Anthropic recently collaborated with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs and private equity firm Hellman & Friedman to launch an enterprise AI services entity with a value of about $1.5 billion.
The AI services company is a standalone entity inside Anthropic engineering and partnership resources are embedded directly within its team, Anthropic stated.
The new business is designed as a consulting-style arm for Anthropic, helping mid-sized companies integrate AI into daily work, including customer service, legal review, finance, coding, cybersecurity, research, document handling, and internal data searches.
The Wall Street Journal reported Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman are anchoring the deal, with each company expected to invest about $300 million. Goldman Sachs is tipped to be a founding investor, putting in around $150 million.
Additional backing comes from General Atlantic, Leonard Green, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.
Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao stated enterprise demand for its Claude model is growing faster than any single delivery approach can handle. “This new firm brings additional operating capability to the ecosystem and capital from leading alternative asset managers”, he added.
Various news sites report Anthropic is planning to go public over the coming months.
Source: Mobile World Live
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