Anthropic nears AI joint venture with Wall Street

Anthropic is finalizing an about $1.5 billion ​joint venture with Blackstone, ‌Goldman Sachs and a handful of other ​Wall Street firms ​to sell artificial-intelligence tools ⁠to private-equity-backed companies, the ​Wall Street Journal ​reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Anthropic, ​Blackstone and Hellman & ​Friedman are anchoring the deal, ‌and ⁠each company is expected to invest roughly $300 million, the report said, ​adding ​that ⁠Goldman Sachs is also set to ​be a founding ​investor, ⁠putting in around $150 million.

Reuters could not immediately ⁠verify ​the report.

-Reuters