AI VCs split into two camps: FDE talent wars and Blackstone JV puzzle
sandeepssrin · x · 2026-08-12
Investors note that AI VCs are splitting into two camps: those who believe in Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) as the core moat, and those trying to figure out why Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei created a joint venture with Blackstone.
A generational land grab is playing out in enterprise software, limited by the brutal talent war for FDEs. To scale white-glove deployments, startup Genera combines agents and humans with outcome-based pricing, acting as an extension of in-house teams.
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