What's really happening when Anthropic gets designated a supply chain risk hours after OpenAI signs a Pentagon deal and the largest private funding round in history? The common story is about principles versus pragmatism—but the reality is more interesting when Claude was too embedded in combat operations to rip out even after a presidential order.
In this video, I share the inside scoop on why Dario misread the room while Sam walked away with the keys to the kingdom:
• Why Anthropic's objection was technical, not moral—and contingent on model reliability
• How OpenAI's $110 billion round equals 65% of all US venture capital in 2023
• What the circular financing structure reveals about who's picking winners
• Where enterprise contracts will be won or lost as government revenue becomes the gold standard
For builders watching cloud providers play every side of the board, the question is whether you're okay with a one-model winner world or fighting for a multi-model future.
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