The founders we believed in from the very beginning

  • โ€œThere's a version of the future that only exists if you build it. It probably won't work. But you can't not try.โ€

    Anatoly Yakovenko, โ€จCo-founder, Solana

    Anatoly Yakovenko, โ€จCo-founder, Solana

  • โ€œI was 27 with an idea. Steve backed us. Sixteen years and a million customers later, he's still there. Heโ€™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.โ€

    Lynn Jurich, โ€จFounder and CEO, Sunrun

    Lynn Jurich, โ€จFounder and CEO, Sunrun

  • โ€œNobody 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.โ€

    Andrew Feldman, โ€จFounder and CEO, Cerebras

    Andrew Feldman, โ€จFounder and CEO, Cerebras

  • โ€œFoundation 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 yourselfโ€

    Trey Holterman,โ€จCo-founder and CEO, Tennr

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    Trey Holterman,โ€จCo-founder and CEO, Tennr

  • โ€œEvery 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.โ€

    Ashutosh Garg, โ€จCo-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold

    Ashutosh Garg, โ€จCo-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold

  • โ€œStarting 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.โ€

    Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing

    Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing

  • โ€œThere's a version of the future that only exists if you build it. It probably won't work. But you can't not try.โ€

    Anatoly Yakovenko, โ€จCo-founder, Solana

    Anatoly Yakovenko, โ€จCo-founder, Solana

  • โ€œI was 27 with an idea. Steve backed us. Sixteen years and a million customers later, he's still there. Heโ€™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.โ€

    Lynn Jurich, โ€จFounder and CEO, Sunrun

    Lynn Jurich, โ€จFounder and CEO, Sunrun

  • โ€œNobody 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.โ€

    Andrew Feldman, โ€จFounder and CEO, Cerebras

    Andrew Feldman, โ€จFounder and CEO, Cerebras

  • โ€œFoundation 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 yourselfโ€ 

    Trey Holterman,โ€จ Co-founder and CEO, Tennr

    Trey Holterman,โ€จ Co-founder and CEO, Tennr

  • โ€œEvery 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.โ€

    Ashutosh Garg, โ€จCo-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold

    Ashutosh Garg, โ€จCo-founder and CEO, Viven and Eightfold

  • โ€œStarting 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.โ€

    Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing

    Jonathan Siddharth, Founder and CEO, Turing

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