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Anthropic, Blackstone and Goldman Sachs Form Enterprise AI Services Company
Anthropic announced a new firm backed by $1.5 billion to integrate its Claude AI model into businesses. Partners include Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs, with additional investors like Apollo Global Management and Sequoia Capital. The move mirrors a similar enterprise AI venture by rival OpenAI.
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Anthropic announced on Monday the formation of a new standalone company to help businesses deploy its Claude AI model, with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs acting as founding partners through their investment funds. General Atlantic, Leonard Green, Apollo Global Management, GIC and Sequoia Capital are also investing in the venture.
Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman each committed $300 million to the new company, according to two people familiar with the deal terms. Goldman Sachs committed roughly $150 million, according to the same two people. The commitments form part of a total initial capitalization that the sources described as reaching $1.5 billion, including the $300 million commitments each from Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman.
The new firm will integrate Claude at portfolio companies of Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman. It is designed to embed Anthropic’s engineers and models into mid-size businesses. Blackstone President and COO Jon Gray said the firm aims to break down one of the most significant bottlenecks to enterprise AI adoption, namely the scarcity of engineers who can implement frontier AI systems at speed.
Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao said enterprise demand for Claude is outpacing any single delivery model and this new firm brings additional operating capability to the ecosystem. Goldman Sachs’ Marc Nachmann said the venture would help democratize access to forward-deployed engineers for companies that currently can’t afford the talent or the consulting fees to build AI systems on their own.
The new firm is a standalone entity with Anthropic engineering resources embedded directly within its team, according to the official press release.
The announcement comes as rival OpenAI is pursuing a structure with TPG and Bain Capital for a new venture called The Development Company. Bloomberg reported that OpenAI was raising $4 billion from 19 investors for The Development Company against a $10 billion valuation.
