Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs have formed a new AI services company to deploy Anthropic’s Claude platform across corporate operations.
The new AI services firm (AIS) is backed by a group of investors including General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC and Sequoia Capital. Total committed capital for the new effort is approximately $1.5 billion.
The formation of AIS is in response to demand for AI systems that is constrained by a shorage of AI-specific engineering expertise required to deploy and maintain AI systems.
AIS will serve as a platform for AI adoption by the investor group’s portfolio companies and independent businesses, with a particular focus on companies operating in the healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail and infrastructure sectors. AIS will operate as a standalone business with engineering and operating resources provided by Anthropic to design, build and maintain AI systems.
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“We intend to build a scaled, world-class company to deploy Anthropic’s incredible technology across a range of businesses in our portfolio and beyond,” said Jon Gray, the president and chief operating officer of Blackstone. “We believe it can help break down one of the most significant bottlenecks to enterprise AI adoption by expanding the number of highly skilled implementation partners.”
“Enterprise demand for Claude is significantly outpacing any single delivery model,” said Krishna Rao, the CFO of Anthropic. “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. We are proud to build it alongside Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and our other partners.”
The opportunity for AIS is tied to the growing disconnect between strong enterprise demand for AI and the limited availability of the engineering talent needed to actually deploy and manage these systems. While companies across healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail and infrastructure are increasingly looking to integrate generative AI into their operations, many middle-market businesses lack the internal resources and technical expertise to do so effectively. AIS is being positioned to fill that gap by combining Anthropic’s technology and engineering capabilities with the scale, portfolio reach and operational networks of large alternative asset managers including Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs. The company is also entering a fragmented market where businesses are looking for implementation partners that can help automate workflows, improve productivity and generate measurable operating efficiencies through AI adoption.
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"This is a rare convergence: massive market need, the unmatched AI technical capability of Anthropic, and a consortium of investors with the reach to scale fast,” said Patrick Healy, the CEO of Hellman & Friedman. “The near-term value to our portfolio companies is substantial, and we are excited by the long-term potential to build the definitive enterprise AI services platform."
“This is a compelling investment opportunity for our clients and will enable mid-market companies to deploy Anthropic’s AI solutions to drive meaningful impact in their business,” said Marc Nachmann, the global head of asset and wealth management at Goldman Sachs. “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.”
Blackstone manages more than $1.3 trillion in assets across private equity, real estate, credit and other strategies, while Hellman & Friedman oversees more than $115 billion in assets and focuses on a concentrated portfolio of large-scale investments. Goldman Sachs’ alternatives platform manages more than $625 billion and operates within its broader asset management division, which oversees approximately $3.7 trillion globally.
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