As we launch our latest seed and venture funds at @sequoia , sharing a few areas that are ripe for disruption:
1. AI is transforming #security and #DevOps, but LLMs alone aren’t enough.
The real breakthroughs will come from founders combining proprietary data with new forms of AI
The question I hear most from founders in @sequoia Arc is about #pricing. Pricing is one of the most underutilized levers for startups. Why does it matter so much? It has the most direct impact on revenue, and the moment you establish your pricing, you determine your TAM.
The search for product market fit is the most daunting part of the early startup journey. That's why we @sequoia synthesized our 50+ years of company building into this Product Market Fit framework.
We just launched @Sequoia's fifth seed fund and opened applications for the latest cohort of Arc, our seed stage catalyst. There are a lot of interesting opportunites across markets, but here's what I'm most excited about 🧵 👇
Our inaugural Open Source Fellow, @tiangolo, is well-known for the very popular open-source Python framework, @FastAPI. Now, he’s founded @FastAPILabs to make deploying FastAPI apps easier. We at @sequoia are proud to lead the seed round and support him and his team!
Open source has become the lifeblood of technology and we at @sequoia are happy to support the open source movement with a new Fellowship. We give a stipend to prominent open-source developers to allow them to focus on their project full-time. Our first fellow is @tiangolo from
Applications for @Sequoia Arc are now open.
Our 7-week company-building immersion focuses on two outputs: helping you get to product market fit faster and building a foundation that will endure for the next decade, not just the next quarter. And a bonus point, yours truly leads
Software has been eating the world, and open source is eating software! Two years ago, we created the @sequoia Open Source Fellowship, and today, we are announcing the 2024 fellow: @vllm_project and Chatbot arena.
Software has been eating the world, and now #AI is eating software! In 5 yrs or less the process of making software will be dramatically different, and simpler. Here is @sequoia 's take on the AI opportunities in the software dev lifecycle.
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One of the best early predictors of startup success is how quickly they correct hiring mistakes.
Why? Because unless you are a sociopath, letting people go is really hard. But if founders are dragging their feet to make tough personnel decisions, chances are they are dragging
