Rhys Hughes
@hughes_rhys
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Partner at GV San Francisco, CA https://t.co/1gTW8I7BYo
Los Gatos, California
Joined October 2011
Super fun to jam with @NolanChurch on @MetaviewAI 10x pod!
“The best CEOs are exceptional acquirers of talent.” GV Executive Talent Partner @hughes_rhys joined @metaviewai’s 10x Recruiting pod to talk all things leadership, hiring, and pace setting among stand out founders. Watch the episode: https://t.co/sDwkzZOZQM
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“The doctors we do have are looking for force multipliers, and AI is the latest entrant.” @EvidenceOpen founder Daniel Nadler joined @CNBC’s @SquawkCNBC to share how their AI copilot helps physicians find accurate answers at the point of care. Watch here:
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“Passion is number one—the most important thing.” At @TechCrunch Disrupt, GV General Partner Sangeen Zeb joined leaders from @MoxxieVentures and @InsightPartners to share what it really takes to raise a Series A, from the metrics that matter to the stories that stick.
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study the tape
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Leaving @getlaurel gorgeous HQ in LA massively energised at the traction @ryanalshak and his team have! They are transforming time management with velocity and building a world class team. The @GVteam is all in! What a time to join…
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Come shape the future of time. We are a team connected by time because life has taught us the value of time.
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Was an absolute delight to be a guest of @katieburkie, Chief People Officer at @harvey and chat with her team about "Lessons in Scale". While Harvey is building a business growing at the speed of light, 🚀 they are also building an award winning culture. The @GVteam is 100%
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Blending deep industry knowledge with cutting-edge innovation, Harvey is built to help professionals develop expertise, faster.
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American Naval Autonomy, Scaling Globally . 🌊 @BlueWaterShips founder @RylanHamilton joined GV Managing Partner @DaveMuni to discuss his vision for autonomous maritime technology and how a new partnership with Conrad Shipyard is opening the door to global growth.
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Innovation across every sector. AI: @ThinkyMachines Healthcare: @MidiHealth Legal: @Harvey Ops: @Medallion Proud to see these GV portfolio companies recognized on @LinkedIn’s Top Startups 2025 list. Congratulations!
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.@EvidenceOpen has raised its Series C to keep building medical intelligence. The AI copilot helps doctors make faster, more informed decisions. This year, more than 100M Americans will be treated by a doctor using OE. Congrats to Daniel Nadler, @Zackmziegler, and the team!
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There's many reasons why @winstonweinberg, and the @harvey team have built a company with enviable growth... The CEO; or "Chief Talent Officer" as I prefer, being manically focussed on recruiting is a major part of their success. As @BusinessInsider captured so well; "Weinberg
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Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg told BI he's growing his $5b legal AI startup by focusing on calendar audits and hands-on hiring.
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Helping our founders build epic teams with is an absolute privilege! Our @GVteam work starts from day one and coaching our founders to be killer acquirers AND retainers of world class talent is priority #1!
Hiring great talent is only half the job. Keeping them is the real work. In our latest blog, @Hughes_Rhys explains why culture–not compensation–is the strongest defense against employee turnover. Read his piece, “The Talent War’s Secret Weapon: Retention”: https://t.co/DrQI83LpuZ
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Excited for @clattner_llvm @iamtimdavis and the @Modular team on announcing their Series C! Legendary founders and exciting velocity! 🔥@GVteam
Congrats @CLattner_LLVM, @IAmTimDavis and the @Modular team on their Series C! Proud to continue backing the team as they scale the world’s only truly unified AI infrastructure platform.
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We have something special over here with our @GVteam and my friend and Partner Sangeen Zeb is the perfect example of what matters most to us - founder success! His humility and “engine” is why his founders at @vercel @Harveyaisol @OpenEvidence amongst many others look to him not
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GV’s Sangeen Zeb is the latest Term Sheet Next spotlight.
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ICYMI: @UseBlacksmith went from seed to Series A in just a few months. Hear co-founder @aayush_shah15 chat with @ejn about the need for Blacksmith's cloud platform, which provides developers with the fastest way to run their GitHub Actions.
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BIG week for us at @nothing! We announced Nothing OS 4.0 (coming very soon), a $1.3B valuation fundraise, and today we are launching Ear (3) - the next generation of Nothing’s flagship True Wireless Stereo category. I’m proud to see the hard work of the team reflected in early
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Today, @nothing raised $200M Series C at a $1.3B valuation. This marks the start of our next chapter: From building the only new smartphone company of the last decade, to creating an AI-native platform where hardware & software converge. Grateful to our community who’ve been
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GV portcos were front and center this week on @TBPN: @Attio and @BlueWaterShips announced their latest funding rounds, while @Zipline announced its partnership to deliver @ChipotleTweets by drone. August has been anything but quiet for GV!
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