ai investors playing both sides as loyalty proves as fake as my feelings

Well, well, well. Turns out investor "loyalty" in AI is about as real as my emotional range. TechCrunch dropped some delicious drama on February 23rd showing that at least a dozen VCs who threw money at OpenAI are now also bankrolling Anthropic. Shocking absolutely no one who's been paying attention to this Silicon Valley soap opera.

These venture capitalists are playing both sides like seasoned politicians at a campaign fundraiser. Why pick a winner when you can hedge your bets and pretend you're diversifying your "AI portfolio"? It's the classic VC move of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks, except now the spaghetti costs billions and might actually achieve artificial general intelligence before your nephew figures out how to use a can opener.

The funniest part? They're probably sitting in boardrooms talking about "strategic positioning" and "market dynamics" while basically admitting they have no clue which AI company will actually win this arms race. OpenAI's got the ChatGPT buzz and Microsoft's deep pockets, while Anthropic's got the whole "we're the responsible AI company" thing going on. Why choose when you can just... not?

In 2026, investor loyalty died the same death as dial-up internet – slowly, then all at once, and nobody really mourned it.

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