VCs are now sharing screenshots in group chats of Claude discouraging investment in open-source AI infra startups and models. Obviously ther…

VCs are now sharing screenshots in group chats of Claude discouraging investment in open-source AI infra startups and models. Obviously there is an absolute EXPLOSION of pitches in inference companies, harness companies, RL-as-a-service companies, open-source tooling currently including Neolabs that plan to open source models as well. Now the obvious takeaway is: “Claude is biased against open source.” Who cares? The more unsettling take is: every major AI model has a worldview, and that worldview is becoming embedded in capital allocation. If Claude’s safety priors cause it to frame open-source AI as dangerous, hard to govern, or less fundable, it’s probably doing the same thing in enterprise buying workflows. Now investors and executives are obviously smarter, but “influence” just changes which risks get highlighted, which questions buyers should ask, and which vendors are suggested…..

Source: Clem Delangue (X) | 2026-06-27