Private equity groups involved in the talks include TPG, Advent International, Bain Capital, and Brookfield Asset Management. Sources said the firms could collectively invest about $4bn in the proposed joint venture. Private equity ownership of enterprise businesses gives firms significant influence over technology procurement and software budgets. That dynamic has encouraged artificial intelligence companies to seek partnerships with buyout groups. Anthropic is reportedly pursuing a similar strategy. The AI company is in talks with private equity firms including Blackstone, Permira, and Hellman & Friedman to establish a venture focused on deploying its Claude AI technology. The potential venture would also support the rollout of OpenAI's enterprise platform Frontier, which aims to help companies integrate AI agents into core business operations through partnerships with consulting firms. Subscribe to our Newsletter to increase your edge. Don't worry about the news anymore, through...
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