David Sacks on reports linking Anthropic ban to Pentagon CTO Emil Michael's stake in Aravind Srinivas' Perplexity AI; says: There is no ...
Venture capitalist David Sacks dismissed reports linking Pentagon CTO Emil Michael's Perplexity AI investment to government actions against Anthropic, calling it a smear campaign. Sacks argued Perplexity isn't a direct competitor and Michael's holdings were cleared. He also accused Anthropic of political maneuvering in Washington.
Venture capitalist David Sacks dismissed reports linking Pentagon CTO Emil Michael's Perplexity AI investment to government actions against Anthropic, calling it a smear campaign. Sacks argued Perplexity isn't a direct competitor and Michael's holdings were cleared. He also accused Anthropic of political maneuvering in Washington.
