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Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models
Anthropic-backed Ode launches as AI labs bet that embedding forward-deployed engineers inside enterprises is the key to accelerating enterprise AI adoption.
TL;DR
- Anthropic and OpenAI are establishing businesses to provide AI implementation services by embedding engineers into customer offices.
- Anthropic's joint venture, Ode, is a $1.5 billion company backed by financial firms like Blackstone.
- Ode aims to become a 'scaled boutique' AI services firm, focusing on the quality of AI implementation.
- The company believes that successful enterprise AI adoption requires expert help to integrate models into core business processes.
- Ode will primarily implement Anthropic's technology but can use rival AI products as needed.
- The venture competes with OpenAI's The Deployment Company and consulting firms like Deloitte and Accenture.