Bennett Siegel (@bennettsiegel) 's Twitter Profile
Bennett Siegel

@bennettsiegel

Co-founder @A_StarVC. Previously Partner @coatuemgmt

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Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I often root for the VCs that give the first term sheet to our companies. All else being equal it means they move quickly and with independent conviction, which makes them better than 90% of their peers

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We spent time with a founder raising a seed round, who told us a multistage fund “pre-committed” to leading their Series A. I hope they asked them to hold the money in escrow.

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Supporting Israel vs Iran is an IQ test. For those that fail it, they are welcome to immigrate to Iran and live a wonderful life under an authoritarian regime with no respect for human rights. X is banned though, so tweeting may be difficult.

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Today, I’m thrilled to announce @Decagon's $131M series C at a $1.5B valuation. The round was co-led by a16z and Accel, bringing our total funding to $231M.

Today, I’m thrilled to announce @Decagon's $131M series C at a $1.5B valuation.

The round was co-led by <a href="/a16z/">a16z</a> and <a href="/Accel/">Accel</a>, bringing our total funding to $231M.
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Industry leading enterprises are hungry for AI to improve their customer support, and they overwhelmingly choose to work with Decagon. I continue to be blown away by the pace of Jesse Zhang & Ashwin Sreenivas’ execution, product velocity and customer obsession. Congrats to

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The best companies often face some skepticism in the early days: “Why will this work when others have failed?” Having seen dozens of (ai and non ai) recruiting tech companies over the last decade, it was clear to us when we met John Kim and Jeffrey Li that Paraform

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We're excited to share that we are expanding the A* team and looking for the next great investor! Apply using the below link👇👇 airtable.com/appsxc6fPVeWNG…

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Met an applied ai research lab today. They don’t do any research, or have any plans on how or where to apply it, but they did raise on an uncapped note.