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Recent News about Blackstone

• Factory raises $200 million to triple AI coding valuation to $5 billion

  Factory, a San Francisco startup building AI agents for enterprise software engineering teams, said on Sept. 15, 2026 it raised $200 million, boosting its valuation to $5 billion. The round, backed by Blackstone, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Evantic Capital and Sound Ventures, more than tripled Factory’s valuation from April.

  Source: WSAU2026-09-15T18:22:00.000Z

• OpenAI Stargate UK hype unravels as £30bn AI plan stalls

  The Guardian reports that OpenAI never met local authorities at Cobalt Park, a flagship site for its paused Stargate UK data centre project, despite UK government claims of up to £30bn in incoming AI investment. Freedom of information responses suggest £20bn of the touted investment was purely hypothetical, raising questions over the substance of the deal and Britain’s AI industrial strategy.

  Source: The Guardian2026-07-04T12:00:00.000Z

• Anthropic secures ~$36B private debt to lease Google TPU AI chips

  On June 8, 2026, French finance outlet France Épargne reported that Apollo Global Management and Blackstone have finalized a roughly $36 billion private debt package to buy Google TPU chips that will be leased long term to Anthropic. A special-purpose vehicle will purchase the TPUs and rent them to Anthropic, with Broadcom providing residual-value support on the senior tranches. The deal, which closed around June 5, is described as one of the largest private credit transactions ever assembled for AI infrastructure.

  Source: France Épargne2026-06-08T21:07:33.319Z

• Anthropic secures $35B compute financing from Apollo and Blackstone

  Anthropic has secured a $35 billion private credit financing package arranged by Apollo Global Management and Blackstone to fund AI chip infrastructure, according to reports published June 6, 2026. The structure will finance data-center hardware that will be leased to Anthropic to support its rapidly growing AI workloads. ([cls.cn](https://www.cls.cn/detail/2392501))

  Source: Investing.com2026-06-06T10:02:00.000Z

• OpenAI and Anthropic intensify battle to power AI in finance

  On May 7, 2026, Spain’s Cinco Días reported that OpenAI and Anthropic are ramping up competing pushes into financial services, signing deals with banks, consultancies and private equity groups. The article highlights Anthropic’s Claude finance agents and its AML partnership with FIS, alongside OpenAI’s alliance with PwC and joint ventures that raise billions to deploy AI across portfolio companies.

  Source: Cinco Días (El País)2026-05-07T03:15:00.000Z

• OpenAI and Anthropic unveil $11.5B PE-backed enterprise AI ventures

  On May 5, 2026, Awesome Agents detailed how OpenAI and Anthropic have each launched private‑equity‑backed enterprise AI deployment companies, together valued at around $11.5 billion. OpenAI’s “The Deployment Company” and Anthropic’s new services firm will embed forward‑deployed engineers inside portfolio companies of major PE investors to roll out AI tools at scale. ([awesomeagents.ai](https://awesomeagents.ai/news/openai-anthropic-enterprise-deployment-jv/))

  Source: Awesome Agents2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

• Anthropic secures $1.5bn Claude joint venture with Wall Street

  Anthropic has launched a new AI-native enterprise services firm with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs as founding partners, backed by about $1.5 billion in committed capital. Announced on May 4, 2026, the venture will embed Claude engineers and models directly into mid-market companies, positioning itself as an alternative to traditional consulting for AI transformation. ([techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/04/anthropic-and-openai-are-both-launching-joint-ventures-for-enterprise-ai-services/))

  Source: Fortune2026-05-04T14:37:00.000Z