Anthropic’s Enterprise Venture Expands with Second Consultancy Acquisition
Anthropic’s enterprise venture, Ode, has secured its second consultancy in four months, further expanding its reach in the AI implementation space.
Ode, the $1.5 billion company established by Anthropic in partnership with Blackstone, has acquired Casper Studios. The announcement details no acquisition price.
This move follows Ode’s previous absorption of Fractional AI in May, marking a strategic growth phase for the company.
What is Ode?
As previously mentioned, TNW covered the launch of Ode in July. Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman jointly founded this $1.5 billion venture, focusing on selling AI implementation rather than models.
Ode deploys small teams of senior engineers into large enterprises to identify AI integration opportunities. They utilize Anthropic’s Claude models where applicable and leverage competing models for alternative solutions.
The company operates with approximately 100 engineers, many of whom have startup backgrounds. This team size predates the Casper acquisition.
Bringing Casper Studios Onboard
Ode positions these two acquisitions as complementary aspects of a unified effort. Casper Studios specializes in handling volume AI work, providing skills, connectors, and context within Anthropic’s products to facilitate AI adoption across organizations.
Chris Taylor, Ode’s CEO, stated, "CEOs have a diverse range of AI engineering needs, and require a partner who can help them fully realize the potential of frontier AI to accelerate their businesses."
Jay Singh, Casper’s CEO and co-founder, expressed shared goals: "We have found common cause. Casper was built to empower organizations to adopt AI quickly, effectively, and in a way that establishes real trust."
A Collaborative Success Story
Ode highlights its collaboration with Sphera, an operational intelligence platform. Together, they developed custom tools resulting in a 70% reduction in bottlenecks for time-intensive operations at Sphera. Casper, independently, automated processes across Sphera’s customer support, consulting, and project planning teams.
The key benefit emphasized is interoperability—tools built using the Claude Code setup by one team could be seamlessly integrated by the other, demonstrating the value of shared tooling.
Investor Support
Ode’s investor list includes Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Apollo Global Management, General Atlantic, GIC, Goldman Sachs, Leonard Green & Partners, and Sequoia. Notably, Broadcom is in discussions to raise over $60 billion in debt financing for AI chip development for Anthropic, while Apollo and Blackstone are considering participation in this initiative.