ODE ACQUIRES AI CONSULTANCY CASPER

Ode, a joint venture between Anthropic and Wall Street firms including Blackstone, is consolidating AI consulting talent through acquisitions. The company now has more than 100 employees following the Casper deal, which comes months after acquiring Fractional. Ode was established to commercialize enterprise AI applications. The venture brings together Anthropic's large language model technology with financial sector expertise to build AI solutions for institutional clients. Casper's four-year track record in AI consulting adds technical capabilities and client relationships to Ode's operation. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition strategy reflects broader consolidation in the enterprise AI consulting space, as established players and startups race to capture demand from organizations deploying generative AI systems at scale.