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Benchmark focuses on early-stage venture investing in consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure, and enterprise software.
Joined June 2009
En route to the Capital of Capital!
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đ Fireworks Reinforcement Fine-Tuning (RFT) launched! After many months of iteration with real world use cases, we are excited to launch Fireworks RFT public preview. Itâs a managed RL service that turns open frontier models (e.g. DeepSeek V3, Kimi K2) into custom agents for
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đťSandboxes for DeepAgents We're excited to launch Sandboxes for DeepAgents, a new set of integrations that allow you to safely execute arbitrary DeepAgent code and bash commands in remote sandboxes. Supports @RunloopAI @daytonaio @modal Your DeepAgent runs locally (or
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Introducing Cerebras for Nations, our global initiative to advance and scale sovereign AI. How it works: 1ď¸âŁ We will build world-class AI supercomputers with our WSE-3 chips and CS-3 systems 2ď¸âŁ Co-develop state-of-the-art models and deploy with the worldâs fastest inference 3ď¸âŁ
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The Wall Street Journal is starting to see what weâve seen at @cerebras for years. The âreticle limitâ - the boundary that defines how large a chip can be - has become the ceiling for progress. It has kept chips the size of postage stamps for more than 20 years. Every new
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Excited to share how we're working with @NotionHQ to transform knowledge bases into execution engines. Here are some ways people are transforming their workflowsđđ§ľ https://t.co/JEUVhtt1bD
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Discover how real users are leveraging the Manus-Notion MCP integration to transform their workflows. Learn how the Model Context Protocol enables bidirectional data flow, turning Notion from a...
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Like meeting a long-lost sibling for the first time -- thanks for the great conversation Harry!
I am so bored of hearing podcasts with guests that have done the podcast tour. Benchmark added Ev Randle as their latest GP. This is his first public appearance as a Benchmark GP. - Why Margins Matter Less in AI - Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns - OpenAI vs
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Our video editing model Lucy-Edit just got way better. 2Ă faster, half the price (and open source). More control, faster performance, and seamless results.
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If our clients win, we win. Law firms have knowledge and specialized expertise that businesses rely upon, but until now, there has been no effective way of collaborating with clients in the age of AI. Today, we're changing that. https://t.co/4uDNUvuoCO
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There are rare moments in history, where builders have the privilege of turning a niche hobby into something the whole world can use. While crypto infrastructure has consistently improved, user experience has remained an afterthought. Since fomoâs beta launch 6 months ago, our
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Thrilled to announce our Series A investment in fomo. This remarkable team led by @PaulErlanger and @pseudosey have a clear vision to make digital assets accessible to consumers by abstracting away all the technical complexity. And their growth on all metrics is exceptional.
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Sequoia and Benchmark are often competitors, but more often weâre partners. Iâve had the privilege of serving on boards with four Sequoia partners (including Pat) across four companies. And there are many more examples across our broader portfolio. Theyâre the rare venture
With immense gratitude and appreciation for @roelofbotha and his legendary leadership over the better part of a decade, @Alfred_Lin and I are honored to accept the torch and become the next stewards of @sequoia Here is the note I shared internally:
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Why we built LangSmith for improving agent quality As more agents move into production, teams need to move beyond vibe-checking and bring rigor to how they understand agent behavior at scale. In this video, the LangSmith engineering team and Harrison (@hwchase17) sit down to
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Legora's path from our seed round in March 2024 to launching the product in Oct 2024 to being one of the fastest growing AI software companies in the world is truly remarkable. This is an exceptional team delivering sensational products and innovation to their customers.
$150M Series C. $1.8B valuation. One mission: to empower every lawyer with world-class AI. We build AI with the people who use it. Every success at Legora starts with collaboration: co-developing, iterating, and scaling technology hand in hand with our customers.
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Huge day for @WeAreLegora today! Weâve raised a $150M Series C at a $1.8B valuation. Thank you @BessemerVP , @ICONIQCapital , @generalcatalyst , @Redpoint , @benchmark , and @ycombinator â and to all of our clients: this celebration is as much yours as it is ours.
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Applied Compute has assembled an incredible team to solve some of the hardest problems that companies are facing when building with AI. We're thrilled to have led their seed round! Onward!
Generalists are useful, but itâs not enough to be smart. Advances come from specialists, whether human or machine. To have an edge, agents need specific expertise, within specific companies, built on models trained on specific data. We call this Specific Intelligence. It's
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I joined @benchmark to work deeply with the most extraordinary entrepreneurs, those with the rare curiosity, conviction, and execution to will the future into existence. @ypatil125 @rhythmrg @lindensli embody this completely. We @benchmark are thrilled to have led
Generalists are useful, but itâs not enough to be smart. Advances come from specialists, whether human or machine. To have an edge, agents need specific expertise, within specific companies, built on models trained on specific data. We call this Specific Intelligence. It's
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Generalists are useful, but itâs not enough to be smart. Advances come from specialists, whether human or machine. To have an edge, agents need specific expertise, within specific companies, built on models trained on specific data. We call this Specific Intelligence. It's
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