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Conversations with people we admire about things we’re genuinely interested in. Uncapped and Benchmark Breakfast live here.
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- Benchmark Breakfast #1 | Jack and Ev · 56 minBenchmark Breakfast is a recurring conversation between Benchmark partners Jack Altman and Ev Randle. It’s a window into the firm’s Monday no-agenda partner meetings, where five…
- Uncapped #58 | David George from a16z · 53 minDavid George is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads the firm's growth fund. Before a16z, David was a General Partner at General Atlantic. He has been…
- Uncapped #57 | Andrew Feldman from Cerebras · 1 h 2 min · Episode 57Andrew Feldman is the co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, the AI chip company he founded in 2016 around a single radical insight: that winning in compute requires not…
- Uncapped #56 | Brian Singerman from GPx · 1 h 2 minBrian Singerman is the co-founder of GPx, a fund launched in 2025 alongside Lee Linden of Quiet Capital. GPx backs elite emerging managers at the early stage, then provides…
- Uncapped #55 | Tony Xu from DoorDash · 47 minTony Xu is the co-founder and CEO of DoorDash, the leading local commerce platform in the United States. Since co-founding DoorDash in 2013, Tony has built the company into a…
- Uncapped #54 | Sam Blond from Monaco · 1 h 9 minSam Blond is the co-founder and CEO of Monaco, an AI-native revenue automation platform built to replace the CRM as the system of record for sales. Before Monaco, Sam was a…
- Uncapped #53 | Trae and Delian from Founders Fund · 1 h 11 minTrae Stephens is a Partner at Founders Fund and co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industries, a defense technology company building autonomous systems for the U.S…
- Uncapped #52 | Mike Volpi from Hanabi Capital · 56 minMike Volpi is a General Partner at Hanabi Capital, with a background that spans senior operating roles and nearly two decades of investing. Mike currently sits on the boards of…
- Uncapped #51 | Joe Lonsdale from 8VC · 43 minJoe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), a…
- Uncapped #50 | Tobi Lütke from Shopify · 58 minTobi Lütke is the co-founder of Shopify, where he has served as the company's CEO since 2008. Under his leadership, Shopify grew from an online snowboard shop in Ottawa, Canada…
- Uncapped #49 | Kevin Hartz & Bennett Siegel from A* · 37 minKevin Hartz and Bennett Siegel are co-founders and GPs at A*, a five year old early-stage venture capital firm with $1B in AUM. A* has invested in companies like Notion, Cape…
- Uncapped #48 | Tarek Mansour from Kalshi · 48 minTarek Mansour is the co-founder and CEO of Kalshi. Kalshi is a regulated prediction market exchange valued at $22B in 2026 where people trade on the outcomes of real-world…
- Uncapped #47 | Max Mullen from Instacart · 35 minMax Mullen is the co-founder of Instacart and an active investor having invested in 100+ companies including Gumloop, Mercury, Owner among others. He also runs a founder…
- Uncapped #46 | Brad Lightcap from OpenAI · 50 minBrad Lightcap serves as OpenAI's COO, overseeing its business, operations, and strategic partnerships across Research, Applied AI, and go-to-market. He also manages the OpenAI…
- Uncapped #45 | Ron Conway from SV Angel · 41 minRon Conway is the Founder and a Managing Partner of SV Angel. He has been an active angel investor since the mid-90s and has received wide recognition for his role in the tech…
- Uncapped #44 | Max Junestrand from Legora · 50 minAt 23, with no legal background, Max Junestrand co-founded Legora to transform how lawyers work. Legora recently (March 2026) raised $550 million at a $5.55 billion valuation in…
- Uncapped #43 | Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, and Jared Friedman from YC · 59 minIn this episode, the team behind Y Combinator reflects on what has — and hasn’t — changed since the early days of YC, and how AI is reshaping what it means to be a founder. They…
- Uncapped #42 | Bret Taylor from Sierra · 1 h 0 minBret Taylor is the founder and CEO of Sierra, an AI agent company transforming customer service. Bret’s legendary career includes being CTO of Meta, co-CEO of Salesforce…
- Uncapped #41 | The Benchmark Partnership · 57 minIn this episode, the Benchmark partnership explains why they’ve resisted scale, eliminated residual economics, and built an equal partnership designed to endure. We talk about…
- Uncapped #40 | Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures · 1 h 5 minVinod Khosla and Keith Rabois are Managing Directors at Khosla Ventures. Vinod is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. In 2004, Vinod formed Khosla Ventures to focus on…
- Uncapped #39 | Daniele Perito from depthfirst · 45 minDaniele Perito is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of depthfirst, an AI-native security platform that understands your code, business logic, and infrastructure to find real…
- Uncapped #38 | Ben Horowitz from a16z · 58 minBen Horowitz is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that manages $60 billion in assets under management. He is…
- Uncapped #37 | Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners · 1 h 22 minSaam Motamedi is a General Partner at Greylock Partners working with enterprise software entrepreneurs at the seed and early stages who are focused on new opportunities in…
- Uncapped #36 | Pat Grady & Alfred Lin from Sequoia · 1 h 9 minPat Grady and Alfred Lin are partners at Sequoia and were recently named as the storied firm’s new co-stewards. Alfred joined the firm in 2010, where he has led major investments…
- Uncapped #35 | Trae Stephens from Founders Fund · 52 minTrae Stephens is a Partner at Founders Fund. He is also Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril, a defense tech company focused on autonomous systems, and Co-founder of Sol…
- Uncapped #34 | Mel Williams from TrueBridge · 41 minMel Williams is a co-founder and Partner at TrueBridge Capital Partners, a fund of funds with $8 billion in AUM focused on venture capital. Since 2007, Mel’s team has backed…
- Uncapped #33 | Vlad Tenev from Robinhood · 50 minVlad Tenev is the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD), which transformed financial services by introducing commission-free stock trading and democratizing access to…
- Uncapped #32 | Kyle Vogt from The Bot Company · 46 minKyle Vogt is a serial entrepreneur and engineer often recognized as the co-founder and former CEO of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company acquired by General Motors for $1…
- Uncapped #31 | Dylan Field from Figma · 57 minDylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, a design software company that went public in July 2025. Founded in 2012, Figma transformed how people design, prototype, and…
- Uncapped #30 | Alex Pall from The Chainsmokers · 1 h 5 minAlex Pall is half of the Grammy Award-winning duo The Chainsmokers. Beyond music, Alex is entrepreneur and co-founder of Mantis VC, a venture firm that invests opportunistically…
- Uncapped #29 | Thomas Laffont from Coatue · 1 h 2 minThomas Laffont is the co-founder of Coatue, one of the world’s largest technology investment platforms active in both the public and private markets. Thomas leads the firm’s…
- Uncapped #28 | Roelof Botha from Sequoia · 1 h 3 minRoelof Botha joined Sequoia in 2003 and serves as the managing partner and steward. Roelof led early investments in YouTube, Instagram, Natera, and MongoDB among others. He…
- Uncapped #27 | Vince Hankes from Thrive Capital · 58 minVince Hankes is a Partner at Thrive Capital where he’s worked on investments in OpenAI, SpaceX, Databricks, and Stripe among others. Vince invests across all stages and currently…
- Uncapped #26 | Ali Rowghani · 41 minAli Rowghani is the founder of First Harmonic, a go-to-market program purpose-built for seed stage founders. Ali has had a long, distinguished career in tech. He worked with…
- Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey · 50 minLulu Cheng Meservey is the leading voice in the new age of PR and comms and is the founder of Rostra, an advisory firm helping founders go direct. Lulu has been a trusted voice…
- Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan · 51 minBalaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, and WSJ bestselling author of The Network State. He is currently the founder of The Network School, a frontier community for…
- Uncapped #23 | Martin Casado from a16z · 52 minMartin Casado is a general partner at a16z, where he leads the firm’s $1.25 billion infrastructure practice. Martin has led investments in Cursor, dbt Labs, and Fivetran to name…
- Uncapped #22 | Greg Rosen from BoxGroup · 45 minGreg Rosen is a Partner at BoxGroup. Greg was the first hire at BoxGroup outside of the founders, David Tisch and Adam Rothenberg. After moving to the West Coast to work with…
- Uncapped #21 | Brian Armstrong from Coinbase · 47 minBrian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency company that provides exchange, brokerage, and custody services to 100M+ verified users in over…
- Uncapped #20 | Guillermo Rauch from Vercel · 1 h 1 minGuillermo Rauch is the founder and CEO of Vercel, creators of v0 which is one of the most popular AI app building tools that’s helping power the online presence of companies like…
- Uncapped #19 | Dwarkesh Patel · 52 minIn his early twenties, Dwarkesh Patel has become one of the leading podcasters with nearly 1 million YouTube subscribers excited to consume his deeply-researched interviews…
- Uncapped #18 | Peter Fenton from Benchmark · 1 h 17 minPeter Fenton is the longest-serving full-time partner at Benchmark, a renowned venture firm known for its artisanal approach and deep alignment with founders. Over the last two…
- Uncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta · 43 minChristina Cacioppo is cofounder and CEO of Vanta, which is on a mission to secure the internet and protect consumer data. The trust management platform was valued at $2.5 billion…
- Uncapped #16 | Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins · 1 h 3 minMamoon Hamid is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. He has been an early investor in and served on the boards of some of the most innovative software companies of recent times…
- Uncapped #15 | Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures · 1 h 19 minVinod Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. In 2004, Vinod formed Khosla Ventures to focus on both for-profit and social impact investments that have included…
- Uncapped #14 | Dan Feder from the University of Michigan · 48 minIt was a pleasure to sit down with Dan Feder, Senior Managing Director with the University of Michigan Investment Office who leads the endowment’s investments in venture capital…
- Uncapped #13 | Sam Altman from OpenAI · 37 minThis was a fun one! Sam is my brother and the CEO of a small company in SF called OpenAI. I’m glad he was able to take time out of his busy schedule to give me a hard time and…
- Uncapped #12 | Marc Andreessen from a16z · 1 h 39 minMarc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that manages $45 billion in assets under management. He…
- Uncapped #11 | Jordan Bramble from Antares · 46 minJordan Bramble is the CEO of Antares, a nuclear energy company that has raised over $50M to become America’s industrial base partner for special-purpose microreactors. Antares…
- Uncapped #10 | David Tisch from BoxGroup · 60 minThis week I enjoyed riffing with David Tisch, Managing Partner of BoxGroup. BoxGroup is an NYC-based seed stage venture capital firm that has invested in over 500 seed-stage…
