Bill Maris
Founder of Section 32 and former head of Google Ventures, known for early AI investing thesis.
“Over the course of my time at Section 32, we've invested in companies like CrowdStrike and Cohere and Coinbase. And all six of those funds have averaged about $400 million in size and all are performing in their top decile.”
Source→“Section 32, $150M raise, focused on early-stage venture with an emphasis on AI infrastructure and computational biology.”
Source→“I first found a friend, Rich Miner, who's the co-founder of Android. And he became my partner in crime as we conceptualized what could Google Ventures be.”
Source→“A friend named Stuart Butterfield was kind enough to share with me... in this crowd is someone who, to his friends, seemed insane, who glimpsed the future.”
Source→“Participants: Bill Maris, Chamath Palihapitiya, David Friedberg, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, Sacks”
Source→AI-extracted from podcast / newsletter / paper summaries. May contain errors.