There's countless stories where founders don't receive a 'no' but instead 20 rounds of 'sounds interesting, please keep me informed once you have X'. X can be u

There's countless stories where founders don't receive a 'no' but instead 20 rounds of 'sounds interesting, please keep me informed once you have X'. X can be users, customers, revenue, team. The goalpost shifts. Or don't even shift but the discussion is moved a couple of months into the future. The VCs goal is to not to burn bridges in case the project really takes off.