{"id":4219,"date":"2026-05-04T18:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finznest.com\/blog\/anthropic-goldman-and-others-launch-1-5-billion-ai-venture\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:37:32","slug":"anthropic-goldman-and-others-launch-1-5-billion-ai-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finznest.com\/blog\/anthropic-goldman-and-others-launch-1-5-billion-ai-venture\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropic, Goldman and others launch $1.5 billion AI venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108269270\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Anthropic said Monday it is partnering with private equity giants <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-2\">Goldman Sachs<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3\">Blackstone<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> to launch a $1.5 billion firm aimed at speeding the adoption of artificial intelligence across hundreds of companies.<\/p>\n<p>The new entity, formed alongside the San Francisco-based PE firm Hellman &amp; Friedman and backed by a group of asset managers including <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-5\">Apollo<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> and General Atlantic, will deploy Anthropic&#8217;s Claude AI model directly inside businesses, starting with companies owned by the investment firms.<\/p>\n<p>Executives say the effort is designed to tackle a growing bottleneck in the AI boom: The scarcity of experts capable of implementing the technology inside real-world operations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a big shortage of people who know how to apply these tools into businesses and then transform them,&#8221; Marc Nachmann, Goldman&#8217;s global head of asset and wealth management, told CNBC in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>The move marks Anthropic&#8217;s latest effort to deepen its lead in the enterprise AI market as competition intensifies with rivals including OpenAI. By pairing the latest Claude models with a built-in network of investor-owned companies, Anthropic is positioning itself to gain an edge in middle-market adoption of the technology.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a key battleground as both Anthropic and OpenAI prepare for massive IPOs as early as this year.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than acting as a traditional consulting firm, the venture \u2014 which hasn&#8217;t yet been named \u2014 will embed engineers inside companies to redesign workflows and integrate AI into core processes, Nachmann said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having the model alone doesn&#8217;t change your workflows or how you operate,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You need people who can combine the technology with what&#8217;s actually happening in the business and implement those changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal earlier reported the $1.5 billion commitment of the firms involved. <\/p>\n<p>Goldman and its partners expect to use their own portfolio companies as an initial proving ground for the new platform before targeting other mid-sized companies, especially in the PE-owned universe of healthcare, manufacturing, financial services, retail and real estate sectors. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We think there&#8217;s a lot of value that this new entity can bring to companies to help transform them,&#8221; Nachmann said. &#8220;Obviously, we&#8217;re going to use it a lot at our portfolio companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei looks on after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on February 19, 2026. 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