{"slug": "inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of", "title": "Inside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterprise", "summary": "Ode, a joint venture backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, and others, is betting that AI-native services can replace traditional enterprise consultants. The startup acquired Fractional AI and aims to help companies move AI pilots into production by embedding forward-deployed engineers.", "body_md": "Can a handful of engineers really do the work of an army of consultants? That’s the bet behind Ode with Anthropic — the joint venture dedicated to embedding forward-deployed engineers in enterprise firms, backed by Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs and others.\n\nOn this episode of TechCrunch’s[ Equity](https://techcrunch.com/podcasts/equity/) podcast, Rebecca Bellan sits down with Ode’s leaders [Chris Taylor](https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorcd/) and [Eddie Siegel,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddiesiegel/) who founded Fractional AI, the applied AI services startup that Ode [acquired earlier this year](https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/the-ai-native-enterprise-services-firm-backed-by-anthropic-blackstone-and-hellman-friedman-announces-acquisition-of-fractional-ai/) to serve as the new venture’s core. The three discuss why so many enterprise AI pilots never make it to production and why they think AI-native services are about to become one of the biggest categories in tech.\n\nSubscribe to Equity on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@TechCrunch),[ Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1215439780),[ Overcast](https://overcast.fm/itunes1215439780/equity),[ Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ) and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on[ X](https://twitter.com/EquityPod) and[ Threads](https://www.threads.net/@equitypod), at @EquityPod.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/video/inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of-enterprise/", "published_at": "2026-07-15 15:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-15 18:14:23.145412+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-startups", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Blackstone", "Hellman & Friedman", "Goldman Sachs", "Ode", "Fractional AI", "Chris Taylor", "Eddie Siegel"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/inside-ode-with-anthropic-the-startup-betting-ai-services-are-the-future-of.jsonld"}}