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What you need to know A new enterprise AI services firm. Ode with Anthropic was formally introduced via a Business Wire announcement on 15 July 2026. Per TechCrunch, the joint venture itself was launched in May 2026. Backed by a lab and by private equity. Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman are the named backers, alongside a group of investors reported to include Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC and Sequoia Capital. Reported valuation: $1.5 billion. Built on an acquisition. Ode was assembled around the purchase of Fractional AI, an applied AI engineering services firm. Fractional AI's team, alongside engineers from Anthropic, forms Ode's operational core. Per TechCrunch, Fractional AI had an 11-month partnership with OpenAI…
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