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Stephanie Zhan
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GP @Sequoia, investing in AI, from company formation. 1st partner to @linear @mach_industries @middeskhq @reflection_ai @ricursiveai @skildai @tavus
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Mar 19, 2025
    🔴Excited to share my TED AI talk! How we advance AI into an era of superintelligence, with true *practical* impact in our world. ❓I ask: For all the groundbreaking milestones we’ve reached, all the intelligence benchmarks we’ve shattered, for the $53B invested in generative
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Mar 27, 2024
    Major highlight hosting @sequoia AI Ascent was chatting with my friend @karpathy. We chat about his future predictions for the ecosystem (an LLM OS!), elephant in the room questions (Is scale all that matters? How to compete as a young startup against OpenAI and others?),
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Sep 20, 2023
    We invested in the seed round of @nvidia in 1993, and have only deepened our investments in AI since then @sequoia. This year alone we have partnered with ~5 Series A AI companies and ~15 preseed and seed AI companies. 🚀 Please reach out if you’re just starting out, ideating,
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    Sonya Huang 🐥
    @sonyatweetybird
    Sep 20, 2023
    Today marks the one-year anniversary of our original essay on Generative AI. Nobody could have predicted the firestorm that ensued. In this new essay, we discuss what we got right and wrong, where we stand, and where we go from here. sequoiacap.com/article/genera…
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Jun 4, 2024
    So grateful to be included on this list. 9 years in, investing is humbling & ever so challenging, but believing early in founders in ambitious dreams & building towards that is invigorating ✨I’m grateful to my incredible team at @sequoia, & most of all, the founders whom I’ve
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    Alex Konrad
    @alexrkonrad
    Jun 4, 2024
    Replying to @alexrkonrad @foundersfund and 5 others
    Our #MidasBrink list of up-and-comers honors investors we believe have the role, reputation and trajectory to make Midas in years to come. Congrats to @zebulgar, @loganbartlett, @KTmBoyle, @sarahcat21, @tarunchitra, @TaliaGold, @chudson, @12muralij, @amitku, @willreed,
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Dec 8, 2020
    1/ ⚡️Exciting news! ⚡️ After leading the @linear_app Seed last year, I’m excited to share that we are leading the Series A, and that I’ll be representing @sequoia on the board. Here's the story behind our partnership with the team:
    Linear: In Search of Magic
    From medium.com
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Jun 15, 2023
    🇺🇸 So excited to share @sequoia’s first hardware defense partnership 🇺🇸 Alongside @shaunmmaguire, we are excited to work with @ethan_thorn2003 on @Mach_Industries:
    sequoiacap.com
    Partnering with Mach Industries: A New Generation of Defense Technology
    Ethan Thornton and his team are solving hypersonic defense and revolutionizing defense technology.
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Jun 10, 2025
    ❤️Excited to share @Linear's Series C! Now a double @Sequoia-led + double @Accel-led fundraise history :) Today, Linear powers software development for the highest velocity teams (15K teams like OAI, Block, Ramp, Scale AI!) In the decades to come, I deeply believe Linear will
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    Linear
    @linear
    Jun 10, 2025
    We raised a Series C at a $1.25B valuation, led by Accel. Now back to building and continuing our mission to inspire and accelerate builders. In this next stage, Linear is becoming the place where teams, AI, and agents build software together. → linear.app/blog/building-…
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Oct 23, 2018
    Excited to share @sequoia’s partnership with @100Thieves! Thrilled to be on this journey with @Nadeshot @RohnJobinson @jacksondahl @blakeir and alongside co-owners @scooterbraun @Drake! Read our blog post to learn why: seq.vc/100thieves
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    100 Thieves
    @100Thieves
    Oct 23, 2018
    100 Thieves Raises Series A, Drake and Scooter Braun Join As Co-Owners. forbes.com/sites/mattpere…
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Sep 14, 2023
    As evident in the product itself, @linear is masterful and thoughtful in everything it does — including company building. 4.5 years in, @linear is a rare gem — a profitable and growing business, with a world-class product and brand, powering the best companies of our
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    Karri Saarinen
    Linear
    @karrisaarinen
    Sep 14, 2023
    Today, I’m thrilled to announce our $35M Series B led by @Accel, along with @sequoia, @01Advisors and some incredible leaders and product folks. @linear has never been in a better position to help companies to build great software.
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Jul 9, 2024
    🚨 Excited to share🚨@sequoia’s partnership with @SkildAI since the Seed, & to join the board! @pathak2206 & @gupta_abhinav_ are working on one of the most ambitious visions in AI — to build a general purpose foundation model for embodied intelligence.
    Partnering with Skild: The Future of Embodied Intelligence
    From sequoiacap.com
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Jul 7, 2021
    Excited to be leading our @sequoia LATAM efforts alongside my partner @sonyatweetybird, from Seed through Growth! 🌎 We have been lucky to partner with @nubank and @rappi over the last decade, and can’t wait to partner with many more defining companies over the next decade!
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    Sequoia Capital
    @sequoia
    Jul 7, 2021
    What a journey with @velez_david: from Sequoia partner to founder of @nubank, where we partnered at seed, to the world’s most valuable challenger bank. Sequoia helps the daring build legendary companies. We see that opportunity more than ever in LatAm. medium.com/sequoia-capita…
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Mar 7, 2025
    🚨New investment! Excited to share @sequoia's partnership w/ @MishaLaskin & @real_ioannis, *the* pioneers behind AlphaGo & Gemini, on a new mission to build @reflection_ai: 🚀Build superintelligent agents to conduct all knowledge work, starting with autonomous coding agents.
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Mar 28, 2024
    Replying to @stephzhan
    Elon is one of the 🐐. This Q&A about how he builds high performance teams, was my favorite of the day: 1) small teams of highly technical, high performers, 2) teams of vibrant energy and good vibes, 3) a culture of intensity and dedication to your best work, 4) as CEO, stay
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    Stephanie Zhan
    @stephzhan
    Dec 20, 2021
    🚀 Rec Room raises at $3.5B! 🚀 Modern Roblox coming your way. Now a top free game across iOS, Android, Xbox, PS, @recroom is a digital third place for kids at heart! Excited for us to continue to *quintuple* down @sequoia and welcome aboard @Mazzeo! cnet.com/tech/gaming/so…