General Catalyst's First-Ever Quarterly Review | CEO Hemant Taneja

Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst, joins Sourcery to unpack GC's first-ever quarterly Review.We cover why he wrote it, the state of GC's $43B ecosystem, why the software buyout model is broken, Anthropic's Series G at $380B, the $5B India commitment, buying Summa Health in Akron, the Anthropic–DoW controversy, Mythos and Project Glasswing, Nikesh Arora joining the board, and his take on "Tech Lash 2.0."Plus: Is GC going public?HUGE thank you to Deel Co-Founder & CRO Shuo Wang for the introduction to Reggie & the GC team, I am SO happy we were able to make this happen so quickly! What a treat. 🔗 Read the Q1 2026 Review: https://hemant-taneja.com/#VentureCapital #GeneralCatalyst #HemantTaneja #AI #AnthropicHemant Taneja: https://x.com/htaneja Molly O’Shea: https://x.com/MollySOShea Sourcery: ⁠https://x.com/sourceryy 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊YouTube: https://youtu.be/hWI258ZHbxE𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐒• Brex—The modern finance platform, combining the world’s smartest corporate card with integrated expense management, banking, bill pay, & travel. https://brex.com/sourcery• Turing—Turing delivers top-tier talent, data, and tools to help AI labs improve model performance—and enables enterprises to turn those models into powerful, production-ready systems. https://turing.com/sourcery• VCX—VCX is the public ticker for private tech, allowing investors of all sizes to invest in venture capital. View The Portfolio at http://GetVCX.com • Deel—Deel is the global people platform that helps startups hire, manage, pay, and equip anyone, anywhere. Trusted by more than 35,000 fast-growing companies, Deel is the people platform that just works, so teams can scale without the chaos. Visit: https://www.deel.com/sourcery• Public–Investing platform Public just launched Generated Assets, which lets you turn any idea into an investable index with AI. With Generated Assets, you can build, backtest, refine, and invest in any thesis with AI. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all ETFs. https://public.com/sourcery• Merge—The leading provider of customer-facing integrations and agentic tools for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Visit https://merge.dev Follow Sourcery for the latest updates!https://www.sourcery.vc/DisclosurePaid Endorsement. Brokerage services by Open to the Public Investing Inc, member FINRA & SIPC. Advisory services by Public Advisors LLC, SEC-registered adviser. Crypto trading provided by Zero Hash LLC, licensed by the NYSDFS. Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool by Public Advisors. Output is for informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. See disclosures at public.com/disclosures/ga. Matched funds must remain in your account for at least 5 years. Match rate and other terms are subject to change at any time. 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒(00:00) Hemant Taneja, CEO