Anthropic-backed consortium acquires Fractional AI, an applied AI services company, to serve as operational foundation for new enterprise AI services firm

Anthropic, Blackstone, and Hellman & Friedman led the acquisition of Fractional AI, founded in 2024 by Chris Taylor, Eddie Siegel, and Travis May. The deal is backed by Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.

Fractional AI's engineering team will integrate with Anthropic's Applied AI organization to help enterprises implement Claude into their core operations. The company specializes in end-to-end AI implementation and helping businesses understand where AI fits within specific teams and functions.

The new AI-native enterprise services company aims to address what its leadership describes as a 'multi-trillion-dollar gap' between where businesses currently operate and where they can be with AI transformation, according to Fractional AI's CEO and CTO.