Pat Grady

Mentioned in 8 analyzed podcast episodes across 5 shows

Partner at Sequoia Capital who is frequently featured in business and technology podcasts to discuss investment philosophy, founder relationships, and decision-making frameworks. Known for providing expert commentary on major business trends and economic comparisons, such as AI's impact relative to historical events like COVID. Appears alongside other prominent Sequoia leaders to offer venture capital perspective on growth strategies and market dynamics.

Appears On

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch TBPN Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis Uncapped with Jack Altman

Episode Appearances

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch · Mar 28, 2026

20VC: The Venture Model is Broken | You Need to be Greedy and Selfish to Win Early Stage Investing | Why Margins Do Not Matter for Early-Stage Startups | The Growth Rate that is Required in a World of AI with Gili Raanan, Founder @ Cyberstarts

“Referenced as mentor and example of market share-focused investment philosophy”

Venture capital market dysfunctionCybersecurity startup valuationsGrowth rate expectations in AI era

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TBPN · Mar 19, 2026

Samsung Invests $70B in AI Chips, The Cubanator Joins, Apple: Behind in AI, Ahead in Revenue | Mark Cuban, John Kim, Eugen Alpeza, Ari Herbert-Voss, Alex Konrad, Carl Eschenbach & Pat Grady, Jim Cantrell, Tom Hulme

“Sequoia Capital partner discussing enterprise AI adoption and investment strategy”

AI chip manufacturing and supply chainEnterprise AI adoption strategiesVenture capital market dynamics

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TBPN · Feb 11, 2026

Is Something Big Happening?, Tai Lopez Charged in $122M Fraud, U.S. Adds 130K Jobs | Harley Finkelstein, Vlad Tenev, Matt Shumer, Jeff Lawson, Sam Blond, John Ferrara

“Sequoia Capital partner who provided commentary on AI vs COVID comparison”

AI coding agents and autonomous software developmentSaaS apocalypse and software industry disruptionPrediction markets and social trading

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Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips · Jan 28, 2026

10 SEO Lessons That Still Work in the AI Era

“Initially thought to be source of agent-led growth concept, later corrected”

Topic clusters and comprehensive content coverageFree tool development for link buildingMulti-platform search optimization

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TBPN · Jan 19, 2026

X Article Apocalypse, Hollywood's AI Takes, Is the American Dream Obsolete? | Jordan Schneider, Eliot Pence, Fil Aronshtein & Matt Grimm

X Article Contest StrategyAI in Hollywood ProductionElon Musk vs OpenAI Lawsuit

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The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 18, 2026

Code AGI is Functional AGI (And It's Here)

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) definitions and thresholdsLong-horizon AI agents and autonomous operationAI coding capabilities and programming automation

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TBPN · Jan 16, 2026

Elon vs OpenAI, Ads in ChatGPT, Leaked Tech Emails | Sean Frank, Bill Shufelt, Alex Mashrabov, Sonya Huang & Pat Grady

OpenAI vs Elon Musk lawsuitChatGPT advertising monetizationAGI declaration and implications

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Uncapped with Jack Altman · Dec 9, 2025

Uncapped #36 | Pat Grady & Alfred Lin from Sequoia

“Co-steward of Sequoia Capital; discusses investment philosophy, founder relationships, and decision-making frameworks”

Investment Decision-Making and Conviction vs. ConsensusFounder-Market Fit as Primary Investment ThesisManaging Outlier Talent and Team Dynamics

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