Ode, the artificial intelligence services company that Anthropic created with a $1.5 billion financial commitment, has purchased fellow AI services firm Casper Studios, according to an announcement reported by CRN. The acquisition strengthens Ode's ability to build skills, connectors, and context within Anthropic's products and unlock Claude within systems teams already use. San Francisco-based Anthropic launched its AI services company earlier this year while simultaneously investing in its channel partner ecosystem, acquiring Fractional AI in May before revealing the Ode name in July.
Casper Studios CEO and co-founder Jay Singh and other members of his team are joining Ode following the deal. Singh founded Casper Studios in 2022 after roughly six years at LinkedIn, where he left with the title of manager of business development and strategic product partnerships. The company achieved Select Services Partner status in the Claude Partner Network in June and has specialties in working with enterprises, financial services, healthcare, and media and entertainment. Casper Studios previously collaborated with Ode to help a shared client—the Sphera operational intelligence platform—cut bottlenecks from time-intensive operational tasks by 70 percent through a custom internal tool and automated processes in customer support, consulting, and project planning.
"CEOs have a long tail of AI engineering needs, and require a partner who can help them fully realize what frontier AI can do to accelerate their business," Ode CEO and co-founder Chris Taylor said in a statement. Taylor noted that after working with Singh's team on multiple projects, Ode recognized a shared culture and commitment to overdelivering for clients. Singh wrote in a LinkedIn post announcing the acquisition that Casper Studios started as a curiosity to learn about AI and help companies use the technology, but the ambition has since grown. Fractional AI co-founder Eddie Siegel serves as Ode's chief technology officer.
The acquisition positions Ode within a growing movement of forward-deployed engineering arms created by channel-oriented vendors including Microsoft, OpenAI, Salesforce, and Amazon Web Services. These teams are designed to complement solution providers rather than replace the work they perform. Ode's financial backers include Apollo Global Management, General Atlantic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, Leonard Green & Partners, Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, and Sequoia Capital. Solution provider Trace3—which also shares a relationship with Apollo Global Management through a 2025 acquisition—revealed a strategic partnership with Anthropic earlier this month focused on accelerating enterprise adoption of Claude and moving customers beyond AI experimentation. Trace3's chief technology officer Tony Olzak told CRN that Anthropic's products are critical for projects around enabling autonomous enterprises, and the solution provider offers a framework called "Your Path to Claude with Trace3" that includes assessing where Claude generates the greatest value in a business.
The deal signals that Anthropic is building out its services capacity rapidly through acquisition, targeting firms with proven track records of integrating Claude into enterprise workflows. By bringing Casper Studios' automation expertise and client relationships under the Ode umbrella, Anthropic gains both technical capabilities and market credibility in sectors where AI adoption remains experimental. The challenge will be maintaining the partner-complementary positioning as these services arms scale and potentially compete for the same implementation work that drives revenue for independent solution providers.