Saturday was my 15 year anniversary ... one of the things I love about Sequoia is getting to learn new things from amazing people, so here are 15 lessons from 15 people over 15 years... hope you enjoy!
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🥹🥹🥹 It was an absolute joy talking to of about how we co-wrote our Gen AI thesis with GPT-3 (and how I am bad at Twitter, among other things). Thank you, Biz!!
PS: hard at work updating the market map, ready monday :)
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A wild appears, demos from and , some ideas, some recruiting, and “Kanye” covering Lose Yourself 🎤 make for a great first AI community salon. Thanks for coming out everyone!
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Introducing the Gen AI Market Map!🌎 We’ve decided to map out this emerging frontier, thanks to all the contributions and feedback we’ve received.
This space is moving quickly – this map is a living document, so keep the suggestions coming! Who else should we include?
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this is a beautiful profile of some very special people
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40 years ago, computing pioneers thought everyone would make their own software. Today just 0.34% of the world are developers.
Learn how @ivanhzhao, @akothari & @simonlast are building @NotionHQ to change our relationship with computers and software. 
sequoiacap.com/article/notion
sequoiacap.com/article/notion11
. said in doldrums of 2008 when starting , “Cloud is only going to happen once.”
AI is only going to happen once, so it’s time to get to work , even with macro headwinds.
🙏 for the coverage!
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Some personal news: We raised $100M for , an new early-stage venture capital firm purpose-built for Software 3.0
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Former Greylock partner Sarah Guo filed the Form D for Conviction Partners, her new $101 million fund, on Friday.
I caught with with Guo to learn about her vision for the future of AI and why she's staking Conviction on funding "AI native" startups:
forbes.com/sites/kenrickc
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Completely agree with this. Some of the comments are confusing metrics with benchmarks. Metrics are great. But figure out what’s right for YOUR business and take the benchmarks with a grain of salt.
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Most SaaS benchmarks are mind viruses that - in general - cause companies to make bad business decisions
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Our commitment to Europe has never been stronger. I am delighted to welcome who will lead our comms in Europe, and our newest partner .
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It’s selfish not to go for broke—if you’re planning on giving it all away in the end, anyway.
founder and CEO is on a mission to maximize the total happiness of the future
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Finally, there is so much exciting work happening in the AI application layer. Who did I miss that's interesting?
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Stable Diffusion is only 30 days old…
a MEGA THREAD 🧵 on its rapid rise.
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Hey guys, I wrote a thing about the Merge!
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Hiring is critically important to get right...and so easy to get wrong. I wrote about why aggressive hiring is often counterproductive and what you can do about it. This also includes the single best hiring advice I've ever received.
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If you were wondering what technology wave will next radically reshape our world, Generative AI appears to be it. This great piece by and does a wonderful job breaking down the opportunity.
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We are entering a new era of human-machine co-creation. If we allow ourselves to dream, then it’s easy to imagine a future where Generative AI is deeply embedded in how we work, create and play. 
Excited to share our musings on the space here:
sequoiacap.com/article/genera
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I've seen lots of fields move quickly in my career but none as quickly as generative AI
This field is evolving at light speed. The playbook needs to be thrown out and rewritten every quarter or so. I'm sure that's true for this article as well, but it's damn good for right now!
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We are entering a new era of human-machine co-creation. If we allow ourselves to dream, then it’s easy to imagine a future where Generative AI is deeply embedded in how we work, create and play.
Excited to share our musings on the space here:
sequoiacap.com/article/genera
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If you are building with Generative AI, we'd love to talk with you.
If you are not building with Generative AI, you might want to consider it!
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We are entering a new era of human-machine co-creation. If we allow ourselves to dream, then it’s easy to imagine a future where Generative AI is deeply embedded in how we work, create and play.
Excited to share our musings on the space here:
sequoiacap.com/article/genera
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A huge thank you to , , , , , , , , , , , and countless others for helping to inform this piece
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Generative AI may be the most important theme of the next couple decades. It's analogous to the "on prem to cloud" transition of the last ~20 years, but an order of magnitude bigger. Here are a few thoughts from my brilliant partner
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We are entering a new era of human-machine co-creation. If we allow ourselves to dream, then it’s easy to imagine a future where Generative AI is deeply embedded in how we work, create and play.
Excited to share our musings on the space here:
sequoiacap.com/article/genera
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RIFs and layoffs are not a pure sign of company weakness, just as headcount growth is not a sign of pure company strength. Great companies are adjusting their spend profile to the environment, based on the increased cost of capital.
Build a better company, not just a bigger one.
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The fastest growing company ever! Not bad for a startup that sold the first deal only 18 months ago. 
. And @wiz_io is just getting started.
wiz.io/blog/100m-arr-
. And @wiz_io is just getting started.
wiz.io/blog/100m-arr-3
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Pleased to share the closing of tender offering today. Grateful to have two world-class and long-term oriented investors ( and ), who believe in our mission to make toolmaking ubiquitous! notion.so/blog/sequoia-i
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. and spoke at #ETHCC5 distilling 50 years of lessons at Sequoia Capital for crypto founders navigating a down market cycle.
Watch the recording here 👉
youtu.be/1Kwc9-KzIDI
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Delighted to announce Arc applications are now open for the Americas! Arc is ’s 7-week seed-stage catalyst for outlier founders. We teach Company Design, the Sequoia way to start, build and scale enduring companies. Apply here:
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could not be more proud of my better half who continues to set the pace and raise the bar for our household (and founders everywhere!)
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1/ After almost a decade of incubating and investing in startups at @GreylockVC, I have decided to start something new! 
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Crypto founders: if you’re staring at a lot of red right now and wondering what to do about it, here are some thoughts from Sequoia's 50 years of experience, adapted for crypto 👇
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this is a cool use of Twitter and an innovative way to bring increased transparency to public market investing
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.@Amplitude_HQ reported its 2022 Q1 earnings yesterday. It was a great quarter, and I want to continue to be transparent about the feedback and questions we're getting. Here is a Q&A recap from our earnings call. Full transcript here: fool.com/earnings/call-
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In a market like this, your metrics need to speak for themselves. The best companies will embrace this reality and emerge stronger. Here are some thoughts on how to do it:
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Introducing Arc: a new initiative from , one of Klarna’s investors. Arc is a ‘catalyst’ that will seek out and mentor startups, along with a $1M backing 🤩Applications are open until April 8 - more info below! 👇
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well here’s a bit of delight from my partner and the inimitable thetwentyminutevc.com/luciana-lixand
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We are launching Arc, an 8 week catalyst for seed-stage founders. The first cohort is for European-based founders & we will focus on company foundations, the way. Apply now: seq.vc/arc
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