Before leading Anthropic's first round, Jaan Tallinn asked Dario to get rival VC offers
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-10-20
Jaan Tallinn, whose fund led Anthropic's first round, asked Dario Amodei to line up alternative VC proposals before investing — he wanted confidence he was displacing VC money, not bringing Anthropic into existence. The poster quips that VCs not "safety-pilled" enough out themselves by mindlessly criticizing Anthropic on podcasts.
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