Menlo Backs Factory After Khosla’s Critique, Turning Public Doubt Into a Funding Signal
Menlo Ventures has invested in Factory and paired the deal with a notably upbeat blog post, days after Vinod Khosla publicly dismissed the company as a struggling also-ran. The move underscores how sharply investor narratives can diverge in frontier AI, where technical ambition, market timing, and founder resilience often matter as much as near-term consensus.
