Anthropic is on the verge of sealing a major collaboration with Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and other Wall Street giants, pooling around $1.5 billion to deploy artificial intelligence tools across companies backed by private equity. This initiative aims to embed AI into finance, operations, customer support, data analytics, and enterprise software, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The project is spearheaded by Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman, each expected to invest roughly $300 million. Goldman Sachs is slated to contribute about $150 million as a founding partner. This joint venture marks a significant move to commercialize advanced AI solutions for business use, with an official announcement possibly coming as early as May 4.
The timing coincides with Anthropic’s exploration of a valuation exceeding $300 billion, with some projections reaching up to $900 billion. Private equity firms are keen to gain early exposure to AI infrastructure, fueling the partnership. Concurrently, OpenAI is pursuing similar deals with private equity to broaden its enterprise footprint, highlighting a race among AI leaders to scale through financial backing.
Both Anthropic and OpenAI are also tipped as potential IPO candidates later this year, adding urgency for investors seeking positions before any public listing. Separately, Anthropic has initiated preliminary talks with UK chip startup Fractile to secure specialized inference chips that enhance AI model efficiency, reducing costs and speeding up processing as demand surges.