John Doerr

“"This initiative is coming at the most perfect time because the priorities they have are literally the same priorities that you're hearing from communities." — Ryan Panchadsaram”

“Gridcare, a two-year-old startup based in Redwood City, CA, that uses physics-based AI to identify unused electrical grid capacity and accelerate power connections for data centers and AI infrastructure, raised a $64 million Series A round led by Sutter Hill Ventures, with John Doerr, National Grid Partners, Future Energy Ventures, Emerson Collective, and Stanford University... also piling on.”

“Panthalassa…builds autonomous ocean-based systems to generate wave power and run AI computing at sea, raised $140 million in a Series B round led by Peter Thiel, with John Doerr, TIME Ventures, SciFi Ventures…Founders Fund [and others] also piling on.”

“A well-funded opposition coalition — including John Doerr, Eric Schmidt, Michael Moritz, and Chris Larsen — is sponsoring multiple ballot initiatives to cancel it out, including one that would 'bar any future wealth taxes.'”