Ode with Anthropic tests performance bonuses for custom AI software

Anthropic’s private equity–backed venture, Ode, is experimenting with performance-based bonus fees alongside fixed project fees for developing custom enterprise AI software. While Ode currently charges most of its clients flat fees, it aims to grow the share of projects tied to financial targets, mirroring similar strategies used by competitors like Hyde. Meanwhile, high demand and a shortage of specialized deployment engineers are constraining growth across these AI services firms. Open article →