Early Anthropic investor recalls round wasn't competitive when OpenAI looked like the winner
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-07
An investor who was in Anthropic's early round recalls that OpenAI looked like the clear winner at the time, making Anthropic's prospects unclear. Also, Anthropic already had significant revenue (and burn), fitting no pre-seed/seed fund profile — so the round was surprisingly not competitive.
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