One of the most entertaining moments in VC this week was a piece of rage-bait marketing from General Catalyst.
In a now-viral post on X that parodies the old Mac vs. PC commercials, the venture firm — better known as GC — posted a “VC vs GC” video on Wednesday. The VC was played by a tall actor in a baggy shirt and vest with a distinctly large, bald head — an apparent dig at Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen. (But the real Andreessen never looks that disheveled).
The GC character was played by a man with a thick head of dark hair, white kicks and a tendency to stare deeply into the camera. He was clearly supposed to represent actor Justin Long’s cooler, “hipper” Mac character from the original commercials, in contrast to John Hodgman’s straight-laced “square” PC persona.
GC asks VC about his robotic dog.
VC explains “This is Woof AI” and then extols the virtues of the artificial companion (you don’t need to walk it or break the news to the kids when it dies!) and declares “you’ll never want a real dog after this.” VC mentions that his firm is leading the seed round and pitches GC to join the cap table.
