Benchmark @benchmark
Benchmark focuses on early-stage venture investing in consumer, marketplaces, open-source, AI, infrastructure, and enterprise software. benchmark.com Joined June 2009-
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Witnessing @btaylor, @claybavor, and the team take @SierraPlatform from @benchmark's founding Series A in May 2023 to a $10B valuation today is a true 6-sigma event. It's the perfect entrepreneurial storm: generational founders meeting humanity's AI inflection point with a…
Witnessing @btaylor, @claybavor, and the team take @SierraPlatform from @benchmark's founding Series A in May 2023 to a $10B valuation today is a true 6-sigma event. It's the perfect entrepreneurial storm: generational founders meeting humanity's AI inflection point with a…
I often reflect on first meeting @peterfenton, flying in his helicopter around San Francisco. We talked about how leaving college to start @mercor_ai wasn’t a logical decision. It was emotional — a calling to pursue impact with the people we wanted to build with. I couldn't be…
I often reflect on first meeting @peterfenton, flying in his helicopter around San Francisco. We talked about how leaving college to start @mercor_ai wasn’t a logical decision. It was emotional — a calling to pursue impact with the people we wanted to build with. I couldn't be…
Big milestone in the long purpose rich arc of @ExaAILabs excited to join the board in support of this much needed transformation of search for AI
Big milestone in the long purpose rich arc of @ExaAILabs excited to join the board in support of this much needed transformation of search for AI
Remarkable acceleration at Duffel: after 6 years of building the best APIs to sell travel across flights and hotels, Duffel is now doing $30M+ of volume per month and growing quickly. Revenue run-rate will grow 8 - 10x this year. Amazing persistence by an incredible team!
Today, we’re introducing the world to DeepL Agent! It’s the first general-purpose AI assistant that has DeepL’s precise understanding of language and context, and it’s going to change the game when it comes to how businesses get work done. DeepL Agent can understand your…
We raised $85M. It's taken 4 years to get to this moment. Exa began as a gnawing itch. What if Google was outdated? What if you could use transformers to build perfect search over all the world’s information? What if we were the ones who did it? In 2021, this sounded crazy to…
We raised $85M. It's taken 4 years to get to this moment. Exa began as a gnawing itch. What if Google was outdated? What if you could use transformers to build perfect search over all the world’s information? What if we were the ones who did it? In 2021, this sounded crazy to…
The meteoric rise of @mercor_ai becomes clear once you meet the founders. I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined their board and will be working closely with them alongside Sundeep Jain, who brings exceptional marketplace expertise. They’ve quickly established themselves as the…
The meteoric rise of @mercor_ai becomes clear once you meet the founders. I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined their board and will be working closely with them alongside Sundeep Jain, who brings exceptional marketplace expertise. They’ve quickly established themselves as the…
Last week at @googlecloud Asia: Building Beyond Borders, Manus co-founder @hidecloud shared Manus’s product philosophy: AI should not just be a tool, it should be a bridge between mind and hand Our goal is simple: 💡 Democratize creation by removing the barrier of code 💡 Shift…
We’re thrilled to welcome @GeorgeHuSF to Benchmark as a Venture Partner! George has an extraordinary track record across Salesforce and Twilio. We’ve collaborated with George for years and he’s a remarkable partner to founders as they scale their companies.
We love @ClickHouseDB - a single source of truth for both real-time observability data and high-level analytics. So simple and so powerful.
🎉 Exciting news! ClickHouse has achieved AWS Advertising and Marketing Competency, joining a select group of AWS Partners recognized for deep expertise in serving advertising and marketing organizations. This milestone reflects our commitment to helping businesses unlock…
Manus #1 across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Grok. Makes sense, Manus is the best AI application to get work done!
Manus #1 across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Grok. Makes sense, Manus is the best AI application to get work done!
Congratulations to Benchmark portfolio companies Clickhouse, Cursor, HeyGen, LangChain, Legora, and Mercor for being featured on Madrona's IA 40. Benchmark led the Seed or Series A for 5 of these 6 companies. We believe there's going to be tremendous value created by AI apps.
🔬Real labs, real results. Find out how scientists at @CortevaUS and @mammothbiosci are already using #BenchlingAI to cut hours of work down to minutes — getting more time back for science. benchling.com/blog/how-bench…
🎂 Cerebras Inference turns 1! 🚀 Let's break it down: - 6x faster than when we launched — From @Meta Llama to @Alibaba_Qwen 3 to @OpenAI OSS, models running on Cerebras deliver 𝟯,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝘁𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀/𝘀𝗲𝗰 - Our inference powers the best AI natives, global enterprises, and…
We just announced a multi-year deal with the French Football League, host of the Champions League winners, consolidating our leadership position in the Sports Gaming space with over 300 partners around the world 🔥 As a French national and OM fan, this one feels different 🇫🇷…
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Thrilled to see more of the large American AI labs release open models. We now have open models from xai, openai, and google. I believe it's essential for these labs to continue to attract application developers to build more on their proprietary models.
Thrilled to welcome @erikyw26 to Benchmark as a researcher-in-residence before he starts his PhD at Oxford. Excited for Erik to help us and our broader portfolio connect with the forefront of AI research!
📝 What if you could just type: “Write a report for how we engineered viral vector X, including the objective, methods, and results.” Get a detailed report tracing experimental lineage — in minutes. ✨ Benchling’s Deep Research Agent is here. #FeatureFriday #BenchlingAI
Bill Gurley @bgurley
720K Followers 2K Following VC @benchmark, Investor: @grubhub, @zillow, @uber, @stitchfix, @nextdoor, @glassdoor, @hacker0x01, @solvhealth, @instawork Trustee @sfiscience, Podcast: @bg2pod
Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi
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Semil @semil
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Jeff Richards @jrichlive
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Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr
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Alex Iskold | 2048.vc @alexiskold
55K Followers 2K Following VC | Lead Pre/Seed @2048vc | Pitch me https://t.co/7RMuMRnXF1 | Coach @HarvardHBS | Blog https://t.co/0DoDmSLmNZ | Systems Thinker
Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 @nic_detommaso
74K Followers 559 Following Tweet about All Things VC. Providing insights to demystify the industry🪄. Investor @HarlemCapital | @Columbia alum
logan bartlett @loganbartlett
63K Followers 896 Following md @redpoint / I have a podcast @loganbartshow / mostly tech with some vols, knicks and hip hop tweeting mixed in
Josh Elman @joshelman
155K Followers 3K Following I have been very lucky to work on or invest in many products I use every day including this one when it had a different name.
Jamin Ball @jaminball
84K Followers 1K Following Altimeter Partner working with software businesses at the earliest stages of product market fit. Dad to 4 amazing kids. No investment advice, all views personal
Alex Rampell @arampell
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samir kaji @Samirkaji
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Chris Fralic @chrisfralic
46K Followers 12K Following Board Partner @FirstRound. Tech historian/futurist. Student of business. Teacher. Collector. Producer. Among first 100 on Twitter; will be last 100 on X.
Sarah Tavel @sarahtavel
50K Followers 1K Following Partner at @Benchmark. Student of escaping competition. Formerly product @pinterest. Ball and chain for @cklemke and 🧒🏻👶🏻.
Dimitri Dadiomov @dadiomov
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Nick Mehta @nrmehta
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aileenlee @aileenlee
87K Followers 3K Following Founder of @CowboyVC, we back & help build seed stage tech cos. Mom/wife who❤️ food, tennis, travel & fighting for equality. Pitches to https://t.co/NqGqheN6eu, not DM pls.
Eason @Eason42T
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Alec @alecxbt
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Junior @CryptoJr0x
156 Followers 605 Following Call me Junior, I have no clue what I’m talking about
Jeffrey Thompson @pelicanbulldog
25 Followers 205 Following
I Choose Rich With $E... @CapeConferences
1K Followers 8K Following I Choose Rich With $EARNM Tell us about your business in USA and we’ll find you funding up to $5M https://t.co/jchFcLQtlH #businessFunding
Papier @papier013
431 Followers 263 Following Stock market. Technical analysis. Macro economics. Trading.
pieter van exter @pvanexter
254 Followers 891 Following Industrial Ecologist | director of product @metabolichq | energy transition within 1.5 | #keepitcoolpeople |
Justin D'Souza @jqdsouza
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IndUSJournal @IndiaUSJournal
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Boyuan Qian | QAI @boyuan_qian
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Sreemaan Thiruppathir... @sreemaanraja
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Robert J. Barreto @robertjbarreto
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Richard Van Orton @richardvanorton
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Ben Aiken @BenAiken_71
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Chris Suozzo @chrissuozzo
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Matthew Brinda @mattbrinda
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Jasper @duoduo24393578
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Keven Do Nascimento @buildthevault
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Yahye Sh Ahmed @yahye79478
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Fu Sheng @FuSheng_0306
154 Followers 179 Following Techno-optimist builder. Building an open-source coding agent in public. CEO @ Cheetah Mobile | Chair @orionstar2016
Ritik 🇮🇳 @ritikbanger
126 Followers 300 Following 🕉 अंत तू आरंभ तू . शुन्य मैं अनन्त तू 🧑💻 Engineering @ https://t.co/HXeoCuppMo 😎 Open-Source 💭 Thoughts
Robiul @Nahid__X07
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Clairfield Netherland... @ClairfieldNL
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Eric Lee Castillo @sensicastillo
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BigHeadCrypto @FufuChen591420
56 Followers 243 Following Contributor @web3ai_pulse_en 喜欢真实，拒绝买粉！均为个人观点，请礼貌评价，谢谢喜欢
QuantumX @QuantumStateX
779 Followers 2K Following Quantum News, including Quantum Computing and Quantum Technology. Bringing the Latest Quantum News and Quantum Computing News from around the planet to you!
EBANUTY @2sh1002
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Anjali Mishra @anjali461721
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Καουτίλια @MeXT0989
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Preet Changede @changedepreet
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mika @mikaxbt
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Stuart King @stuartrexking
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Third Place Capital @ThirdPlaceCap
39 Followers 181 Following Investing with Purpose. Transforming Spaces. Improving Communities.
Bill Gurley @bgurley
720K Followers 2K Following VC @benchmark, Investor: @grubhub, @zillow, @uber, @stitchfix, @nextdoor, @glassdoor, @hacker0x01, @solvhealth, @instawork Trustee @sfiscience, Podcast: @bg2pod
Sarah Tavel @sarahtavel
50K Followers 1K Following Partner at @Benchmark. Student of escaping competition. Formerly product @pinterest. Ball and chain for @cklemke and 🧒🏻👶🏻.
Dimitri Dadiomov @dadiomov
14K Followers 4K Following Cofounder & President of @ModernTreasury (YC S18). Views are my own. Some are not even views. Some are just tweets. https://t.co/miBKt3jepk
Mitch Lasky @mitchlasky
15K Followers 488 Following Partner @Benchmark, 5X Midas List, startup CEO, public CEO, Board @Discord @thatgamecompany (ex @Snap, @riotgames) Owner/Director @LAFC; Co-host @gamecraftpod
Eric Vishria @ericvishria
18K Followers 809 Following GP @Benchmark. Director: @ConfluentInc @CerebrasSystems @Contentful @Benchling @CommerceLayer @acuitymd @FireworksAI_HQ @quilterai @pomerium_io @DeepCogito
Chetan Puttagunta @chetanp
104K Followers 1K Following @benchmark investing in software at seed/ series a
Dhruv Malrana @drvdhruv
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Deep Cogito @DeepCogito
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ManusAI @ManusAI_HQ
204K Followers 25 Following Manus is the general AI agent that bridges minds and actions: it doesn't just think, it delivers results. Download our app: https://t.co/XSfjRhjdgo
TigerData - Creators ... @TigerDatabase
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Sam Ross @SpamRoss
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Numeral @numeral
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Sierra @SierraPlatform
5K Followers 181 Following We help companies build better, more human customer experiences with AI.
AcuityMD @AcuityMD
188 Followers 70 Following Powering Medical Device Commercialization. https://t.co/3D2Nb0n1dk
Zain Asgar @zainasgar
352 Followers 244 Following Co-Founder/CEO @pixie_run, ex @GoogleAI, @Trifacta, @Nvidia. @Stanford PhD
Mike Monovoukas @MikeMonovoukas
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Decart @DecartAI
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358 Followers 169 Following Keep your eyes on the images. Let AI do the rest. Building the first-ever AI Radiology Resident that helps radiologists work faster and easier.
Agentio @Agentiohq
272 Followers 66 Following The first ad platform for creator content. Buying YouTube creator ads is now as easy as buying Meta ads; backed by @benchmark, @craft_ventures, marketing leadrs
11x @11x_official
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Nile @niledatabase
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Legora @WeAreLegora
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Pomerium @pomerium_io
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Joshua Xu @joshua_xu_
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DeepL @DeepLcom
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George Xing @g_xing
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Supaglue @supaglue_labs
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Harrison Chase @hwchase17
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Adam Carrigan @AdamMCarrigan
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MindsDB @MindsDB
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David Siegel @dvdsgl
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ClickHouse @ClickHouseDB
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