Episode
Menlo Ventures and the Anthropic Bet
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- Jun 23, 2026
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- 117
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Summary
Menlo Ventures dropped $750 million into Anthropic before it had a product—backed by SPVs and OpenAI alumni—turning early bets into AI royalty. Their Anthology fund, launched with Anthropic, ballooned to $250M+, backing 60+ startups with exits like Graphite and Astrix. Menlo’s bold moves now define their AI dominance. Support the show: Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: [email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/405c2d62cb4be76b