What does Ode do?
Ode with Anthropic is a $1.5B enterprise AI implementation firm launched in July 2026 as a joint venture between Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman, with backing from Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital, and others. Built on the acquisition of Fractional AI, Ode embeds applied AI engineering teams inside large enterprises to design, build, and operationalize Claude-based systems under a "Claude-first" principle.