Anthropic is in talks with a consortium of private equity firms including Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman about forming an AI-focused joint venture to sell the Claude maker’s technology to companies funded by the investment firms, according to a person involved in the discussions and another person who was briefed about it.

The recent conflict between the Department of Defense and Anthropic temporarily impacted the joint venture discussions, one of these people said, but they are ongoing, and the companies could reach an agreement.