assets it manages on behalf of clients, including the AI-infrastructure funds it now runs.
United States (global operations)
Financial and investment. The investors and financial firms whose capital is funding the AI buildout. These companies don't build AI technology themselves — they supply the enormous amounts of money it takes to build everything else on this map.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification; that alone does not establish direct competition.
Connections (8)
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Dated or announced (8)
Source: 2026-07-27 · reviewed 2026-09-22
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced
Limits: Explicitly a passive investment disclosure -- the filing states the shares were not acquired to influence control of the company; this is portfolio ownership, not a strategic or commercial partnership.
BlackRock reports 7.4% stake in Astera Labs | ALAB SEC Filing - Schedule 13G/A ↗Source: 2026-07-08 · reviewed 2026-09-22
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced
Limits: Does not disclose BlackRock's individual investment amount or resulting ownership percentage; described as a 'first close' so the round may not have been final as of this date.
SambaNova Completes First Close of $1 Billion Financing at $11 Billion Valuation ↗Source: 2026-02-12 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed funding round, February 2026
Limits: Anthropic's announcement attributes this to 'BlackRock-affiliated funds' rather than naming BlackRock Inc. directly; the specific fund vehicle and check size are not disclosed.
Anthropic raises $30B Series G at $380B post-money valuation ↗Source: 2025-03-19 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Joined as member/technical advisor, March 2025
Limits: The announcement explicitly frames NVIDIA's role as technology/advisory, not as a capital contributor to the partnership's investment fund.
BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft and MGX Welcome NVIDIA and xAI to AIP ↗Source: 2025-03-19 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Joined as member, March 2025
Limits: The announcement does not describe xAI as a capital investor in the partnership.
BlackRock, GIP, Microsoft and MGX Welcome NVIDIA and xAI to AIP ↗Source: 2024-09-17 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Founding partnership announced, September 2024
Limits: Figures are capital-mobilization targets, not amounts already deployed or contracted.
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX Launch New AI Partnership ↗Source: 2024-09-17 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Founding partnership announced, September 2024
Limits: Figures are capital-mobilization targets, not amounts already deployed or contracted.
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX Launch New AI Partnership ↗Source: 2024-08-05 · reviewed 2026-09-22
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Announced
Limits: Does not disclose BlackRock's specific investment amount or resulting ownership stake; BlackRock Private Equity Partners is a private-markets unit of BlackRock, Inc.
Groq Raises $640M to Meet Soaring Demand for Fast AI Inference ↗BlackRock corporate overview ↗
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Inclusion in this database is not an endorsement of a company or its securities. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell anything, and none of it is individualized investment advice. See the disclosures. Data: AI Map v3.22, released .