Filing: Roelof Botha joins SpaceX's board as an independent director and will serve on the audit committee, seven months after stepping down as Sequoia steward
Q&A with Luciana Lixandru, who co-leads Sequoia's global early-stage investment business, on why it is time for “act two” for Europe's tech sector, AI, and more
The global co-lead of the US venture capital firm's early-stage investment business talks about why it is time for ‘act two’ for Europe's tech sector
Sources: three ex-DOGE staffers are raising $130M from a16z, Sequoia, and others for a startup that aims to use AI to secure government systems
The engineers who wreaked havoc on Washington are ready for their second act. — Some of Elon Musk's earliest Department of Government Efficiency recruits …
Sequoia says Doug Leone is returning in a newly created chairman role, after he announced he was stepping aside in April 2022 from his role as “senior steward”
Sequoia says Doug Leone is returning in a newly created role of chairman, after he announced his retirement in 2022 from his role as “senior steward”
Three years after his official retirement, the Midas List investor is back in a new supervisory role at the blue chip Silicon Valley fund.
Ricursive, founded by ex-Google researchers to automate advanced chip design, raised $335M from Sequoia, Radical, Lightspeed, and others at a $4B valuation
One new start-up is called Recursive with an “e.” Another is called Ricursive with an “i.” They are trying to do the same thing …
Sources: Roelof Botha was ousted by senior Sequoia partners amid concerns about his “imperial style” leadership, AI investment strategy, and internal clashes
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Sources: Sequoia's Pat Grady and Alfred Lin plan to deepen the VC firm's AI focus and reframe its image as less politically partisan, after Roelof Botha's exit
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Sources: Roelof Botha was asked to step aside after some Sequoia partners raised concerns about his leadership; Botha had declined to comment on Shaun Maguire
Sequoia leaders asked Roelof Botha to step aside amid leadership concerns and a turbulent stretch
How Shaun Maguire dragged Sequoia into culture wars; emails show senior partner Doug Leone defended Maguire in distinguishing between “Islamists” and “Muslims”
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