Anthropic, Blackstone, and Goldman Sachs launch $1.5 billion AI venture
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Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has joined hands with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs to launch a new AI-focused enterprise services firm aimed at helping businesses integrate AI into core operations.
The company will operate as an independent entity and work closely with Anthropic’s engineering and partnership teams to deploy AI solutions built around Claude, Anthropic’s AI model.
The venture is also backed by a consortium of major investment firms, including General Atlantic, Leonard Green, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the joint venture is expected to receive investments of around $300 million each from Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman, taking the total value to about $1.5 billion.
The new company plans to use the consortium’s network of portfolio businesses to design, deploy, and manage enterprise AI systems across industries.
Anthropic said the firm aims to address a key challenge in enterprise AI adoption, as AI models like Claude evolve rapidly with frequent updates that require continuous adaptation by businesses.
By working closely with Anthropic’s research and product teams, the new venture plans to ensure AI implementations evolve alongside Claude’s capabilities.
The company will initially focus on mid-sized enterprises and portfolio companies linked to the founding investment firms before expanding to other organisations.
Blackstone president and chief operating officer Jon Gray said the partnership aims to create a large-scale AI deployment company capable of speeding up enterprise adoption.
The venture will focus on sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail, real estate, and infrastructure.
