“Private equity will always love software,” explained Pete Dalrymple, managing director and co-head of technology investment banking at William Blair. “Maybe the valuations are different, but the ...

Enterprise software such as ERP, SCM, CRM and HCM has historically been perceived as a support function, lacking innovation and taking ages to reap the benefits of a well-crafted application strategy.

Despite facing a Pentagon blacklist and a storm of political headwinds, the AI lab is deepening its bet on enterprise. The timing looks deliberate. The product, called Anthropic Marketplace, is ...