General Catalyst

6 statements across 2 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 14, 2026 by Hemant Taneja · said 13 times in 7 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jan 14, 2026 neutral
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General Catalyst converted an Ohio nonprofit health system to a for-profit
“Why did we go you know acquire a health system in Ohio? It was a nonprofit. We worked with the attorney general, converted it.”
Hemant Taneja Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 11:29 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 14, 2026 bullish
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Taneja: General Catalyst's Anthropic investment at $60B was last year's cheapest VC deal
“We ended up investing at, you know a eight, nine, ten billion dollar kind of run rate business at sixty billion. That's the cheapest deal that got done last year in venture capital. On a financial basis.”
Hemant Taneja Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 7:20 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 14, 2026 positive
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General Catalyst buys declining businesses to grant startups customer access
“This is not about trying to be PE. This is about acquiring businesses in PE that actually have declining value, but have important customers that need to be served and help them get to that AI transformation that Bob's talking about faster by getting our found…”
Hemant Taneja Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 13:04 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 14, 2026 bullish
Disclosure
Taneja: Anthropic's valuation grew to hundreds of billions on real growth
“You look at Anthropic, Which we're also investors in. That goes from sixty billion dollars last year to, you know, a couple hundred billion dollars. So like, and by the way, with good economic progress, these are not pine to sky valuation. They're based on act…”
Hemant Taneja Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 5:43 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 14, 2026 bullish
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Taneja: Anthropic grew 10x to $880M in revenue when General Catalyst invested
“So that business, when we invested, was doing about eight hundred and eighty million dollars, which was a 10 X growth from the year before.”
Hemant Taneja Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 6:54 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Mar 27, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: General Catalyst is acquiring accounting firms and hospitals
“He's got GC buying up and rolling up accounting firms, et cetera, healthcare firms, hospitals, et cetera.”
Jason Calacanis Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 27:36 Anthropic's Generational Run, OpenAI Panics, AI Moats, Meta Loses Major Lawsuits
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