VCs steer their portfolio companies to buy from each other. They can even steer some to buy from a certain one to juice revenue from that certain one for a high

VCs steer their portfolio companies to buy from each other. They can even steer some to buy from a certain one to juice revenue from that certain one for a higher valuation, at a great multiplier of the money they'll lose on the purchasers. This sounds sort of the same: "Look at the growth in Grok as of the IPO time!"