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Jeremy Kaufmann: The AI Investments Silicon Valley Is Missing

Ben Freeman's Bet on the Next PayPal Mafia

Sabrina Paseman: Why Manufacturers May Resist the AI They Need

SVLG's Ahmad Thomas: Beyond the Data Centers

Gradient Ventures Darian Shirazi on AI, Moats and China

2026 Venture Capital Reading List

Andy Chen: The Convenient Cofounder Penalty

PR Yu: Ethical Capital at Speed

David Spreng: Why Debt Isn't a Dirty Word

Leah Solivan: Muscle of Conviction

Jack Leeney of 7GC: Why IPOs Are Optional Now

Entrepreneurs First: Investing Before the Idea

Rudina Seseri Knew AI Was Cool Before You Did

Adeo Ressi: Why the World Needs More Venture Capitalists

Who Wins When ChatGPT Does the Searching?

Brewing Medicine: Christina Smolke and the Race to Reinvent Drug Manufacturing

Dr. Ed Engleman: Vivo Capital’s Cancer Hacker

The Fastest Startup in Tech: Maria Palma on Lovable

Design First, Lean Always: The Gamma Playbook

Physics & AI: N47’s TJ Rylander Is Reimagining Engineering

Rewiring the Special Relationship with the UK's AI Minister

Eugene Malobrodsky's Bet on Immigrant Founders

Christina Farr: The Storyteller's Advantage

Abhinav Asthana: Building for Developers, Not Headlines

Katelin Holloway's Billion-Dollar Box Scores

Ireland’s Big Bet on Silicon Valley

NEA's Aaron Jacobson on Robotics, AI Startups and Defense Innovation

Steven Lee: From Last Kid Picked Up to Earliest Money In

Rehan Jalil's Four Wins and a Vision

The Meme is the Message: Kanyi Maqubela on Crypto, Culture, and the Future of Value

Heavybit Announces Its Largest Raise Yet: $180m

2025 Summer VC Reading List

The Systems Leader vs The Lone Wolf with Robert Siegel

From MySpace to Liquid Death: Mike Jones on Building Brands People Love

Practicing Venture Not Performing It: Joseph Alalou’s Outsider Ethos

Biotech and Bold Bets with Jessica Owens, Inititate Ventures

Masha Bucher Day One Ventures

Lori Rosenkopf's Unstoppable Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurship through the eyes of Navin Chaddha

Larry Gadea's startup journey

Bobby Franklin’s unkillable movie monster

How AI is transforming the cybersecurity landscape

Diagnosing diseases and saving lives with AI

AI 's role in developing category killer therapeutics

Fungus among us? 'Canadian values' in the Bay Area VC market

Why does Steve Vassallo of Foundation Capital choose to invest early?

A $40 Million Investment in Exploding Kittens

Bay Area Venture Market Remains King

San Francisco's Death is Greatly Exaggerated

Mike Schroepfer is Saving the World, One Big Step at a Time

Brian Cho is Ready to Play

Michael Marks of Celesta Capital

Rob Smith of M13

Mike Maples Jr. on Pattern Breakers

James Joaquin's World Positive Outlook

"Astounding and Inevitable": SVB's Second Act

Friends & Family Capital

Scott Beechuk is Bullish on SF

2024 VC Reading List

GV's Frédérique Dame's "win win win approach"

Samyr Laine's Celebrity Investments

Liquid Death and Dollar Shave Investor Mike Jones

The Godfather of Israeli Cybersecurity

Elad Gil: The Most Sought-After Angel Investor in the Valley

Bornstein's Rule of 30

The Skinny With TPB's Bharat Vasan

Network Effects with James Currier

Frederik Groce of Wellington Access Ventures

Ganesh Bell: Responsible AI Agreement

Makena's Lara Banks

IVP's Somesh Dash Goes to Washington

Accel Invests in Tailscale

Michael Marks of Celesta Capital

Microsoft M12's Michelle Gonzalez

John Roa: Get Rich And Die Trying

A 30,000 Foot View of Venture With Brian Schettler

Techstars Maëlle Gavet

Raising Series B: The Q3 Crunchbase Report

From Bomb Shelter to Venture to CEO

Hooman Radfar's Mom Doesn't Need to Worry

Immigrants Unshackled

Hey Senator! Listen to This Before the AI Meeting

Rajeev Dham: Make Sure the Emperor Has Clothes

Anshu Agarwal Brings Women-Led Converge to Silicon Valley

Behind the Doors of a Silicon Valley Layoff

AI Exit: Casetext Sells For $650 Million

"Take Big Swings"

Playground Global's Jory Bell

One to Grow On

Crypto and Dad Jokes

2023 VC Reading List

Managing Energy: Amit Chaturvedy

Please Don't Drink the Alternative Asset

Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha on Risk

Tomasz Tunguz Can’t Find a Bank

Allison Baum Gates: Breaking Into Venture

Deus Ex Artificialis Intelligentia

Kristina Simmons on Startup Stress

What to Do When Your Balance Sheet Doesn't

"If we could measure moxie, we would"