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We are thrilled to celebrate @Anthropic's $65B Series H at a $965B post-money valuation. Anthropic is Menlo's single largest and highest-conviction investment in our 50-year history — and it's not even close. This round marks our largest single investment in any round since our partnership began. Our relationship with @AnthropicAI, goes way back: → Invested in their Series C, 2023 — PRE-launch, PRE-revenue → Led their Series D, 2024 → Significant backers in every round since → And in July 2024, co-launched the $100M Anthology Fund with them to seed the next generation of AI-native companies Three years into this partnership, we continue to be blown away by everything they've built. $47B+ run-rate revenue. 40%+ enterprise LLM market share. Claude Opus 4.8 launching today. Web traffic from 16M → 290M monthly visits in 13 months. Enterprise AI and consumer AI. Both. Congratulations to @DarioAmodei, @DanielaAmodei. and the entire Anthropic team. You are building one of the most important companies of our generation.

Omg we’re so impartial that we published this as part of our consumer AI report! Take the W on consumer chat not and congrats! But @AnthropicAI is the 👑 of the enterprise domain!

CNBC published a thoughtful profile on the brother sister duo leading incredible momentum driving @AnthropicAI and how Dario and Daniela created a competive advantage with their initial focus on enterprise customers who valued the company's focus on trust and safety. As part of their reporting, they asked @mmurph what inspired him to lead an early round in the company--before Anthropic even had a product in market. More from @cnbc @KENZIESIGALOS mnlo.vc/CNBCDarioDanie…

@sherylinmotion @saylor In this case, @houman81 (middle of your pic) gets all the credit! (But as you can see, he's a dapper dresser too!) x.com/Houman81/statu…

@mmurph @nvidia @MenloVentures He is the real deal. One of the most humble caring leaders!

The Jensen Huang ⁦@nvidia⁩ rocking his ⁦@MenloVentures⁩ orange leather jacket at our annual CEO/LP Summit. We’re all in on AI!

From chips to style tips: Convincing the NVIDIA boss that orange complements his leather jacket collection right before our fireside chat. Mission accomplished! #MenloOrange @MenloVentures color

@mikealfred Proud to be the one that gifted Jensen the @MenloVentures orange leather jacket. I can confirm is Jensen is all in on AI!

BREAKING: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he bought a new orange jacket in preparation to follow Michael Saylor in to a Bitcoin strategy. No word yet if he was sober when the comments were made. Bullish.

@nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is rocking the @MenloVentures’ orange as he sits down with @houman81 to share his leadership philosophies. #MenloCEOSummit2025

Is it just me, or does Jensen Huang look better in @MenloVentures orange than in black??? Great gift idea @Houman81 !#MenloCEOSummit2025

We’re thrilled to welcome Matt Kraning as our newest investing partner at Menlo Ventures! Matt will focus on AI, enterprise SaaS, national defense, and cybersecurity—categories where his deep technical expertise and real founder experience give him a powerful edge. Startups today aren’t just adding AI—they’re being architected around it. There’s no standard playbook, no well-worn path. Founders need investors who’ve built in this new world. Matt has. ✅ Scaled an AI-native company from zero to $1.25B (acquired by Palo Alto Networks) ✅ Navigated pricing, deployment, and GTM in undefined markets ✅ Led through ambiguity, complexity, and technical depth He doesn’t just understand the challenges—he’s lived them. And he brings that insight to every founder he backs. Welcome, Matt. We’re so excited to have you on the team. To learn more about Matt, click here: mnlo.vc/welcome-matt-k…

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@TwinsightPro @EliteOptions2 @EliteOptions2 Thank you Brando, nice guiding as always.

RT @MenloVentures: We're still buzzing with excitement after an incredible week at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas! The highlight…

Menlo’s @Bad2theSloane joined @CNBC's Steve Kovach and @KellyCNBC on 'The Exchange' to dive into the latest tech news dominated, of course, by the dramatic events at OpenAI and questions about whether Sam Altman will stay at Microsoft. Watch: mnlo.vc/SteveSloane_CN… (at 2:28) Steve gave his opinion on where Sam might land and they discussed how recent events impact the AI ecosystem, plus why @AnthropicAI’s message around trust and safety resonates. Note: Anthropic is a Menlo-backed company whose team spun out of OpenAI in 2021. anthropic.com/company Watch! cnbc.com/video/2023/11/…

The team at Menlo is close-knit; we have a culture of going “ALL IN.” That phrase captures 1) how we work together to support our collective goals and 2) our commitment to mastering our craft. Our investors are immersed in the entrepreneurial mentality that defines our business. Our team consists of coders and gamers, people who participate in hackathons and speak at conferences and early adopters of the latest technology trends.

Exciting News from Menlo Ventures: We have raised $1.35 billion in new capital to invest in a new generation of startups. With this new funding, we make a commitment to support the forthcoming generation of AI startups. Generative AI represents a seismic shift that will add trillions of dollars in value to the global economy. Menlo Ventures will help write the next chapter. ​​ We’ve built a team and created an ecosystem around the firm designed to attract the best and brightest in the AI domain to partner with Menlo. When we talk to entrepreneurs, the fact that we’ve backed people like Edo Liberty at Pinecone, Dario Amodei at Anthropic, and Jyoti Bansal at Harness is a huge draw. And we’ve strategically built our team, hiring deeply technical partners with operating experience who provide valuable guidance to our portfolio. Read more about this milestone, and where we plan to invest here: mnlo.vc/FundNews2023

I'm thrilled to announce that @bfeglan has joined @MenloVentures as our new Director of Business Development. In this role, Bryan will be instrumental in strengthening the invaluable post-investment support we provide our portfolio companies.

10 Hot #Cybersecurity Companies You Should Watch In 2023: @ApiiroSecurity @AWNetworks @devo_Inc @DrataHQ @fortanix @Netskope @NetSPI @Secureworks @TenableSecurity @wiz_io crn.com/news/security/…

#SupplyChain is inherently complex and that complexity demands an informed and specialized approach. We believe verticalized solutions built by domain experts will generate huge outcomes. Our @FHaskaraman shares a playbook for founders: bit.ly/VerticaliSuppl… #founderplaybook

Cheers to @FieldwireHQ on news of your $300m acquisition by @Hiltigroup--the 3rd largest acquisition of a #ConstructionTechnology startup ever! We’re proud to have backed @yvesfrinault @JavedSingha + team & expect great things to come! More fm @tysosin bit.ly/CongratsFW