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Sequoia
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Generative AI: A Creative New World (Sequoia Capital)
Sequoia Capital's October 2022 essay framing generative AI as a new creative platform wave — arguably the most-cited VC framing of the early generative AI moment. Published right as Stable Diffusion proliferated and just before ChatGPT, it set the terms for how VCs discussed the space for the next two years.
Adapting to Endure (Sequoia Capital, May 2022)
Sequoia Capital's May 2022 'Adapting to Endure' founder presentation, delivered as interest rates rose sharply after a two-year zero-rate era. Roelof Botha, Doug Leone, Alfred Lin, and Carl Eschenbach counsel founders to extend runway, cut burn, achieve profitability, and treat this as a 'get real' moment — echoing the firm's playbook from 2000 and 2008.