Anthropic is nearing a deal with Blackstone (BX), Goldman Sachs (GS), and other Wall Street firms to form a $1.5B joint venture that would market AI tools to private equity-backed companies, with an announcement expected as soon as Monday, The Wall Street Journal’s Lauren Thomas and Berber Jin report. According to people familiar with the matter, Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman are anchoring the deal and are each expected to invest roughly $300M, while Goldman is expected to be a founding investor and put in around $150M. OpenAI is also in talks to form a rival joint venture with private-equity firms, as both AI companies target businesses.
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