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Anthropic is finalizing a $1.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic to sell AI consulting services to private-equity-backed companies. The deal, structured as a separate legal entity rather than a standard licensing agreement, raises questions about governance, regulatory oversight, and whether commercial entanglements with Wall Street could compromise the AI safety mission that defines Anthropic's identity as a public benefit corporation.