Notion is, even by Silicon Valley standards, idiosyncratic. CEO Ivan Zhao picks out all the furniture at HQ and for years had a no-shoes policy.

My latest magazine profile looks at Ivan Zhao's big AI bet, which earned Notion a spot on #ForbesAI50 :

forbes.com/sites/kenrickc…

Every single partner at Kleiner Perkins today started their career as an associate in VC. Even our founder Brook Byers did. The greatest VC of all time John Doerr did as well. So much for associates!

congrats to Harvey on making the AI 50!

“AI Everything App” 🧠

Thank you Forbes for featuring us on this year's AI50.

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We Sequoia Capital are delighted to be in business with Grow Therapy, a company whose mission is every bit as compelling as its business model

We've trained a custom legal foundation model with OpenAI
- 93% preferred vs. ChatGPT by BigLaw attorneys
- 87% more accurate case citations

openai.com/customer-stori…

As an operator, doing nothing is never the right strategy.

As an investor, doing nothing is often the right strategy.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

—Coach John Wooden

(This advice is more important now than ever before: character > reputation)

We’re incredibly excited to announce our partnership with Microsoft. It has been fantastic working with Judson Althoff and the rest of the Microsoft team. We look forward to what we can accomplish together.

harvey.ai/blog/harvey-la…

there was everyone who was pontificating about how agents don’t work

and then there were those who sat in a house and wrote code 996 for 3 months

I used to look forward to and read Okta's Businesses at Work report each year (I'm great at dinner parties I promise.)

So it was a surprise to see Vanta at the top of the Okta charts, hitting the highest growth rate Okta's seen *in seven years.* okta.com/businesses-at-… 🦙🚀

Congratulations to sridhar and outgoing CEO Frank Slootman after an amazing run.

There is no better person to run $SNOW now -- technical pioneer, deep understanding of data infrastructure/AI, and proven ambitious, disciplined leadership in $100B+ revenue business.

This is a breakthrough in practical application of AI!

Klarnas AI assistant, powered by OpenAI, has in its first 4 weeks handled 2.3 m customer service chats and the data and insights are staggering:

- Handles 2/3 rd of our customer service enquires
- On par with humans on…

“Coding” was never the source of value, and people shouldn’t get overly attached to it. Problem solving is the core skill. The discipline and precision demanded by traditional programming will remain valuable transferable attributes, but they won’t be a barrier to entry.

Many…

Woo hoo! HubSpot has now reached the 200,000 customer milestone.

It took us ~15 years to get to the first 100,000. Then ~3 years for the next 100,000.

Our mission is still to help millions of organizations grow better. So still a lot of work to do and fun to be had.

Thanks…

I started writing about company-building frameworks and principles about 18 months ago to share with Team @Sequoia. I'm now sharing them more widely in the hope that they provide you with the provocation to get better at getting better. Learn more at outlierspath.com

I'm excited to announce @ClayBavor and my new company, Sierra, the conversational AI platform for businesses. With Sierra, every company can elevate their customer experience with AI. sierra.ai/news/introduci…

Rarely do global-scale impact and commercial opportunity align as neatly as they do at Watershed. It is an honor to continue supporting the team in their mission to accelerate the climate economy.

what i wish someone had told me:

blog.samaltman.com/what-i-wish-so…