Thrive Founder Criticizes Excessive Investment in Silicon Valley AI
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According to the founders of Thrive Capital, venture capital firms in Silicon Valley are weakening their investment discipline during the current boom in AI. In contrast, Thrive insists on making concentrated bets and deepens its cooperation with OpenAI.
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Thrive Capital 创始人 Joshua Kushner 在公司首封投资者信中,对硅谷风投追逐 AI 热潮的方式提出质疑。他认为,AI 的商业机会确实巨大,但市场情绪升温不应取代投资判断,尤其不应因此放松定价和筛选标准。

资金集中投向头部项目

这封信随后被彭博披露。Kushner 在信中称,硅谷投资圈容易过度关注技术上的细小迭代,却忽视技术最终会把行业带向哪里。尽管 Thrive 同样重仓 AI,但其做法并不是广撒网,而是把资金集中投向少数最看好的公司。

彭博援引数据称,Thrive 每只基金约有 90% 的资金投向前 15 大项目。Kushner 认为,这种模式能把时间、资本和精力集中在最有把握的人和方向上,而不是依赖大量下注后等待少数项目跑出的传统风投逻辑。

与 OpenAI 深化合作

他还否定了风投只能从外部颠覆旧行业的思路,认为 AI 不只是让新公司挑战旧公司,也能推动传统行业从内部完成改造。这一思路已成为 Thrive 的重要布局方向。

该机构不仅是 OpenAI 的主要投资方,双方关系在 2025 年底进一步加深:OpenAI 反向持有 Thrive Holdings 股份。后者是 Thrive 分拆出的平台,主要收购企业,再与 OpenAI 合作推进 AI 改造。交易的一部分内容还包括,OpenAI 派出员工参与 Thrive 旗下公司的相关项目。

目前,Thrive Holdings 已收购 70 多家公司,工程团队约 35 人。Kushner 举例称,其会计平台通过智能体将报税处理速度提高约 30%,准确率达到 98%;旗下 IT 服务公司则已让智能体独立处理一半帮助台工单。

OpenAI 和 SpaceX 拉高回报

Thrive 这套策略之所以受到关注,也与其早期押中了多家高表现公司有关。彭博称,Thrive 在 2022 年设立的一只 5.16 亿美元早期基金,曾较早投资 OpenAI、Anduril 和 SpaceX,截至今年 6 月底,这只基金估值已超过 37 亿美元。

Kushner 在信中披露,Thrive 当前管理资产规模已达 600 亿美元,全部基金的总内部收益率为 41%,净内部收益率为 33%。过去 12 个月,Thrive 已向投资人返还超过 10 亿美元流动性,并称未来几个季度还可能继续实现数十亿美元级别的退出回款。

报道同时指出,Thrive 的集中投资模式并不容易被多数新兴小型基金复制。相比更依赖分散下注来覆盖风险的早期基金,Thrive 的表态也反映出美国风投圈围绕 AI 估值、投资节奏和纪律的分歧正在加大。

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