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How Justin Ernest invested nearly $400M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Summary
Instead of spending a year raising a formal venture fund, the Sabertooth VC founder used a captive network of LPs to invest startups like Anthropic, Anduril, an
Why It Matters
Signals increasing investor interest and capital allocation in AI startups.
Referenced Coverage & Sources
OpenAI files confidentially for IPO, following Anthropic
TechCrunch AI•Jun 8, 2026
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $400M into hot startups without a traditional VC fund
TechCrunch AI•Jun 9, 2026
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is a version of Mythos the public can access today
TechCrunch AI•Jun 9, 2026
Anthropic's Fable 5 can make weirdly fun video games with the click of a button
TechCrunch AI•Jun 9, 2026
Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
Ars Technica•Jun 9, 2026
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