Anthropic has formed a $1.5bn joint venture with a group of major financial and private equity firms, in a move aimed at accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence tools across corporate and portfolio company operations, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Under the structure, Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman are expected to anchor the vehicle with investments of around $300m each. Goldman Sachs is contributing approximately $150m, with additional participation from investors including General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC and Sequoia Capital.
The initiative is designed to function as a consulting and implementation platform, helping businesses – including portfolio companies owned by participating private equity firms – integrate AI tools across operations to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
The venture underscores intensifying competition in enterprise AI, with both Anthropic and rival OpenAI targeting corporates as key growth markets. Companies backed by private equity are seen as particularly attractive clients due to their focus on operational optimisation.
Anthropic is widely regarded as a leading player in enterprise AI adoption and has seen rapid revenue growth in recent months, driven in part by demand for its coding product, Claude Code. The company is also understood to be exploring a potential public listing as early as this year.
The move reflects a broader push by AI developers to deepen distribution through strategic partnerships with financial sponsors, aligning advanced software capabilities with large-scale corporate transformation agendas.
