Mario Gabriele(@mariogabriele):Before investing in Anthropic, Jaan Tallinn asked Dario to line up alternative proposals from VCs. The reason: he wanted confidence that he was displacing VC money, not bringing Anthropic into existence. Tallinn, an AI safety advocate whose fund led Anthropic's first round, says the assumption that the company wouldn't exist without his investment is not true.

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Mario Gabriele@mariogabriele

2026.10.19 21:47

Before investing in Anthropic, Jaan Tallinn asked Dario to line up alternative proposals from VCs. The reason: he wanted confidence that he was displacing VC money, not bringing Anthropic into existence. Tallinn, an AI safety advocate whose fund led Anthropic's first round, says the assumption that the company wouldn't exist without his investment is not true.