Full-Time
Associate Principal
AI Transformation
Ode with Anthropic
51-200 employees
Enterprise AI consulting and implementation
Compensation Overview
$200k - $275k/yr
San Francisco, CA, USA + 1 more
More locations: New York, NY, USA
Hybrid
Four days in person each week; Fridays are remote.
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- The candidate should demonstrate high ownership and comfort with ambiguity, driving work forward independently during tight engagement windows.
- The candidate should demonstrate learning agility and analytical ability to ramp quickly on unfamiliar industries, identify key issues, and form defensible points of view.
- The candidate should communicate clearly in writing and verbally, translating technical artificial intelligence concepts into business language for executives and deal teams.
- The candidate should build rapport and be energized by client-facing relationship-building work.
- The candidate should have a genuine interest in artificial intelligence and a working understanding of the capabilities and limitations of generative artificial intelligence; engineering experience is not required, but technical credibility is required.
- The candidate should demonstrate resourcefulness and the ability to operate as both a doer and a strategist.
- Drive artificial intelligence strategic advisory engagements end-to-end, including setting a company's transformation agenda and running diligence on an asset.
- Support live deals and the selling motion by joining discovery calls, shaping proposals, helping manage relationships, and learning how to scope, price, and position the firm's work.
- Build durable relationships with executives and investors through engagements and deal support.
- Contribute to adjacent work streams such as partnership development, thought leadership, and internal tooling and process improvement.
- Independently drive key takeaways, executive interviews, and deliverable creation on active engagements.
- Participate in live sales or account conversations with a Principal and develop an understanding of how the firm scopes, prices, and positions its work.
- Identify and improve at least one operational area, such as a process, tool, or template, within the first three months.
Ode with Anthropic is a large-scale enterprise AI services venture created by Anthropic and a group of private equity and investment partners. It provides hands-on AI consulting and implementation to corporate clients, embedding Anthropic engineers inside client operations to integrate Claude-based AI tools into day-to-day workflows. The service bundles access to Anthropic’s AI models with practical guidance and deployment support, operating like an on-site acceleration program that adapts AI to each business process. This approach distinguishes it from pure software vendors by combining deep, ongoing consulting with direct model deployment within portfolio companies, creating a scalable path for enterprise adoption through PE networks. The goal is to speed up how enterprises use AI to improve productivity and efficiency, while giving Anthropic a steady revenue channel and a route toward broader enterprise penetration.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total Funding
$1.5B
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2026
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Citrin Cooperman engaged Ode on August 3, 2026 for tax and advisory workflows.
- Sphera's deployment cut operational bottlenecks 70%, giving Ode a repeatable proof point.
- Casper's acquisition on August 20, 2026 broadens small-workflow deployments across many enterprises.
What critics are saying
- OpenAI Partner Network launched June 14, 2026, attacking Ode's enterprise services wedge.
- Anthropic owns the core models, so pricing or strategy shifts can crush Ode margins.
- If pilot outcomes stall, Ode becomes an expensive consulting shop without proprietary product lock-in.
What makes Ode with Anthropic unique
- Ode bundles Claude, engineers, and workflow redesign; Casper acquisition expanded delivery breadth on August 20, 2026.
- Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and GIC give Ode instant access to portfolio-company distribution.
- LogicGate partnership on July 27, 2026 proves Ode sells implementation, not model access.
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Ode with Anthropic acquires Casper Studios to help businesses get the most value out of AI. Acquisition brings together Ode's custom AI engineering with Casper Studios' experience implementing Anthropic products across organizations. Ode with Anthropic, an enterprise AI transformation company, announced it has acquired Casper Studios (Casper). Casper is an AI services firm that helps companies put Claude to work inside the systems their teams already use. Ode is building a market-leading business that helps enterprises move from AI experimentation to company-wide transformation. Ode solves their clients' most complex and transformative AI challenges with custom-engineered solutions, work that remains core to the firm's business. But alongside their clients' most ambitious AI initiatives sit thousands of other high-impact opportunities. This is where Casper thrives, building the skills, connectors, and context within Anthropic products that drive AI impact across an organization. "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," said Chris Taylor, CEO of Ode with Anthropic. "After collaborating with Jay's team on multiple engagements, we recognized a shared DNA and a commitment to overdelivering for the client. We're thrilled to have them under the Ode umbrella." "We built our company to help organizations adopt AI quickly, effectively, and in a way that establishes real trust. We found common cause with Ode," said Jay Singh, CEO and co-founder of Casper Studios. "We know we'll be able to do even more for our clients working with their excellent and deeply technical team." Sphera, an operational intelligence platform that unifies risk, safety, and sustainability insights, was a recent shared client. Using Anthropic's models, Ode built a custom internal tool for a key component of Sphera's business that reduced bottlenecks from time-intensive operational tasks by 70%. At the same time, Casper was able to automate many cumbersome processes that slowed work across Sphera's customer support, consulting, and project planning teams. Both Ode and Casper built solutions in the same Claude Code setup, so tools one team wrote, the other could pick up and use instantly. "We've watched these two teams work together in action, embedding AI across the full arc of an enterprise, at the agent level, the product level, and well beyond. Very few firms can take a company from one hard custom build to AI running throughout the business, and that is exactly what this combination does," said Rodney Zemmel, an Ode Board Member and Global Head of the Blackstone Operating Team.
Anthropic-Backed Ode acquires Casper Studios to expand corporate AI deployments. By PYMNTS | August 20, 2026 Ode with Anthropic, an enterprise artificial intelligence transformation company launched by a partnership that includes Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and a consortium of global investors, has acquired AI services firm Casper Studios, Ode said in a Thursday (Aug. 20) press release. Casper helps companies put Anthropic's Claude to work inside the systems they already use. The company builds skills, connectors and context within Anthropic products to drive AI's impact across an organization, according to the release. Ode's acquisition of Casper will help Ode address additional opportunities for AI initiatives as it supports enterprises that are working to transform their business with AI, the release said. Please add us to your preferred sources list so our news, data and interviews show up in your feed. Thanks! Ode and Casper have worked with shared clients in the past and found that they both built solutions in the same Claude Code setup and were able to instantly pick up and use each other's tools, per the release. "CEO's 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 with Anthropic CEO Chris Taylor said in the release. "After collaborating with [Casper Studios CEO and Co-Founder Jay Singh's] team on multiple engagements, we recognized a shared DNA and a commitment to overdelivering for the client. We're thrilled to have them under the Ode umbrella." Singh said in the release that both Casper and Ode help organizations adopt AI quickly, effectively and in a way that establishes trust. "We know we'll be able to do even more for our clients working with [Ode's] excellent and deeply technical team," Singh said. It was reported in May that Anthropic partnered with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and others to launch a new venture focused on helping enterprise companies embed the Claude AI model into their businesses. "Enterprise demand for Claude is significantly outpacing any single delivery model," Anthropic Chief Financial Officer Krishna Rao said at the time in a press release. "Our partnerships with the world's leading systems integrators are central to how Claude reaches large enterprises. This new firm brings additional operating capability to the ecosystem and capital from leading alternative asset managers."
A joint venture established by Anthropic and Wall Street firms such as Blackstone has made its first acquisition since its July launch as it looks to boost the growth of Claude, Anthropic’s chatbot, among businesses. Anthropic’s venture, Ode, plans to announce Thursday that it is buying an AI ...
Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC accelerates AI transformation with Ode with Anthropic. Aug 03, 2026, 08:00 ET Leading professional services firm engages Ode to help identify and implement high-impact AI use cases across its business and client-facing operations NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC (CCA), the premier professional services provider for private, middle-market businesses and high-net-worth individuals, today announced it has engaged Ode with Anthropic to help accelerate the firm's enterprise AI transformation. Working with Ode, a leading AI services firm, CCA is identifying and implementing AI capabilities across key operational workflows that support the firm's tax, accounting, and advisory practices. CCA is prioritizing practical AI applications that enhance client service. Initial efforts are aimed at optimizing key workflows and generating deep, client-specific insights that enable the firm's professionals to deliver more strategic advice and greater value to clients. The initiative reflects the firm's broader commitment to adopting technologies that strengthen client outcomes while supporting long-term growth and innovation. "CCA is an ideal client for Ode. They're an industry leader with deep domain expertise, focusing their AI adoption on improving the customer experience and fueling growth," said Chris Taylor, CEO of Ode. "The companies that succeed in the age of AI will be the ones charting a bold future for their industry. We're excited to help CCA continue to rewire their business for accelerated growth." "This initiative represents another important milestone in our broader AI strategy," said Alan Badey, CEO of Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC. "By applying AI to practical, high-impact use cases, we're enabling our professionals to further focus on the strategic advice and trusted relationships that create the greatest value for our clients. Ode is helping us move quickly, with an initial set of AI capabilities expected to deliver meaningful value to our professionals in the coming months as we continue scaling these efforts across the firm." The engagement builds on an established relationship between the firms, with CCA recently retained as Ode's accounting services provider, supporting Ode's continued rapid growth and transformation. Ode is an enterprise AI transformation company formally launched in 2026 through a partnership between Anthropic, Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, and a consortium of global investors including Apollo Global Management, General Atlantic, GIC, Goldman Sachs, Leonard Green & Partners, and Sequoia. Ode helps organizations move AI from experimentation to full-scale deployment, and is focused on the highest-impact growth opportunities. Ode combines Anthropic's frontier AI models with a team of experienced AI engineers to help organizations identify where AI can have the greatest impact and build the systems that deliver it. For more information, visit ode.com. About Citrin Cooperman Citrin Cooperman is the nation's premier accounting and advisory provider for private, middle-market businesses and high net-worth individuals. Consistently recognized as a great place to work and among the fastest growing top 20 U.S. firms, our more than 3,300 professionals focus on what counts to positively impact the lives of our people, clients, and communities. Our commitment to outstanding client service, professional excellence and deep industry expertise underpins a strategic growth approach that powers our dynamic, innovative culture. Citrin Cooperman is an independent member firm of Moore North America, Inc. (MNA) Association, which is itself a regional member of Moore Global Network Limited (MGNL), one of the world's leading accountancy and advisory networks with over 37,000 professionals across 227 independent firms working in more than 114 countries. All the firms associated with MNA are independently owned and managed entities. Their membership in, or association with, MNA should not be construed as constituting or implying any partnership between them. "Citrin Cooperman" is the brand under which Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, and Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC serve clients' business needs in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, a licensed independent CPA firm, provides attest services and Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC provides business advisory and nonattest services. Learn more about Citrin Cooperman at www.citrincooperman.com. SOURCE Citrin Cooperman
big accounting firms are finally getting serious about ai. here's what it means for you. Citrin Cooperman just hired Anthropic's AI consultancy Ode to overhaul its tax and accounting workflows. This signals a massive shift in the profession. FastStatement break down the practical implications for accountants and how tools like FastStatement fit into the new reality. so citrin cooperman, one of the big players in professional services, just announced they're working with ode - the fancy new ai consultancy backed by anthropic, blackstone, and a bunch of other heavy hitters. the goal? identify and implement high-impact ai use cases across their tax, accounting, and advisory practices. the press release is full of the usual corporate optimism. but if you read between the lines, something real is happening here. the era of "ai is coming for accounting" is over. it's already here. and the firms that ignore it will be left behind. let's cut through the jargon. citrin cooperman isn't just experimenting with ai. they're embedding it into their core workflows. "by applying ai to practical, high-impact use cases, we're enabling our professionals to further focus on the strategic advice and trusted relationships that create the greatest value for our clients." - alan badey, ceo of citrin cooperman advisors llc translation: they want their accountants to stop doing busywork. no more manual data entry. no more formatting financial statements by hand. no more hunting for errors in trial balances. the firm is prioritizing "practical ai applications that enhance client service." initial efforts are focused on optimizing key workflows and generating client-specific insights. this is exactly the right approach. not some vague "digital transformation" initiative. specific, measurable improvements to the work that actually matters. you might think this only affects the big firms. you'd be wrong. when firms like citrin cooperman adopt ai at scale, it sets a new baseline for the entire profession. clients will start expecting faster turnaround times. better insights. fewer errors. small and mid-sized firms will feel the pressure to keep up. the gap between tech-forward firms and traditional ones will widen fast. but here's the thing - you don't need a team of consultants from ode to start. the tools already exist. while citrin cooperman is building custom ai solutions with a dedicated consultancy, most firms need something simpler. something that works right now, without a six-figure consulting engagement. FastStatement built it for exactly this use case. upload your trial balances. get compliant, perfectly formatted financial statements in minutes. no manual formatting. no wrestling with excel. no late nights before a deadline. it's the same principle citrin cooperman is pursuing - automate the repetitive work so you can focus on the strategic stuff. just without the enterprise-level complexity. this announcement is part of a larger trend. ode itself is a fascinating signal - launched in 2026 through a partnership between anthropic, blackstone, hellman & friedman, and a consortium of global investors. that's serious money betting on enterprise ai. ode's ceo chris taylor put it well: "the companies that succeed in the age of ai will be the ones charting a bold future for their industry." accounting has been slow to change. but the pace is accelerating. the firms that start now - even with small, practical steps - will have a massive advantage in 2-3 years. * identify your bottlenecks. where are you spending time on tasks that could be automated? * start small. pick one workflow - like financial statement generation - and find a tool that solves it. * iterate. once you see the impact, expand to other areas. the future of accounting isn't about replacing accountants. it's about making them more valuable. more strategic. less buried in spreadsheets. citrin cooperman gets it. now it's your turn. Ready to automate your financial statements? Join thousands of accounting professionals who save 10+ hours per report with FastStatement.