# AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic are forging major joint ventures with private equity firms.

*genai · news · 2026-05-06 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- OpenAI launched a $10 billion joint venture, The Deployment Company, with backing from 19 private equity firms.
- Anthropic announced a $1.5 billion joint venture with several leading private equity partners to distribute Claude.
- OpenAI is reportedly offering PE firms guaranteed returns of 17.5% to align incentives and accelerate adoption.
- Private equity portfolios give AI firms access to over 2,000 enterprise customers for faster AI service deployment.
- These joint ventures position OpenAI and Anthropic as direct competitors to India's traditional IT services companies.

**Companies:** OpenAI, Anthropic, TPG, Brookfield, Bain Capital, SoftBank, Dragoneer, Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Infosys, HCLTech, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Fractal Analytics, GTT Data Solutions
**Countries:** India, United States

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