Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs have launched a new $1.5 billion joint venture to help businesses integrate Claude into core operations, the companies announced on May 4.
The firm will operate as a standalone entity with Anthropic engineering and partnership resources embedded within its team. It is backed by a consortium of asset managers, including General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.
The company will focus on designing, building, and maintaining enterprise AI deployments, initially targeting investors’ portfolio companies as well as independent mid-sized firms.
“Enterprise demand for Claude is significantly outpacing any single delivery model,” said Krishna Rao, Chief Financial Officer at Anthropic. “This new firm brings additional operating capability to the ecosystem and capital from leading alternative asset managers.”
The initiative will address a shortage of skilled implementation partners, which executives identified as a constraint in enterprise AI adoption.
“We intend to build a scaled company to deploy Anthropic’s technology across a range of businesses in our portfolio and beyond,” said Jon Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer at Blackstone. “We believe it can help expand the number of highly skilled implementation partners.”
Patrick Healy, Chief Executive Officer at Hellman & Friedman, said the partnership aligns technical capability with investor reach.
Marc Nachmann, global head of asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs, said the firm would support adoption among mid-market companies. “By expanding access to forward-deployed engineers, the new company can help portfolio companies and similar businesses accelerate AI adoption,” he said.
The firm will deploy engineers who work closely with Anthropic’s research and product teams to build systems that can adapt as AI models evolve.
Executives said the target sectors include healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail, real estate, and infrastructure, where demand for AI systems is increasing but technical expertise remains limited.
Meanwhile, OpenAI has finalised a $10 billion joint venture with a group of private equity firms to accelerate the deployment of its artificial intelligence tools across businesses, according to a Bloomberg report.
The new entity, referred to as The Deployment Company, will help companies integrate OpenAI’s technology into their operations, with a focus on portfolio companies owned by participating investors.
The venture has secured more than $4 billion in external capital from firms including TPG, Brookfield Asset Management, Advent International, and Bain Capital, while OpenAI is expected to contribute about $1.5 billion and retain operational control.
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