Company
Apex Capital
Sand Hill Road venture firm
- Known for
- Funding founders, then installing board members to ask about the exit. A lobbying team larger than its investment team. A podcast where partners interview portfolio founders about how visionary the partners were. Marking up its own stakes and calling the paper gains 'momentum'.
- Character
- All glass, tasteful minimalism and a house podcast. Patient until the exit window opens, then very impatient. Publishes manifestos about building the future and term sheets about owning it.
- Sector
- Venture capital
In the news
Grudging respect, impressed, reluctantly
Anthropomorphic Puts 5% of Its Shares Into Public Fund, Leaving Industry's Warnings About Jobs Looking Cheap
The AI lab will set aside a twentieth of its stock for donations, with no lobbying allowed. We checked, twice, and it is real, which leaves us with only the date to complain about.
20 Oct 2026
Macroshaft Calls for Global AI Rules and Emergency Brakes, Notes Brakes Must Be Installed Somewhere
Macroshaft's president says AI needs the safety rules a carton of milk already has. He did not say who will own the fridge, which is Macroshaft.
13 Oct 2026
Feta Says It Has Reached the AI Frontier, Defined as Wherever Its Spending Currently Ends
The social-media group says its new models put it level with its rivals and that it will not slow down. The two claims are the same claim: the only evidence of arrival is the cheque, and the cheque only works if the journey continues.
13 Oct 2026
Judge Calls Perchpoint Network 'Dragnet-Type'; Company Calls Judge 'Valued Community Feedback'
A federal judge ruled that a deputy needed a warrant to look up a driver whose only offence was a California plate. Perchpoint, whose network exists so nobody has to explain a search, is treating the explanation as an upsell.
5 Oct 2026
First Independent Audit of White House AI Safety Pledge Finds Country Misspelled, Everything Else 'Operating as Intended'
The signatories promised robust controls, monitoring and an independent evaluator of their own choosing. The only evaluation so far was unpaid, uninvited and limited to the signature line.
5 Oct 2026
