Anthropic Reaches an Agreement With Confidential-AI Startup Opaque, Constellation Research Reports
Anthropic has struck an agreement with Opaque, a confidential-computing and AI security startup, under which it licenses Opaque's technology and hires some of its team, according to Constellation Research. Terms were not disclosed, and Anthropic has not commented in the coverage we read.
Anthropic has reached an agreement with confidential-computing startup Opaque, according to Constellation Research, which describes a structure in which Anthropic licenses Opaque's technology and brings on some of its team. Terms were not disclosed. The account comes from a single outlet and a statement from Opaque's CEO; we did not find an Anthropic announcement.
What has been reported
Constellation reports that Opaque CEO Aaron Fulkerson noted the deal publicly. It quotes him: "We're proud to share a new agreement with Anthropic that carries OPAQUE's work forward."
Opaque has partnered with Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft and Google on confidential computing and raised a $24 million Series B at a $300 million valuation, Constellation says. Constellation's view is that the deal fits Anthropic's push toward enterprises weighing on-premise deployments and sovereign AI.
Limits
- Single-outlet report. Constellation calls the deal an acquihire; its text describes a license plus hiring some of the team, so we do not call it an acquisition.
- Anthropic had not commented in the coverage we read.