--- title: With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a... description: At least a dozen venture capital firms that invested in OpenAI—including Founders Fund, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Sequoia Capital—also backed Anthropic's... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/with-ai-investor-loyalty-is-almost-dead-at-least-a-dozen-openai-vcs-now-also-back-anthropic-4qnkinnll twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic | daily.dev og:description: At least a dozen venture capital firms that invested in OpenAI—including Founders Fund, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Sequoia Capital—also backed Anthropic's... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/with-ai-investor-loyalty-is-almost-dead-at-least-a-dozen-openai-vcs-now-also-back-anthropic-4qnkinnll og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4qnKiNNlL.png og:image:alt: With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # With AI, investor loyalty is (almost) dead: at least a dozen OpenAI VCs now also back Anthropic **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary At least a dozen venture capital firms that invested in OpenAI—including Founders Fund, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Sequoia Capital—also backed Anthropic's recent $30 billion Series G raise. This breaks a longstanding VC norm against investing in direct competitors. The piece examines why this is happening (record-breaking fundraising rounds, massive potential returns), highlights the conflict-of-interest implications around confidential startup information and board seats, and notes that Sam Altman previously warned investors against backing rivals. A handful of major VCs, like Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures, still maintain single-company loyalty. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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