Petersen: Anthropic is a better investment than OpenAI at equal valuation
Ryan Petersen · Flexport CEO: Two Questions Every Founder Needs to Ask · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jun 20, 2026 · at 26:36
Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport. When asked by Harry Stebbings to pick between investing in OpenAI or Anthropic at equal valuations, Petersen selects Anthropic.
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“I think I'm going Anthropic. No offense, because Sam's a friend of mine, but. Yeah, the enterprise business seems great. And the team, I think there's a lot of value of like this cohesive team that's been together forever, and OpenAI's had ups and downs, and people have left, and it's been hard to keep the whole team in place, and there's just so much value in like Founders that love each other, and no one quits, and I totally got it. The talent density, et cetera, so.”
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