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Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise

Watch as Equity catches up with Chris Taylor and Eddie Siegel, co-founders of Fractional AI, the applied AI services startup that Ode with Anthropic acquired earlier this year to serve as the new venture’s core.

Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise

TL;DR

  • Ode is a joint venture focused on embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms.
  • It is backed by prominent investors including Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs.
  • Ode acquired Fractional AI, an applied AI services startup, to form the core of its operations.
  • The venture aims to solve the problem of enterprise AI pilots not reaching production.
  • Leaders predict AI-native services will become a significant category in tech.