Anthropic, alongside Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and a consortium of major investment firms, announced that its newly formed AI-native enterprise services company has acquired AI implementation startup Fractional AI. The deal is designed to accelerate enterprise adoption of Anthropic’s Claude models among mid-sized businesses.
Fractional AI, founded in 2024 by Chris Taylor, Eddie Siegel, and Travis May, has built a reputation as an applied AI engineering and implementation firm helping enterprises integrate AI into operational workflows. Under the transaction, Fractional AI’s engineering team and delivery capabilities will become the operational foundation of the new AI services venture.
The new company aims to help businesses redesign systems and workflows around frontier AI models, particularly Anthropic’s Claude platform. Fractional AI’s engineers are expected to work closely with Anthropic’s Applied AI organization from the outset to support enterprise AI transformation projects across industries.
The broader venture is backed by several prominent investors and asset managers, including Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital. Financial terms of the Fractional AI acquisition were not disclosed.
Anthropic executive Garvan Doyle said the partnership is intended to bridge the gap between advanced AI models and practical business deployment. Blackstone executives highlighted Fractional AI’s engineering talent and prior work across Blackstone portfolio companies as key reasons for the acquisition.
Hellman & Friedman also emphasized the growing importance of implementation expertise in unlocking the value of enterprise AI systems, noting that the acquisition positions the new venture to become a leading AI services platform.
The announcement reflects the growing race among AI companies and private equity firms to build enterprise-focused AI infrastructure and consulting capabilities as adoption of generative AI accelerates globally.
KEY QUOTES:
“Bringing frontier AI into a business takes more than a great model. It takes the engineering judgment to rebuild real systems around what’s now possible, and Fractional has assembled a team with exactly that capability. We’re excited to be working alongside this team as they help enterprises put Claude to work.”
Garvan Doyle, Leader In Anthropic’s Applied AI Organization
“Rewiring the economy for AI is going to be one of the biggest value creators of the coming decades, but most businesses need help realizing this opportunity. Our team of AI engineers and former founders thrives on building transformative end-to-end solutions. We’re excited to team up with Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman to close the multi-trillion-dollar gap we see between where businesses operate today and where they can be.”
Chris Taylor, CEO, Fractional AI, And Eddie Siegel, CTO, Fractional AI
“We have built a strong relationship with Fractional AI through their work across the Blackstone portfolio, and it’s clear they are a magnet for elite, applied AI engineers. Blackstone has spent years studying where AI creates durable value, and we believe the answer hinges on execution capability, the caliber of the team, the depth of their technical judgment, and their ability to change how a business operates. The opportunity ahead is one of the largest we have seen, and we believe there is no better team to serve as our nucleus for growth than Fractional.”
Rodney Zemmel, Global Head Of The Operating Team At Blackstone
“Anthropic’s frontier models are genuinely unmatched in the enterprise. Unlocking their full potential takes expertise and judgment to redesign systems around what’s newly possible. H&F has scaled some of the world’s leading services businesses, and it was clear from Fractional AI’s success in our portfolio that they are the right foundation for building a category-defining AI services firm.”
Tarim Wasim, Partner At Hellman & Friedman
