Sequoia Capital

We’re thrilled to be one of TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies and grateful for the recognition of our mission to accelerate the climate economy. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g8B45B3D

I read a quote from James Clear last week that stuck with me: "It's never the right time, but right now is usually the best time." This month’s Ask Zoe reader queries when is the right time to start a company. While many should not pursue entrepreneurship, for the talented ambitious individuals that should, my tl;dr advice is to not delay in taking the leap. Click through to read the three components I suggest paying particular attention to. My colleagues and I at Sequoia Capital love to engage with aspiring founders and help advance their initial ideas. If this post resonates with you, please feel free to reach out! https://lnkd.in/epdCKgBQ Sifted

This weekend we hosted some of the Sequoia founder community for our annual Base Camp retreat. We heard from NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, Brian Halligan of HubSpot, Instacart CEO Fidji Simo, and MongoDB CEO Dev Ittycheria about their leadership styles and how they think about building in the AI era. While there was a wide range of approaches, a common theme emerged: great companies don’t just grow linearly—they make leaps along their journey. It’s an incredible time to be building a company. Thanks to everyone who attended.

“Experts would write software, turn it into prose for academia, and then engineers like Andreas Jansson would turn it back into software to use it,” Ben Firshman says. “The process was bananas.” Here’s the story of Replicate, which lets developers run open-source models in the cloud with a single line of code. https://lnkd.in/dj9vQaPm

Congratulations to all of the incredible companies we’ve partnered with represented in this year’s CNBC #Disruptor50 list.

Watch Stephanie Zhan on Bloomberg speak with Caroline Hyde and Edward Ludlow about our AI investments and the leap in digital intelligence to come: https://lnkd.in/gMP3iJnx

Thank you Edward Ludlow and Caroline Hyde for hosting me on Bloomberg Live's annual summit this morning! I share our excitement at Sequoia Capital around: - A step-function leap in digital intelligence: video, AI agents, robotics - A thriving model ecosystem of many winners: closed source, open source, small models and large models - How startups compete with high quality data, RLHF, and delightful product experiences https://lnkd.in/gYJ9KkWW

Wiz is a company that continues to make waves! A huge financing round at a high valuation is a milestone to celebrate. But what doesn't make the headlines is the daily grind of sweating the product detail, and doing right by customers. That's where the success is forged, and that's what Wiz excels at. We at Sequoia Capital can't be more proud of Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Yinon C., Roy Reznik and the rest of the wizards. #CSPM #CNAPP #cloudSecurity

Product-market fit is a critical goal for every startup. We think the best way is to start is by focusing on how the customer relates to the problem your product solves. 🎯 👇 https://lnkd.in/gKed2t6M

Some of you know that #observability is an old passion of mine [https://lnkd.in/gD9abpjT], and I am really excited to be working with Samuel Colvin and the rest of the Pydantic team. Samuel has earned his stripes with the Pydantic open-source data validation library which is a beloved product, and he is applying the same knack for #DX and design to observability. Logfire is the easiest way to add monitoring to a #python app. And if you are already using Pydantic, it's a no-brainer!