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Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder, Solana
Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder, Solana
“I was 27 with an idea. Steve backed us. Sixteen years and a million customers later, he's still there. He’s stuck with the company longer than anybody else. He read the 200-page decks and always showed up with conviction. That kind of long-term commitment is rare.”
Lynn Jurich, Founder and CEO, Sunrun
Lynn Jurich, Founder and CEO, Sunrun
“Nobody thought wafer scale would work. In 70 years, nobody had done it. But we believed. Our team believed. Steve believed. You've got this small light of truth that nobody else can see, and you carry it forward together.”
Andrew Feldman, Founder and CEO, Cerebras
Andrew Feldman, Founder and CEO, Cerebras
“Foundation took a chance on us when we had very little to show. Really, just three people who cared deeply about solving a problem. When someone believes in you like that, it's hard not to believe in yourself”
Trey Holterman, Co-founder and CEO, Tennr
Trey Holterman, Co-founder and CEO, Tennr
“Every company I've built started the same way: seeing where technology was going and building for that world before it arrived. There's no proof at that stage, no consensus. You just have to move. By the time everyone agrees, you're already late.”
Ashutosh Garg, Co-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold
Ashutosh Garg, Co-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold
“Starting a company is like falling in love. You can't fully explain it; you just know it's what you're meant to do. And if you want to build something extraordinary, you have to give everything. There's no halfway.”
Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing
Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing
“There's a version of the future that only exists if you build it. It probably won't work. But you can't not try.”
Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder, Solana
Anatoly Yakovenko, Co-founder, Solana
“I was 27 with an idea. Steve backed us. Sixteen years and a million customers later, he's still there. He’s stuck with the company longer than anybody else. He read the 200-page decks and always showed up with conviction. That kind of long-term commitment is rare.”
Lynn Jurich, Founder and CEO, Sunrun
Lynn Jurich, Founder and CEO, Sunrun
“Nobody thought wafer scale would work. In 70 years, nobody had done it. But we believed. Our team believed. Steve believed. You've got this small light of truth that nobody else can see, and you carry it forward together.”
Andrew Feldman, Founder and CEO, Cerebras
Andrew Feldman, Founder and CEO, Cerebras
“Foundation took a chance on us when we had very little to show. Really, just three people who cared deeply about solving a problem. When someone believes in you like that, it's hard not to believe in yourself”
Trey Holterman, Co-founder and CEO, Tennr
Trey Holterman, Co-founder and CEO, Tennr
“Every company I've built started the same way: seeing where technology was going and building for that world before it arrived. There's no proof at that stage, no consensus. You just have to move. By the time everyone agrees, you're already late.”
Ashutosh Garg, Co-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold
Ashutosh Garg, Co-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold
“Starting a company is like falling in love. You can't fully explain it; you just know it's what you're meant to do. And if you want to build something extraordinary, you have to give everything. There's no halfway.”
Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing
Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing
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In venture, “early” usually means just a stage. For us, it’s a way of working. We commit when it's an idea and a founder determined to make it real.
times we’re a company’s first investor
IPOs and many more meaningful acquisitions
of investments are pre-revenue
In venture, “early” usually means just a stage. For us, it’s a way of working. We commit when it's an idea and a founder determined to make it real.
times we’re a company’s first investor
IPOs and many more meaningful acquisitions
of investments are pre-revenue
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The difference between the models we had in mid-2025 and the models we have now is hard to overstate.
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What’s holding enterprises back from going all in?
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