OpenAI and Anthropic compete, but VCs treat them like Pepsi and Coke
Investors see upside in backing both frontier-model leaders, even as rivals sharpen product and compute races.

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Investors see upside in backing both frontier-model leaders, even as rivals sharpen product and compute races.
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