I wonder how many founders will pass on investors who passed on them in prior rounds I wonder how many would have three dinners & give them …

I wonder how many founders will pass on investors who passed on them in prior rounds I wonder how many would have three dinners & give them an allocation only to slash it to zero at the last moment. Anthropic’s last round was apparently a bloodbath behind the scenes. A GP at a prominent fund had dinner with Dario three times before their allocation was slashed to zero. At least four other tier-one funds got pulled at the last minute. Their crime? Passing on the Series B, the…

Source: Emad Mostaque (X) | 2026-06-02