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Why private equity is making deals with the AI giants

Axios · · 317 words · By Dan Primack
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What happened

Private equity is now in bed with the same AI giants that are decimating the industry's portfolio values, particularly the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in software.

Why it matters

Driving the news: Both Anthropic and OpenAI have completed their deals to form AI consulting firms that are funded by, and will initially be used by, large private equity firms.

Common ground

Anthropic announced its joint venture yesterday, while OpenAI's announcement is expected later this month.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Backers are allowed to exit after five years with a 17.5% gain guaranteed by OpenAI”
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The evidence explicitly states that OpenAI is offering a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% to secure enterprise partners/PE firms.
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web search NEUTRAL — OpenAI Guarantees 17.5% Return to Secure Enterprise Partners In a bid to dominate the enterprise AI market, OpenAI is offering private equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% on their invest…
https://www.edgen.tech/news/post/openai-offers-175-guarantee…
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web search NEUTRAL — Both Anthropic and OpenAI have deals to form AI consulting firms that are funded by large private equity firms.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/05/openai-anthropic-private-eq…
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web search NEUTRAL — 🛢💥 Explosive Barrel - Rolls back and explodes. 🧨 Spiky Egg Trap - Egg-shaped mine that explodes on contact. 🪵💥 Explosive Wooden Barrel - A wooden barrel placed directly on the track that explodes on i…
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/search/?q=prism…
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Claim 2: “OpenAI: Its entity is seeded with $4 billion at a $10 billion pre-money valuation.”
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Multiple sources confirm the OpenAI entity (DeployCo) has a pre-money valuation of approximately $10 billion and mentions of raising over $4 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — Private equity is now in bed with the same AI giants that are decimating the industry's portfolio values, particularly the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in software. Driving the news: Both …
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/05/openai-anthropic-private-eq…
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web search NEUTRAL — The proposed deal has a pre-money valuation of about $10 billion, two of the people said, and could give OpenAI a faster route into corporate adoption while providing the PE firms with a ...
https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-courts-private-equit…
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web search NEUTRAL — The new entity, internally referred to as 'DeployCo,' marks a strategic shift from simple AI software sales to deeply integrated, outcomes-linked deployments. The structure of the deal, first detailed…
https://coinalertnews.com/news/2026/05/04/openai-10b-enterpr…
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Claim 3: “Its investor roster includes around 20 firms. This includes Bain Capital and TPG”
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No evidence was found regarding the specific number of investors (20) or the inclusion of Bain Capital and TPG.
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Claim 4: “Goldman Sachs may be in both.”
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Claim 5: “Other backers include Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Leonard Green, Apollo, GIC and Sequoia Capital.”
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Multiple sources list General Atlantic, Leonard Green, Apollo Global Management, GIC, and Sequoia Capital as backers of the Anthropic joint venture.
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web search NEUTRAL — It has also secured support from Apollo Global Management, General Atlantic, Leonard Green & Partners, GIC, and Sequoia Capital.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/wit…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alongside the three founding partners, the joint venture has drawn backing from General Atlantic, Leonard Green, Apollo Global Management, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, and Sequoia ...
https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/anthropic-claude-consulting-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic confirmed the formation of a new, unnamed AI services firm with founding partners Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs, each committing approximately $300 million toward a $1.5 …
https://www.sofx.com/openai-and-anthropic-launch-rival-pe-jo…
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Claim 6: “Anthropic is a minority shareholder, on par with lead investors like Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman.”
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While the evidence confirms Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman are founding partners, the specific detail that Anthropic is a 'minority shareholder on par' with them is not explicitly stated in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 4, 2026 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/careers
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 14, 2023 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude
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Claim 7: “OpenAI is investing around $500 million.”
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No evidence was found regarding the specific amount OpenAI is investing into the entity.
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Claim 8: “OpenAI's announcement is expected later this month.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific timing of OpenAI's announcement.
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Claim 9: “Both Anthropic and OpenAI have completed their deals to form AI consulting firms that are funded by, and will initially be used by, large private equity firms.”
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Multiple independent sources (Axios, and others mentioning the joint ventures) confirm that both Anthropic and OpenAI have completed deals to form AI consulting/enterprise services firms funded by private equity.
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 4, 2026 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/careers
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 14, 2023 · Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude
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Claim 10: “Anthropic announced its joint venture yesterday”
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Three separate web search results explicitly state that Anthropic announced the joint venture on Monday (yesterday relative to the reporting), partnering with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs.
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web search NEUTRAL — San Francisco, CA - Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs today announced the formation of a new AI-native enterprise services firm that will work with companies to rapidly brin…
https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/anthropic-partners-wit…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthropic announced Monday that it has partnered with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs to launch a new AI-native enterprise services company — one that puts the Claude maker in ...
https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/anthropic-claude-consulting-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Monday, Anthropic announced a joint venture focusing on deploying enterprise AI services. Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and Goldman Sachs will be founding partners in the new venture, which ...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/anthropic-and-openai-are-b…
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Claim 11: “Shareholders in each entity are said to be precluded from investing in the other”
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Claim 12: “Anthropic: Its entity is seeded with $1.5 billion, which also serves as the new entity's de facto valuation.”
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One source explicitly mentions a $1.5 billion valuation with founding partners committing $300 million each, and another source mentions the venture's formation in the context of these figures.
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