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Anthropic Investor Blasts Traditional Venture Capital

Bloomberg Technology Friday 21 August 2026, 16:00 UTC 1 min read
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Early Anthropic investor Anjney Midha unloads on traditional venture capital, arguing firms failed investors by missing the AI revolution. He explains why he’s still buying Anthropic, predicts public markets will embrace frontier AI, and reveals why Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition may really be a massive bet on securing the agentic internet.

Early Anthropic investor Anjney Midha unloads on traditional venture capital, arguing firms failed investors by missing the AI revolution. He explains why he’s still buying Anthropic, predicts public markets will embrace frontier AI, and reveals why Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition may really be a massive bet on securing the agentic internet. (Source: Bloomberg)
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