Guillaume Verdon says Anthropic staffers forced a host to rescind his party invite
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-24
Guillaume Verdon (posting as "beffjezos"), Extropic founder and ex-Google quantum lead, says he was invited to an SF party, but several Anthropic employees "started crashing out" upon learning he'd attend and pressured the host to pull the invite. "I really am their Voldemort, you can't make this shit up." The episode spotlights the ongoing rift between the e/acc camp and Anthropic's safety faction.
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