Anthropic and OpenAI/Blackstone partner with PE to acquire HVAC businesses and embed AI

The hosts discuss news that Anthropic is partnering with a conglomerate of private equity companies, and that OpenAI announced a separate joint venture with Blackstone and other PE firms, with a stated intent to buy more services businesses including HVAC and embed AI into them.

“which is that Anthropic, one of the big AI companies, is partnering with one sort of conglomerate of private equity companies. And then OpenAI announced a separate partnership or joint venture with Blackstone and some other private equity companies. And specifically what they called out in the press release was they want to implement, buy more services businesses, including HVAC businesses, and basically shove AI down into them.”

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