Why are so many VCs anti-safety? A developer's confusion
jungofthewon · x · 2026-09-25
The author went through 407 comments on a popular post (including from well-known tech figures) and found only 2 mentions of OpenAI — a reminder of how unaware people are of what's coming. He then asks: why are so many VCs anti-AI-safety? Isn't safety part of American Dynamism too? His guess is that lab revenue is so fragile that being off by a small percentage crumbles the business case.
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