Uncapped | Benchmark Breakfast - Episodes

Oct 22, 2025 1h 2m

Uncapped #29 | Thomas Laffont from Coatue

Thomas 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 ...

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Oct 15, 2025 1h 3m

Uncapped #28 | Roelof Botha from Sequoia

Roelof Botha joined Sequoia in 2003 and serves as the managing partner and steward. Roelof led early investments in YouTube, Instagram, Natera, and MongoDB a...

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Oct 8, 2025 57m

Uncapped #27 | Vince Hankes from Thrive Capital

Vince 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...

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Oct 1, 2025 41m

Uncapped #26 | Ali Rowghani

Ali 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 te...

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Sep 24, 2025 50m

Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey

Lulu 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...

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Sep 18, 2025 50m

Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan

Balaji 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 f...

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Sep 3, 2025 52m

Uncapped #23 | Martin Casado from a16z

Martin 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, ...

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Aug 20, 2025 45m

Uncapped #22 | Greg Rosen from BoxGroup

Greg 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 C...

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Aug 13, 2025 46m

Uncapped #21 | Brian Armstrong from Coinbase

Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency company that provides exchange, brokerage, and custody services to 100M+ veri...

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Aug 6, 2025 1h 1m

Uncapped #20 | Guillermo Rauch from Vercel

Guillermo 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 prese...

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Jul 30, 2025 52m

Uncapped #19 | Dwarkesh Patel

In his early twenties, Dwarkesh Patel has become one of the leading podcasters with nearly 1 million YouTube subscribers excited to consume his deeply-resear...

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Jul 23, 2025 1h 17m

Uncapped #18 | Peter Fenton from Benchmark

Peter Fenton is the longest-serving full-time partner at Benchmark, a renowned venture firm known for its artisanal approach and deep alignment with founders...

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Jul 16, 2025 42m

Uncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta

Christina 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 v...

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Jul 9, 2025 1h 3m

Uncapped #16 | Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins

Mamoon 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 ...

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Jul 1, 2025 1h 19m

Uncapped #15 | Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures

Vinod Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. In 2004, Vinod formed Khosla Ventures to focus on both for-profit and social impact investments t...

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Jun 24, 2025 48m

Uncapped #14 | Dan Feder from the University of Michigan

It was a pleasure to sit down with Dan Feder, Senior Managing Director with the University of Michigan Investment Office who leads the endowment’s investment...

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Jun 17, 2025 37m

Uncapped #13 | Sam Altman from OpenAI

This 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 ...

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Jun 11, 2025 1h 39m

Uncapped #12 | Marc Andreessen from a16z

Marc Andreessen is a cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm that manages $45 billion in assets...

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May 29, 2025 45m

Uncapped #11 | Jordan Bramble from Antares

Jordan 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 micr...

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May 22, 2025 59m

Uncapped #10 | David Tisch from BoxGroup

This 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 ove...

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May 15, 2025 51m

Uncapped #9 | Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition

I had a blast sitting down with Qasar Younis, Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a company that’s on a mission to accelerate the world’s adoption of sa...

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May 1, 2025 58m

Uncapped #8 | Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital

It was a pleasure to sit down this week with Josh Kopelman, one of the original architects of seed stage investing who continues to re-invent what it means t...

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Apr 17, 2025 46m

Uncapped #7 | Garry Tan from Y Combinator

This week I sat down with Garry Tan, President & CEO of Y Combinator. YC has funded 5,000+ startups including Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash, Rippling, and Reddit,...

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Apr 10, 2025 47m

Uncapped #6 | Elad Gil

It’s always a pleasure to jam with Elad Gil, a serial entrepreneur and a startup investor. As an early leader at Google, Elad helped build the initial mobile...

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Apr 3, 2025 46m

Uncapped #5 | Sarah Guo from Conviction

I was pumped to chat this week with Sarah Guo. Sarah is a startup investor and the founder of Conviction, an investment firm purpose-built to serve intellige...

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Apr 1, 2025 49m

Uncapped #4 | Adam Guild from Owner

Adam Guild is the CEO of Owner, a business he started when he was only 17. It now has tens of millions of revenue, hundreds of employees, and thousands of cu...

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Mar 25, 2025 36m

Uncapped #3 | Aaron Levie from Box

This week I sat down with Aaron Levie, Co-Founder and CEO of Box. Aaron came up with the idea behind the cloud computing company as a 19 year old college stu...

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Mar 20, 2025 56m

Uncapped #2 | Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

This week I enjoyed speaking quickly with Keith Rabois, a Managing Director at Khosla Ventures and the CEO of OpenStore. At Khosla, Keith led the first insti...

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Mar 13, 2025 1h 13m

Uncapped #1 | Shaun Maguire from Sequoia

This week I spoke with Shaun Maguire, a Partner at Sequoia Capital. He led their investments into SpaceX, The Boring Co, and X among others. Prior to Sequoia...

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Uncapped | Benchmark Breakfast

All Episodes

Uncapped #29 | Thomas Laffont from Coatue

Uncapped #28 | Roelof Botha from Sequoia

Uncapped #27 | Vince Hankes from Thrive Capital

Uncapped #26 | Ali Rowghani

Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey

Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan

Uncapped #23 | Martin Casado from a16z

Uncapped #22 | Greg Rosen from BoxGroup

Uncapped #21 | Brian Armstrong from Coinbase

Uncapped #20 | Guillermo Rauch from Vercel

Uncapped #19 | Dwarkesh Patel

Uncapped #18 | Peter Fenton from Benchmark

Uncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta

Uncapped #16 | Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins

Uncapped #15 | Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #14 | Dan Feder from the University of Michigan

Uncapped #13 | Sam Altman from OpenAI

Uncapped #12 | Marc Andreessen from a16z

Uncapped #11 | Jordan Bramble from Antares

Uncapped #10 | David Tisch from BoxGroup

Uncapped #9 | Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition

Uncapped #8 | Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital

Uncapped #7 | Garry Tan from Y Combinator

Uncapped #6 | Elad Gil

Uncapped #5 | Sarah Guo from Conviction

Uncapped #4 | Adam Guild from Owner

Uncapped #3 | Aaron Levie from Box

Uncapped #2 | Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #1 | Shaun Maguire from Sequoia

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Uncapped | Benchmark Breakfast

All Episodes

Uncapped #29 | Thomas Laffont from Coatue

Uncapped #28 | Roelof Botha from Sequoia

Uncapped #27 | Vince Hankes from Thrive Capital

Uncapped #26 | Ali Rowghani

Uncapped #25 | Lulu Cheng Meservey

Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan

Uncapped #23 | Martin Casado from a16z

Uncapped #22 | Greg Rosen from BoxGroup

Uncapped #21 | Brian Armstrong from Coinbase

Uncapped #20 | Guillermo Rauch from Vercel

Uncapped #19 | Dwarkesh Patel

Uncapped #18 | Peter Fenton from Benchmark

Uncapped #17 | Christina Cacioppo from Vanta

Uncapped #16 | Mamoon Hamid from Kleiner Perkins

Uncapped #15 | Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #14 | Dan Feder from the University of Michigan

Uncapped #13 | Sam Altman from OpenAI

Uncapped #12 | Marc Andreessen from a16z

Uncapped #11 | Jordan Bramble from Antares

Uncapped #10 | David Tisch from BoxGroup

Uncapped #9 | Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition

Uncapped #8 | Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital

Uncapped #7 | Garry Tan from Y Combinator

Uncapped #6 | Elad Gil

Uncapped #5 | Sarah Guo from Conviction

Uncapped #4 | Adam Guild from Owner

Uncapped #3 | Aaron Levie from Box

Uncapped #2 | Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #1 | Shaun Maguire from Sequoia

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