
Blackstone Inc. is launching Blackstone N1, a new San Francisco-based division aimed at consolidating its artificial-intelligence and high-growth tech investments—a sharper AI push for the New York asset manager as money continues pouring into data centers, power, and software platforms. The group will draw from Blackstone’s growth, hybrid, and perpetual private equity strategies, folding in stakes linked to OpenAI and Anthropic, per an internal memo cited by WSJ Pro Private Equity.
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