Anthropic in talks with Blackstone, other PE firms to set up AI joint venture: Report by Live mint | March 12, 2026 11:26 am | Indian Stocks, Market, News Anthropic, maker of Claude AI, is in talks with Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman to form a Palantir‑style joint venture, despite tensions with the US Defense Department, which labelled the firm a supply chain risk.