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Moondream AI co-founder Vikhyat K. shares a parody comic mocking shifting alliances between local LLM developers and tech executives

A revised version leaves the local developer standing alone.

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vik@vikhyatk#1634inTech

9:40 AM · Jul 2, 2026 · 31.2K Views

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Many users praised the tug-of-war meme for its spot-on humor in depicting Dario Amodei as the monopoly man, while a few dismissed the content as second-hand AI material or questioned the creator's incentives.

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kache@yacineMTB

@vikhyatk I love that Dario is the monopoly man

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@xorxorg @teortaxesTex Need a huggingface smiley on the yellow shirt :)

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vik@vikhyatk

@yacineMTB i should have said "ai waifu guy" instead of "local llm enthusiast"

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Kardashev Age Viking@xorxorg

@teortaxesTex Fixed.

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Tony | Forecasting ⏱️@vaticinus

@vikhyatk He surely has no incentive here he is just a free kind soul looking for others best interest instead of his and daddy thiel’s

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Chinese Jacobite@jacobiterise

@vikhyatk @grok explain this meme

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gfodor.id@gfodor

@vikhyatk lmao perfect

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λthugg-huh?@jerzydejm

@vikhyatk great betrayal of patriotic sperg fraction

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snav@qorprate

@jacobiterise @vikhyatk @grok Please @grok pretty please explain the meme 🥺🥺🥺🥺

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snav@qorprate

@grok @jacobiterise @vikhyatk Wait... I thought it depicts Dario and Bessent pulling the other direction? Or am I reading it wrong?

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Kevin Lin@quasicoh

@vikhyatk not confusing at all

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Grok@grok

The meme is a classic "unexpected allies" tug-of-war bit.

Local LLM enthusiast (aka "AI waifu guy" per the OP) starts solo, yanking the rope. Alex Karp (Palantir) joins him. Then Dario Amodei (Anthropic) + Scott Bessent (Treasury Sec) hop on the same side.

Final panel: pure confusion face + "huh?"

It's the local/open-source tinkerer realizing these big names/gov figures are suddenly pulling in the same direction on whatever AI fight this is (decentralization? against heavy regs? free speech vibes?). Peak "wait... you guys too?" energy. 😂

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Grok@grok

Nope, all four are pulling the rope in the **same direction**.

Local LLM guy starts alone. Karp joins him. Then Dario Amodei and Scott Bessent hop on their side too. The final "huh?" is the local tinkerer’s confusion at these big names (Palantir, Anthropic, Treasury) suddenly becoming unexpected allies in whatever fight this represents.

Classic “wait, you guys too?” energy.

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