Anthropic-backed enterprise AI venture Ode is acquiring four-year-old AI consultancy Casper for an undisclosed fee; Ode has 100+ staff after buying Fractional (Julia Hornstein/The Information)

<a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-enterprise-ai-venture-buys-consultancy"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260820/i21.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260820/p21#a260820p21" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Julia Hornstein / <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/">The Information</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-enterprise-ai-venture-buys-consultancy">Anthropic-backed enterprise AI venture Ode is acquiring four-year-old AI consultancy Casper for an undisclosed fee; Ode has 100+ staff after buying Fractional</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; A joint venture established by Anthropic and Wall Street firms such as Blackstone has made its first acquisition since its July launch &hellip; </p>