Anthropic Launches Enterprise AI Firm With Wall Street Giants

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Key Points

  • Anthropic is launching a new enterprise-focused venture to sell AI tools to large companies, centered on integrating its Claude model into business workflows.
  • The launch is backed by partnerships involving Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman, combining strategic support and capital.
  • Anthropic’s finance chief says enterprise demand for Claude is outpacing existing delivery models, making new operating capacity and distribution important.
  • Goldman Sachs leadership adds that the effort is intended to help mid-market firms use Anthropic’s technology and speed up AI adoption across its portfolio network.

Anthropic is launching a new venture focused on selling AI tools to enterprise companies.

This effort is being launched in partnership with Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street bank said Monday (May 4), in conjunction with investment firm Blackstone, and private equity group Hellman & Friedman, and will help companies embed Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) model into their businessses.

“Enterprise demand for Claude is significantly outpacing any single delivery model,” Krishna Rao, Anthropic’s finance chief, said in a news release provided to PYMNTS.

“Our partnerships with the world’s leading systems integrators are central to how Claude reaches large enterprises. This new firm brings additional operating capability to the ecosystem and capital from leading alternative asset managers.”

Marc Nachmann, global head of asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs, said the partnership will allow mid-market companies to employ Anthropic’s tech to bolster their businesses.

“By democratizing access to forward-deployed engineers, the new company can help the expansive network of portfolio companies in our Asset Management business and other companies of similar sizes accelerate AI adoption to grow and scale their operations,” he added.

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