Eric Vishria

General Partner, Benchmark · 4 appearances on the record.

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Vishria focuses on early-stage venture investments in artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software at Benchmark. Earlier in his career, he served as VP of Marketing at Opsware and was the co-founder and CEO of Rockmelt until its acquisition by Yahoo.

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Eric Vishria predicts future education will focus on taste over specialized expertise
“Ben, it seems like that's the future of education. If expertise matters less and less, what matters more and more is taste and, Being in touch with yourself and this kind of self-knowledge.”
Eric Vishria May 28, 2025 ▶ 1:17:06 Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software

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Appearances (4)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z Mar 20, 2026 2m
Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy Aug 4, 2025 4m
AI Content and the War for Your Attention Jul 30, 2025 1m
How Fei-Fei Li Is Rebuilding AI for the Real World Jun 4, 2025 1m

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Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software May 28, 2025 21s clip played
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