Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not models
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Anthropic-backed Ode and Blackstone are effectively saying the margin pool is in embedded implementation teams, not just API calls. If you’re an enterprise AI leader, expect more offers of forward-deployed engineers — and start deciding which workflows justify letting a lab sit inside your org chart.
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