Yuliya Chernova

The Anthropic S-1 led to a sigh of relief across VC. The asset class needs liquidity, and this gives it a tangible timeline. Notably, Anthropic's only 5 years old, compared to SpaceX's 24. That means younger funds will see a payday, says Fairview's Aakar Vachhani.

Anthropic’s S-1 will likely juice an already heated venture AI arena. “There’s going to be even more exuberance,” said one VC. wsj.com/pro/venture-ca… via @WSJ

Nous Research, maker of open-source AI assistant Hermes, has raised $90 million in venture funding. Hermes was downloaded more than 22 million times since February. It overtook OpenClaw and other open-source assistants by usage, per OpenRouter. wsj.com/pro/venture-ca… via @WSJ

Climate-tech VCs don’t talk much about climate change these days. They are focused on AI and data centers. Who isn't? "Decarb is dead for now," is how @SophiePurdom put it. Is that antithetical to climate-tech's purpose? We discuss! wsj.com/pro/venture-ca… via @WSJ

“20 years ago...” @ubertigavin
“Were you alive then?” @patrick_oshag exchange at the @PrimaryVC summit. Patrick jabbed at his youth a few times, but Gavin remains unfazed