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Intelligent Money: Fintech’s AI Moment

Apr 14, 2023

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AI Field Notes: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Chats with Greylock’s Reid Hoffman on Learnings from GPT-4…

Apr 7, 2023

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Welcome, Jacob Andreou! Greylock’s Newest General Partner

Mar 31, 2023

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Scaling with Intuition: Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha on the Importance of Focus in High-Growth Times

Mar 24, 2023

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Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI: Reid Hoffman’s Book ‘Impromptu’, Co-Written with GPT4

Mar 17, 2023

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What’s in Store: Instacart’s Quest for a Tech-Enabled Food System for All

Mar 5, 2023

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Tome Becomes Fastest Productivity Tool To Reach 1 Million Users; Raises $43M Series B.

Feb 24, 2023

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Micro Pessimism, Macro Optimism: Stripe’s Adaptive Mindset for Uncertain Times

Feb 17, 2023

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AI In the Classroom

Feb 10, 2023

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Starting Points: How to Evaluate and Hire Early Career Candidates

Feb 3, 2023

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ChatGPT’s Take on How AI Amplifies Human Potential

Jan 27, 2023

ChatGPT’s Take on How AI Amplifies Human Potential

Startup Storytelling: Making Impact with Strategic Communications

Jan 20, 2023

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Talking AI with AI: Introducing ‘Fireside Chatbots’ with Reid Hoffman and ChatGPT

Jan 13, 2023

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Moving People Forward: Zoox CEO Aicha Evans on the New Transportation Ecosystem

Dec 16, 2022

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Reid Hoffman on Bear Market Blitzscaling: High-Growth Strategies for High-Risk Times

Dec 9, 2022

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Jumpstarting Data-Centric AI: The Tools to Put Foundation Models to Work

Dec 2, 2022

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Bringing DeFi Lending Mainstream: Crypto’s Potential to Unlock a Faster, Cheaper, Safer Lending…

Nov 18, 2022

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Building Cybersecurity Confidence: Understanding and Preventing Modern Cyber Attacks

Nov 11, 2022

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When Women Lead: CNBC’s Julia Boorstin on the Tactics of Successful Female CEOs

Nov 4, 2022

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Programming Possibility: Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on AI’s Impact on Cognitive Work

Oct 21, 2022

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AI’s Human Factor

Sep 29, 2022

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Progress from Large Language Models to AGI

Sep 23, 2022

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Congrats, Figma!

Sep 18, 2022

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The Intelligent Future: Conversations About the State of AI with Reid Hoffman and Saam Motamedi

Sep 9, 2022

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How to Be a Founder: Turning Entrepreneurial Ideas Into Reality

Aug 26, 2022

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Nike CEO John Donahoe on Innovation as a Team Sport

Aug 19, 2022

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Alchemy: Bringing Web3 to the World

Aug 11, 2022

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Design-First Approach to Building Products

Aug 4, 2022

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How Solv Made Room at the (Cap)Table for Diversity

Jul 21, 2022

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Greylock Q2 Recap

Jul 8, 2022

This week, we are sharing a recap of the news announced and insights shared during Q2 2022 from Greylock portfolio companies and our team.

Magic Eden: The Community-Centric Marketplace

Jun 23, 2022

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How Convoy is Overhauling the Trucking Industry

Jun 10, 2022

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Reid Hoffman on Navigating Through Uncertainty

Jun 3, 2022

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Castles in the Cloud: Top 5 Markets for Cloud Startups and the Next Data Cloud Platform

May 27, 2022

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Okta’s Frederic Kerrest on the Life Lessons that Help Startups Thrive

May 20, 2022

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A Declarative Approach to ML

May 13, 2022

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Hiring Top Startup Talent on a Budget During the Great Resignation

May 6, 2022

Gretel.AI: Unlocking Bottlenecks to Test, Share, and Build with Data

Self-Serve Apps for ML Teams

Apr 28, 2022

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Cloudflare’s Michelle Zatlyn on Trust, Recruiting, and Innovation

Apr 22, 2022

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Google’s James Manyika on Ensuring the AI Transformation is Done Right

Apr 14, 2022

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The Questions That Provide the Best Insights on Executive Candidates

Apr 8, 2022

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Common Room CEO Linda Lian on the Differentiator of Community-Led Growth

Apr 1, 2022

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Persuasion Through Stories: Our Investment in Tome.

Mar 26, 2022

Persuasion Through Stories: Our Investment in Tome

Instawork’s Mission to Modernize Hourly Work

Mar 17, 2022

Flexibility On Demand: Instawork’s Mission to Modernize Hourly Work

Privacy and Scalability for Web3

Mar 11, 2022

Privacy and Scalability for Web3: Our Investment in Espresso Systems

YouTube’s Neal Mohan on Advertising, Scaling, and Governing Open Platforms

Mar 6, 2022

Powering Creators: YouTube’s Neal Mohan on Advertising, Scaling, and Governing Open Platforms

Innovation and Opportunities in Web3

Feb 25, 2022

The New Computing Paradigm: Innovation and Opportunities in Web3

Going Down the Rabbithole

Feb 17, 2022

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“Build or die,” says Twilio cofounder and CEO Jeff Lawson

Feb 11, 2022

Software with Superpowers

Workday’s Aneel Bhusri: “There’s nothing more powerful than a happy customer.”

Feb 3, 2022

Workday’s Aneel Bhusri on Building Big Businesses by Prioritizing People

Vices and Virtues in Web3

Jan 27, 2022

Vices and Virtues in Web3

A Visionary in Applied AI

Jan 20, 2022

Welcome, Mustafa Suleyman

Zoom: Full Screen Ahead

Jan 13, 2022

Zoom: Full Screen Ahead

Reid Hoffman on Innovating for an Uncertain Future

Jan 7, 2022

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Game Changer: Pragma CEO on Building Infrastructure for the Gaming Ecosystem

Dec 17, 2021

Pragma CEO on Building Infrastructure for the Gaming Ecosystem

Hiring Strategies for Startups

Dec 10, 2021

Building Your Best Team

Responding to Evolving Threats in Cybersecurity

Dec 3, 2021

The Zero Trust Strategy

Connecting Tech with the Next Generation of Black Executives

Nov 18, 2021

Intentional Diversity

Congrats, Nextdoor! (NYSE: KIND)

Nov 11, 2021

Building Stronger, More Connected Neighborhoods.

Congrats, Aurora! (Nasdaq: AUR)

Nov 4, 2021

A milestone moment for autonomous driving technology.

Curiosity Saves the C-Suite: Interview with Bret Taylor from Salesforce

Oct 28, 2021

Curiosity Saves the C-Suite

Jason Kilar on innovation, customer obsession, and taking big risks.

Oct 21, 2021

Moving the World Through Story

Open Source vs. Cloud Castles

Oct 14, 2021

How Open Source Startups Are Competing With The Big 3 Clouds

A Toolset for Modern Recruiting

Oct 7, 2021

Gem: A Toolset for Modern Recruiting

The Executive Recruiting Playbook

Sep 30, 2021

Finding, Interviewing, and Closing C-Level Talent

Greylock Raises $500M for Seeds

Sep 21, 2021

Largest Pool of Capital Dedicated to Day One

Discord Raises $500M; Now Valued at $15 Billion

Sep 16, 2021

Wisetack: Fintech for the Real World

JJ Abrams: Future Follows Fiction

Sep 9, 2021

J.J. Abrams on How Sci-Fi Fuels Innovation

Introducing: Castles in the Cloud 🏰 ☁️

Aug 31, 2021

Greylock’s interactive project maps multiple data points of the cloud computing ecosystem — and plots new opportunities for success.

Cribl: Solving Customer Data Challenges

Aug 26, 2021

Solving Customer Data Challenges

Taking on Tech Titans: How Startups Can Compete with Industry Giants

Aug 19, 2021

Taking on Tech Titans

How Figma Became Design’s Hottest Startup, Valued At $10 Billion

Aug 12, 2021

PagerDuty’s CEO on the Importance of Diverse Experience

5 Lessons From 5 Years at Uber

Aug 6, 2021

Expanding Your Business While Staying True to Your Mission

Reid Hoffman: The Philosopher vs the MBA

Jul 29, 2021

Pros and Cons of Advanced Business Degrees

Reid Hoffman: The Philosopher-Entrepreneur

Jul 25, 2021

The Philosopher-Entrepreneur

Congrats, Blend (NYSE: BLND)

Jul 18, 2021

Congrats, Blend (NYSE: BLND)

Coda Raises $100M to Power the Maker Generation

Jul 8, 2021

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Machine Learning to Make Humans More Effective.

Jul 1, 2021

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Figma Raises at $10 Billion Valuation

Jun 24, 2021

Navigating the Media Ecosystem

Successfully Working With the Press

Jun 17, 2021

Demystifying How Startups Should Work With the Press

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on “People-First Capitalism”

Jun 10, 2021

People-First Capitalism: Airbnb’s Playbook for Flourishing Amid Crisis

What defines a company’s culture?

Jun 3, 2021

What defines a company’s culture?

Is #WFH Still Working? An Expert Shares the Data

May 27, 2021

Is WFH Still Working? An Expert Shares the Data

Reid Hoffman: How Strategy Games Teach Valuable Business Skills

May 20, 2021

Reid Hoffman: How Strategy Games Teach Valuable Business Skills

Nextdoor’s Global Perspective to Build Local Communities

May 13, 2021

Nextdoor’s Global Perspective to Build Local Communities

The Next Generation of Commerce

May 6, 2021

Building the Next Generation of Commerce

Curated | Where Ecommerce Meets the Passion Economy

Apr 29, 2021

Curated | Guided By Experts

Pragma | The Backend Game Engine

Apr 22, 2021

TraceHQ | Finance at the Foundation

Congrats Coinbase! (Nasdaq: COIN)

Apr 15, 2021

Congrats Coinbase! (Nasdaq: COIN)

Mellody Hobson: “You can’t hit a goal without a target.”

Apr 8, 2021

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What Matters Most to VCs at Series A?

Apr 1, 2021

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Reid Hoffman: “How to Make Better Decisions, Faster”

Mar 25, 2021

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‘Spiderman Ethics’ and Tech’s Impact on Society

Mar 19, 2021

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Roblox IPO and Greylock’s Investment Memo

Mar 11, 2021

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Uber CEO: “Go Anywhere, Get Anything”

Mar 4, 2021

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Fintech for the Real World

Feb 25, 2021

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Security and the Cyber Arms Race

Feb 18, 2021

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#NowBoarding Diverse Board Directors

Feb 11, 2021

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Driving Change in Transportation

Feb 4, 2021

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Reid Hoffman on Selecting the Right Board Directors

Jan 28, 2021

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Reid Hoffman on Building a Great Startup Board

Jan 21, 2021

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The Hybrid Office: Enter with Caution

Jan 14, 2021

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Cloud-Native Monitoring at Scale

Jan 7, 2021

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The Year in Review

Dec 23, 2020

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The Loneliness of Entrepreneurship

Dec 17, 2020

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Airbnb Reflections

Dec 10, 2020

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How We Build for How We Buy

Dec 3, 2020

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The Github of Data

Nov 19, 2020

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Reid Hoffman: Choose a Field with “Bad” Competition

Nov 12, 2020

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How to Fundraise Successfully

Oct 29, 2020

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Successful Co-Founder Dynamics

Oct 22, 2020

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Weed Out Risky Code

Oct 15, 2020

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Talk Live, Type Less

Oct 8, 2020

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Hacking the ‘Network Gap’

Oct 1, 2020

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Top Startups of 2020

Sep 24, 2020

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From Idea to IPO

Sep 17, 2020

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The Startup Pivot

Sep 10, 2020

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When Video Calls Meet AI

Sep 3, 2020

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Powering the Maker Generation

Aug 27, 2020

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Understanding Failure Leads to Success.

Aug 20, 2020

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When should CEOs speak out on political issues?

Aug 14, 2020

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