Anthropic had 7 co-founders, OpenAI 11: the 'too many founders' rule keeps failing
mattturck · x · 2026-10-28
VC Matt Turck notes a contradiction in standard startup advice: 'too many co-founders' is supposedly a recipe for dilution, friction and analysis paralysis — yet Anthropic has 7 co-founders, OpenAI 11, and Databricks 7, all building category-defining companies.
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