I think that the aspiration for Sequoia is not to be like a golf team. Everyone hit their ball, add up their scores, see what we get. It's the aspirations to be a basketball team. Either we win or we lose as a team. I think that the manifestation though, demanding and supportive, it's oftentimes on one side of the spectrum or the other. I don't thi... See more
ModelsText is the most advanced domain. However, natural language is hard to get right, and quality matters. Today, the models are decently good at generic short/medium-form writing (but even so, they are typically used for iteration or first drafts). Over time, as the models get better, we should expect to see higher quality outputs, longer-form c... See more
And then the soft things that I look for, I like this metric, I try to figure out, how will I feel if this person called me at 10:30 at night? I like really try to think about the way it will feel. The phone rings, it's this founder. Am I excited to talk to them?