by David Cahn has agreed to affix Sequoia Capital as a companion on its progress workforce, Axios has realized. He beforehand was a basic companion and COO of enterprise capital with Coatue Management.
Why it issues: This displays how high VC corporations are searching for to bolster their AI and information experience, which Cahn centered on at Coatue.
- The 27 year-old Cahn spent the previous 5 years with Coatue.
- His Coatue investments have included Abacus, Databricks, Kubecost, Stability AI, Starburst Data and Supabase, Weights & Biases, and UiPath.
- It is unclear if Cahn will retain any of these tasks after leaving Coatue.
- Cahn’s instructional background contains levels in each finance and laptop science.
What they’re saying: “David is a drive of nature,” says Sequoia Capital companion Pat Grady.
- “He is equal elements industrial and technical, which makes him a uniquely impactful companion for founders. After intersecting with him on Notion and Hugging Face and repeatedly listening to his identify from most of the greatest founders, we’re desirous to have him on Team Sequoia.”
- A Coatue spokesperson declined to remark.
- Sri Viswanath, the fomer Atlassian CTO who joined Coatue final 12 months, is anticipated to proceed serving as its AI enterprise apply lead.
