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Model Mayhem, GPT-6 Astra, Why Nvidia Bought Hugging Face | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 17:19 John Coogan Sequoia and Kotu were in that round.
Leopold Stays in the Game, Big Tech Earnings, OpenAI Slashes GPT-5.6 Prices | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 19:15 unnamed speaker To a group of investors led by Green Oaks and Sequoia.
WWDC Kicks Off, Jobs Up, Tech Down, VC Horror Stories Go Viral | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 19:48 unnamed speaker Mercore CEO Brendan Foody detailed what he calls the Sequoia scam, which is something interesting we should actually dig into. 7 times in the scene
Google I/O: Day 1 Reactions, Goldman to Lead SpaceX IPO | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 23:12 John Coogan Sequoia, more than twenty billion. 2 times in the scene
Cerebras IPO, Warsh Confirmed Fed Chair, Musk-OpenAI Trial Nears End | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 13:19 unnamed speaker Pierre Le Monde was a partner at both Sequoia and Khosla.
Neural Computers, GameStop’s $55B eBay Offer | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 1:15 John Coogan Well, uh, I mean, there's a bunch of news we're gonna go through, but, uh, first I was just, uh, sort of reflecting on, there was a great interview with, uh, Andre Carpathy at Sequoia AI Ascent, I think last week it went up on YouTube,…
Thoma Bravo Loses Medallia, OpenAI Drops ChatGPT 5.5, Bob Iger Returns | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 1:25 John Coogan We've had some startups, some of them backed by Sequoia Capital, that are using AI to do this exact thing. 3 times in the scene
FULL INTERVIEW: Thomas Laffont’s Journey From Hollywood Assistant to Legendary Tech Investor
- ▶ 10:12 Thomas Laffont All of your competition, like imagine if I was pitching an entrepreneur and I'm like, oh, there's Sequoia and Andreessen and Benchmark, and we're all kind of sitting lined up next to each other waiting.
Novartis Buys Excellergy for $2B, Anthropic Vs. Pentagon, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 4:45 unnamed speaker The Sequoias, the Founders Funds, the Andreessen's.
Thinking Machines X Nvidia, Meta Acquires Moltbook, BYD Mulls F1 | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 2:42 unnamed speaker Sequoia Co. too, NYC.
Anthropic’s $380B round, Paramount vs. WB, Higgsfield ragebait drama | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 10:20 unnamed speaker Sequoia is also in all three and
Moltbook goes viral, $100B OpenAI-Nvidia deal stalled, SpaceX merges with xAI | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 19:00 Jordi Hays So, so Jason was a Sequoia scout.
OpenAI Sets Sights on $750 BILLION Valuation
- ▶ 14:25 unnamed speaker Or they would give a verbal and thinking that Sequoia is going to come in. 3 times in the scene
Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers, Apple’s Leadership Shakeup, SpaceX Prepares For IPO | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 22:31 unnamed speaker They raised three hundred million from Sequoia at three billion in January.
Will AWS Buy Google’s TPUs, Remembering Claude The Gator, Ricursive Raises $35M | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 13:53 unnamed speaker Recursive Intelligence raised thirty-five million with backing from Sequoia to automate chip design. 2 times in the scene
Blue Origin Lands Rocket, Valve Drops Steam Machine, Cantor Group Surges | Diet TBPN
- ▶ 12:29 Jordi Hays This is our Sequoia. 5 times in the scene
Sequoia Capital Partner Shaun Maguire Live on TBPN
- ▶ 0:24 unnamed speaker We got Sean McGuire from Sequoia Capital coming.
- ▶ 0:52 unnamed speaker Uh, Sequoia Capital Land.
- ▶ 2:02 Shaun Maguire Sequoia's been in business for over 50 years. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:14 Shaun Maguire Um, something I think people kind of misunderstand about Sequoia, and look, I gotta drop the flex, but, you know, Sequoia has this outsized history in terms of the scale of companies we've backed. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:28 unnamed speaker Defend the venture capitalist, because I'm going to make the argument that the venture capitalist, not Sequoia in particular, but venture capital as an entire category is cooked, chopped, destroyed. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:47 Shaun Maguire It's actually a big part of why Sequoia passed on Coinbase in the time. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:03 unnamed speaker You've been at Sequoia now for years, and you have 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:58 unnamed speaker Congrats on the new, uh, we need to ring the gong for Sequoia Capital. 2 times in the scene
Weekly Recap: Matthew McConaughey on AI, Nvidia x OpenAI
- ▶ 9:34 John Coogan Do you know the original Sequoia YouTube memo?
Weekly Recap: Apple Debuts iPhone 17, Einstein of Wall Street, YC Demo Day, Declining AI Adoption
- ▶ 34:14 unnamed speaker Sequoia's talking about them.
9 Mansions Every AI Researcher Should Own
- ▶ 23:40 unnamed speaker Sequoia did the A. 2 times in the scene
Weekly Recap: Gwyneth Paltrow Saves Astronomer, Figma’s IPO, Top AI Researchers Ranked
- ▶ 1:20:48 Jordi Hays And then Sequoia, uh, will, will have returned, uh, one and a half X on a two and a half billion dollar fund.
Why Patience Is the Secret to Building Iconic Companies | Mike Vernal on TBPN
- ▶ 3:34 Mike Vernal Sequoia and Brian was, Brian had actually backed two of my close friends at the Series A, a guy named Matt McGinnis, who's now the COO at Rippling. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:43 Mike Vernal Um, I like worked at a startup in high school and college, and then I took off like a week between college and Microsoft and like three days between Microsoft and Facebook and a week between, maybe it was 10 days between Facebook and…
Building Durable Funds in the Post-Boom Era | Nichole Wischoff on TBPN
- ▶ 23:11 unnamed speaker I mean, like, I mean, Sequoia sold Google and we, we, we've talked about this, like they, you know, IPO and then they just distributed and it's like, oh, like they sold Google at like fifty million or a hundred million or five hundred…
Fighting AI Fraud and the Future of Verification | Ryan Sandler & Daniel Yanisse on TBPN
- ▶ 22:58 Ryan Sandler I mean, all three investors on our board, Alfred Lynn from Sequoia, Keith Erboy from Kosla.
You Shouldn't IPO - Here's Why | Everett Randle on TBPN April 10th
- ▶ 2:21 John Coogan Give Sequoia a run for their money? 2 times in the scene
Why the MARKET Is More FRAGILE Than EVER | Bryce Roberts on TBPN April 7th
- ▶ 6:29 Bryce Roberts You know, I'm waiting for Sequoia to drop their memo.
- ▶ 12:50 Bryce Roberts We don't just want the one that's blessed by Sequoia.
Andrew Reed on Sequoia and How to Be a World-Class VC
- ▶ 1:06 John Coogan Andrew will have made 3.75 billion for Sequoia. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:13 Jordi Hays Uh, before we, before we, yeah, before we dive into all the individual companies, how, how did you end up at Sequoia? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:37 Andrew Reed I think I was the first person at Sequoia to actually tweet, you know, it was like, this is my, and the origins, this is probably 2017. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 8:29 John Coogan I have a question about, uh, the, that famous, uh, Sequoia memo that went out right as the market was collapsing. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:34 Andrew Reed We have this overlay Sequoia Capital Fund vehicle, um, which is the permanent capital, uh, behind all of these funds.
- ▶ 9:41 Andrew Reed We have Sequoia Heritage, which is a multifamily office, um, that is, you know, it's a, it's this independent business affiliated with Sequoia.
- ▶ 9:51 Andrew Reed Sequoia Capital Global Equities, which is, I think at this point, the largest TMT long short hedge fund in the world.
- ▶ 15:04 Andrew Reed And, you know, one of the nice things about being at Sequoia is, you know,
- ▶ 16:27 John Coogan I feel like just observing from the outside, the Sequoia playbook has basically been like, find the power law winner in whatever market, but then also get the most concentration and the highest ownership percentages. 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:03 Andrew Reed Um, but Sequoia, you know, we are as cutthroat as it gets, right? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:07 Andrew Reed I think with venture, um, and it's funny, I read, and you know, I do, I help lead Sequoia's growth stage investing business, so like venture, like true venture, you know, seed, it's a different thing. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:46 Andrew Reed I think the important thing is going back to that law of physics, um, presentation that Doug gave when I first got to Sequoia.
Immad Akhund (Mercury) on Fintech, AI and What's Next
- ▶ 0:39 Immad Akhund Uh, and then, you know, we just announcing our CVC, uh, Sequoia is leading the round with, uh, 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:49 Immad Akhund Like, people have a pretty big digital presence, uh, they have better websites, they have a LinkedIn, they have X, et cetera, uh, and, you know, their descriptions, their VCs, like, if a, you know, if a Sequoia funded company shows up, you…
Christian Garrett (137 Ventures) on Investing and Markets
- ▶ 14:53 unnamed speaker Sequoia funds three with like 30 mil.
Shaun Maguire breaks down Wiz investment, building great teams, and the Everything App.
- ▶ 0:25 unnamed speaker Uh, Sequoia is only making like a
- ▶ 1:29 Shaun Maguire So the backstory there is, you know, Sequoia used to have Sequoia Israel. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:29 Shaun Maguire So the backstory there is, you know, Sequoia used to have Sequoia Israel.
"There's a lot of stuck founders out there" - Jeremy Giffon breaks down the current state of VC.
- ▶ 22:18 Jeremy Giffon I mean, Sequoia heritage, you know, Sequoia heritage is, is, uh, significantly, uh, or maybe not significantly, but it's like roughly the size of Sequoia.
"Don't listen to anyone" - Shaun Maguire talks Elon, Robots, Space, and the Mars Mission.
- ▶ 3:16 John Coogan Uh, anyway, Sean McGuire's here, partner at Sequoia.
- ▶ 4:02 Jordi Hays No, and the bigger, the bigger thing is, you know, I think around six months ago, there had been, uh, you know, legacy media like the Washington Post basically reporting coming out and saying Sequoia Capital and listing out all the…
- ▶ 7:01 Shaun Maguire None of it is financial advice is my own entertainment and also not the opinion of Sequoia capital.
- ▶ 19:53 Shaun Maguire Um, you know, Air Sequoia was a seed investor in Airbnb. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:52 John Coogan A new grad wants to work with you, wants to work with Sequoia, wants to start a company at some point.
HUGE Humanoid Robots Funding for 2025 ($40 BILLION)
The END of LUXURY GOODS? (Trump’s Tariffs)
- ▶ 2:45 John Coogan Sequoia. 2 times in the scene
Elizabeth Holmes First Interview Released
- ▶ 29:20 unnamed speaker And that's why, that's why usually, you know, even Sequoia wrote a big check in FTX, right?
He's POURING Money Into Technology Investments
- ▶ 9:23 unnamed speaker Fifty billion dollars of downstream capital that somebody like a GC or an Andreessen or a Founders Fund, um, or a Sequoia can, can deploy into that.
The FULL HISTORY of Temu (Why it's EXPLODING!)
- ▶ 51:19 unnamed speaker By the time of the IPO, Sequoia was principal shareholder, even agreeing to purchase a hundred and fifty million shares at IPO to support the listing. 3 times in the scene
New Hypersonic Weapons Funding
- ▶ 9:23 unnamed speaker Why did everyone scream about Sequoia?
DeepSeek Update, Market Crash, Timeline in Turmoil, Is VC Cooked, Zero Cope Policy
- ▶ 2:05:27 Jordi Hays It's hard to just because Sequoia
DJI Suspicions, Stargate Turmoil, OpenAI Operator, F40 for the Mind
- ▶ 18:28 unnamed speaker Um, and, uh, this is all around the time that Sequoia is leading, uh, 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:25 John Coogan Everything about DJI starts ramping up from 2014, 2015, because Sequoia does the deal. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:19:52 John Coogan Where, where, yes, Sequoia has a position, but they spun out Sequoia China. 2 times in the scene
Trump Coin Takeover (What's Next for Crypto)
- ▶ 48:01 unnamed speaker Phantom Wallet raised a hundred and fifty million dollar Series C at a three billion dollar valuation, co-led by Sequoia and Paradigm.
How to WIN in 2025? (INSANE Predictions List)
- ▶ 30:29 John Coogan Um, uh, tier one GPs from firms like Sequoia will leave to start their own funds.
- ▶ 1:02:07 John Coogan Uh, Jess Lee at Sequoia.
The END of Ski Season? (E26)
- ▶ 25:37 John Coogan They're probably, uh, you know, Sequoia partner digging in, understanding what's going on.
You are NOT a Lottery Ticket (Peter Thiel Breakdown)
- ▶ 44:31 unnamed speaker That's over at Sequoia.
Billionaires XMAS list (ep21)
- ▶ 1:50:51 John Coogan Hopefully we can get Sequoia on board with the Tech Bros Pod movement, and, uh, then I think it's in the bag.
How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
- ▶ 12:08 John Coogan Well, uh, let's move on to a great deep dive that happened in the Economist this week on Sequoia Capital. 22 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:38 Jordi Hays Um, and so it ends up being an interesting thing where founders can get all the way through the process with Sequoia, pitch the full partnership, which usually is just sort of like a, a sort of ceremonial thing, but then maybe still not… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:06 John Coogan Um, the last thing on Sequoia, uh, do you know the other half of their media strategy? 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 35:59 John Coogan There, there is a great photo of Dylan Field at Figma signing a term sheet with Sequoia out there.
- ▶ 50:46 John Coogan Sequoia, Peter, Elon, all like, you know, at each other's throats.
Inside Facebooks Secret "Red Book" (ep18)
- ▶ 2:15:17 John Coogan He says, Don Valentine was 40 years old when he founded Sequoia in 1972. 2 times in the scene
How BILLIONAIRES dress for XMAS (ep17)
- ▶ 27:53 John Coogan And, uh, a lot of listeners might know Paradigm, the, the crypto firm founded by Fred Ersam and Matt Wang, um, who left Sequoia to join that, and, uh, Graham Duncan was one of the first, uh, uh, seed investors in, uh, in Paradigm.
- ▶ 1:52:25 Jordi Hays TK was an early employee at ramp, went out to build a Sequoia backed startup, and then was acquired by ramp.
- ▶ 2:43:33 John Coogan Uh, you know that, uh, the partner at Sequoia who did the NVIDIA deal still owns the stock?
- ▶ 3:06:03 John Coogan Altman's kind of the, the, the FP Jorn of the angel investors, but you got the, you got the Holy Trinity there with Founders Fund, Sequoia, Kleiner, and then you add Arthur Rock.
Taylor Lorenz Trades Teams (ep16)
- ▶ 6:52 John Coogan If you go back to Sequoia writing the investment memo for YouTube in 2003 or something like that, like clearly they saw what the creator economy was going to become. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:43:55 Jordi Hays They want to work with Sequoia.
Election Betting Gone WRONG (ep15)
- ▶ 7:06 unnamed speaker And so they raise a series a funding, um, thirty million dollars in series a, uh, from Sequoia capital with participation from Charles Schwab, Charles Schwab, Henry Kravis and others.
- ▶ 26:26 unnamed speaker Dark Sequoia.
- ▶ 1:30:29 unnamed speaker Also, just, like, all the PayPal drama, and the drama with Sequoia, like,
FACT CHECKERS vs. tech article (ep14)
- ▶ 11:34 Jordi Hays Which has been led by Capital G and Sequoia Capital along with top investors like Mubadala and BlackRock. 3 times in the scene
What is the TRUMP BUBBLE? (ep11)
- ▶ 9:40 Jordi Hays Uh, Sequoia Sean McGuire said he's getting messages from physics PhDs asking how they can work in the Trump government.
- ▶ 31:43 John Coogan Uh, Kleiner, Sequoia, and Founders Fund. 5 times in the scene
Low T levels at Y-Combinator (ep9)
- ▶ 2:24:42 John Coogan You know, Sequoia, they're set up to take long and short positions in the public markets. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:34:44 John Coogan And, uh, Sean says we at Sequoia invested eight hundred million dollars into the X take private. 2 times in the scene
Inside JD Vance's Portfolio (ep8)
- ▶ 1:08:26 unnamed speaker Um, if Sequoia had figured out that he actually wasn't even good at the game, they probably wouldn't have invested, but, um, and then, anyways, I think, so the reason that the
The Secret Billionaire Party (ep6)
- ▶ 22:39 John Coogan Yeah, yeah, and I mean, a similar thing happened with Sequoia. 2 times in the scene
Crypto is Back Baby (ep5)
- ▶ 18:39 Jordi Hays The only, the only thing that was unfortunate about the way the whole announcement went down is that Sequoia didn't really get the credit that they were wanting, and so Sean had to really come out.
- ▶ 36:46 Jordi Hays Fifty million dollar round from Sequoia and just gone super long on Bitcoin. 2 times in the scene
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