If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
Feb 6, 2026 22:44And every *other* option you have for getting funding, even the most decent among them, are folks who will not refuse to do business with those people. You will be expected to sit in a room with those monsters, and act like it's reasonable, without armed security or witnesses.
