Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman's unnamed enterprise services JV buys Fractional AI, its first deal; sources say Fractional ends its OpenAI deal (Preeti Singh/Bloomberg)
Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman's enterprise services joint venture acquires Fractional AI as its first deal, with Fractional reportedly ending its OpenAI partnership in the process.
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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/anthropic-s-new-consulting-venture-makes-its-first-acquisition"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260521/i19.jpg" vspace="4" /></a>
<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260521/p19#a260521p19" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Preeti Singh / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-21/anthropic-s-new-consulting-venture-makes-its-first-acquisition">Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman's unnamed enterprise services JV buys Fractional AI, its first deal; sources say Fractional ends its OpenAI deal</a></b></span> — The new artificial intelligence enterprise services firm backed by Blackstone Inc., Anthropic PBC and Hellman & Friedman … </p>
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