Exclusive: OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say | Reuters
OpenAI and Anthropic are competing for partnerships with buyout firms that would allow them to quickly roll out their AI tools to potentially hundreds of private, established companies owned by buyout firms. This would boost adoption of their models and encourage customer stickiness at scale.
OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5%, significantly higher than typical preferred instruments, two people familiar said. It is also offering early access to its newest AI models as it seeks to enlist investors like TPG and Advent for its joint venture, three sources said.