Benchmark says AI boom makes venture rule against backing rivals harder to keep

Benchmark partners said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the AI boom makes the venture rule against backing direct rivals harder to keep. OpenAI and Anthropic already share many investors, and the conflict between Factory and Cognition highlights the tension.

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