I can’t help but ask: how does the real Steven Isserlis feel about Mr. Fein’s Carnegie Hall recordings? amor towles

There's no place in America for this kind of violence – or any violence. An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation. It’s not America, and we cannot allow this to happen.

My thoughts and empathy are with all the people killed and wounded in Butler, and with their families. I hope yours are too. Violence should never be the answer in a free, open, and democratic society like ours.

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Pssst, we’re working on a new way to create games! If you’re using Unity for a project today, you’ll want to check this out 👀

I am excited to lead Benchmark’s $25m investment in Mercor and partner with @brendanfoody, adarsh, surya, and the Mercor team on building a labor market powered by models that predict human ability. In the fast moving world of AI applications, Mercor stands out –

I’m not a Democrat, not a Republican, not a left-winger, and not a right-winger. I often agree with the great Paul Graham, although not always. I agree with him completely on this

Middle East peace is possible. But for this vision to become reality, the United Nations Security Council must step up and do its duty to end the cycle of loss and destruction faced by countless families—Palestinian, Israeli, Syrian, and beyond.

Congratulations to everyone KKR for being named one of America's ten best companies, alongside Nvidia, Alphabet, Intuit, Vertex Pharma, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Eli Lilly, ServiceNow, and American Express!

.Chan Zuckerberg Initiative + Human Cell Atlas celebrate a major milestone toward assembling the first draft of the atlas. chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/natur…

We're thrilled to announce the election of attorney and philanthropist Pia Cohler to the Innocence Project's Board of Directors. For the past seven years, Pia has volunteered at the Innocence Project. Join us in welcoming her: innocenceproject.org/attorney-and-p…

I really enjoyed having this discussion about the current state of AI and the implications for private and public market investing with Patrick and Modest. Hope you have a chance to listen!

I’m nonpartisan, and imho the federal govt does some good things and some bad things. I’m close enough to the climate work at NOAA to say with confidence that it’s one of the best things the federal govt does. It provides a huge bang for the buck. Shutting it down would be a

The man is too humble to say it but everything victor lazarte touches turns to gold. As a Founder, he scaled Wildlife Studios to 4B+ downloads. Bootstrapped. As an angel, he was the first ever investor in Brex (latest valuation $12.3BN) As a VC with Benchmark he led rounds

Thrilled to welcome Erik Wang 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!

We’re thrilled to welcome George Hu 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.

Witnessing Bret Taylor, Clay Bavor, and the team take Sierra 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

Congratulations to Benchmark’s Erik Wang for having his paper accepted to NeurIPS 2025 in San Diego! Benchmark is hosting an incredible dinner in San Diego on 12/4 with the brightest researchers & engineers in AI working on the frontier. Reach out to Erik if you’d like to join!

I have written my first book! A passion project of almost 10 years, Runnin' Down a Dream aims to give people both the motivation & the methods for thriving in a career they actually love. Put a lot of heart and soul into this - hope you ❤️ it. Pre-order: a.co/d/5APYleb

Today, @everettrandle joins Benchmark as our newest General Partner. Benchmark was founded in 1995 by venture capitalists and entrepreneurs in their 30s. It has been re-founded by the same phenotype many times in the last 30 years. Benchmark has held fast to a simple truth: