Anthropic Targets Wall Street With 10 New AI Agents

Anthropic is releasing new AI agents tailored to banks and other financial services businesses, a significant move in its plan to expand enterprise adoption as it heads toward an anticipated initial public offering as early as this year. The 10 new agents are designed to automate common financial workflows, including building pitchbooks, conducting know-your-customer (KYC) checks, and drafting credit memos.

"This is the difference between, ‘We’re using AI to help write better emails or do some basic research,’ to an investment bank pitch-building," Jonathan Pelosi, Anthropic's head of financial services, said. He noted the new offerings are designed to “bridge the gap” between how quickly AI is developing and financial firms’ ability to use the technology.

The company also expanded its technical partnerships with data and financial platforms including Dun & Bradstreet, Moody’s, and Verisk, and made its flagship AI model, Claude, easier to use within Microsoft's 365 business software. The developments reflect the importance of the financial sector to Anthropic, which is its second-largest industry by enterprise revenue after tech, with 40% of its top 50 customers in finance.

This push into finance is critical for Anthropic as it races rival OpenAI to demonstrate revenue growth and enterprise traction ahead of highly awaited IPOs. To get there, both will need to prove their value to corporate customers who are still testing the waters of widespread AI agent adoption.

Wall Street's AI Arms Race Heats Up

The largest firms on Wall Street are already integrating AI to improve efficiency. Major banks, including JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley, have rolled out internal AI assistants to help employees summarize research, draft reports, and prepare for client meetings. "We have a lot of people deployed doing it, hundreds of use cases, risk, fraud, marketing, design, note-taking, document review, and it’s just starting,” JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said at a recent event with Anthropic.

The competitive field is crowded. OpenAI recently announced a partnership with PwC to build AI agents focused on finance operations. Several startups have also emerged as key players, including Rogo, valued at $2 billion, and Hebbia, which both offer AI tools that automate research and document generation for financial clients. "We expect consolidation around a smaller set of core model providers, with differentiation shifting to domain-specific data, workflow design, and the control layer," Scott Keipper, a technology consulting leader at EY Americas, told Business Insider.

A $1.5 Billion Bet on Enterprise AI

Underscoring its commitment, Anthropic unveiled a $1.5 billion joint venture with Wall Street firms to sell its AI tools to companies, including those backed by private equity. This follows a partnership with Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) to develop AI-driven software to help banks detect financial crimes.

For investors, Anthropic's deep push into the high-value financial sector solidifies its position as a leading enterprise AI provider. While the company is considered a leader in selling to enterprises, its ability to convert these initiatives into sustained revenue growth will be a key factor in its anticipated IPO and its ongoing battle for market share against OpenAI.

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