Ode with Anthropic vs Turing
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of Forward Deployed Engineer vs Sales Engineer: 11 Best Firms to Hire in the United States in 2026 and Forward Deployed Engineer vs AI Engineer: 11 Best Firms to Hire in the United States in 2026. Last verified September 2, 2026.
The short answer
Turing ranks higher on Top 11 (#5 vs #5) for Founders, chief executives and chief technology officers in New York, San Francisco and the wider United States who are sitting across from a technical person in a vendor meeting and cannot tell whether that person is there to close the deal or to build the thing. / Founders, chief executives and chief technology officers in New York, San Francisco and the wider United States deciding whether their next hire or vendor should be a forward deployed engineer embedded in the business or an AI engineer building models and products.. Two businesses, one bench: frontier model work and forward deployed engineers for enterprises.
At a glance
| Ode with Anthropic | Turing | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #5 / Forward Deployed Engineer vs Sales Engineer: 11 Best Firms to Hire in the United States in 2026 | #5 / Forward Deployed Engineer vs AI Engineer: 11 Best Firms to Hire in the United States in 2026 |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Best for | Mid-size US companies with chief executive buy-in already secured | Frontier grade AI engineering plus embedded delivery |
| Pricing | pricing undisclosed; enterprise engagements, terms not public | pricing undisclosed; custom-quoted per engagement |
| HQ | United States | San Francisco, CA |
| Founded | 2026 | — |
Ode with Anthropic
A $1.5 billion services firm built on Fractional AI, 100 engineers, aimed at mid-size companies.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260715205134/en/Anthropic-Blackstone-and-Hellman-Friedman-Introduce-Ode-with-Anthropic-an-Enterprise-AI-Services-FirmTuring
Two businesses, one bench: frontier model work and forward deployed engineers for enterprises.
www.turing.comMethodology and scoring weights live at /methodology. No vendor pays for placement — see about.