#investment #markets #AI - Anthropic Investor Blasts Traditional Venture Capital: Bloomberg Television

21 August 2026

Early Anthropic investor Anjney Midha unloads on traditional venture capital, arguing firms failed investors by missing the AI revolution.

He explains why he’s still buying Anthropic, predicts public markets will embrace frontier AI, and reveals why Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition may really be a massive bet on securing the agentic internet. Chapters: 00:01:30 - Why Traditional VCs Failed to See the AI Opportunity 00:04:13 - How AI IPOs Could Change Startup Funding 00:05:44 - Is Venture Capital Broken? 00:08:10 - Building the Next Generation of AI Investors

Stripe has acquired OpenRouter for over $7 billion, marking a significant move in the AI and fintech sectors. OpenRouter serves as a unified gateway for over 400 AI models, processing more than 200 billion tokens monthly. This acquisition positions Stripe as a key player in the emerging economy of AI, aiming to enhance its infrastructure for real-time transactions based on consumption. 

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00:09:22 - Why Stripe Acquired OpenRouter