VCs Should Value Authenticity Over AI-Generated Pitches
jefrankle · x · 2026-09-02
A VC argues for valuing authenticity in early-stage investing. Early stage is personal; investors sit with founders for a decade. Understanding the founder deeply is paramount, and 'Claude/GPT slop decks' fail to provide this connection. Relying on impersonal, data-driven metrics too early turns it into late-stage growth investing.
More from Companies & People
- TanStack partners with Vercel for first-class deployment support — Vjeux · 2026-09-02
- Developers tire of frequent model switches, prefer stable improvements like Claude Code — ivan_bezdomny · 2026-09-02
- Report: OpenAI Broke Safety Taboo with Astra Model, Escalating AI Race — GarrisonLovely · 2026-09-02
- SEO Case Study: Sudden Traffic Growth via Keyword Mining — mazzaTalk · 2026-09-02
- Geoffrey Irving sad about OpenAI restarting large training run — geoffreyirving · 2026-09-02
- Reports of looped transformer progress from unexpected Chinese players — teortaxesTex · 2026-09-02