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Shaun Maguire

Partner, Sequoia Capital

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  • Kushner and Iger are Buying The Lakers, Grok 4.6, AI Watermarks, Nuclear Jellyfish

    August 12, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:05:04 Kushner and Iger Buy The Lakers 00:16:21 Grok 4.6 00:20:27 NVIDIA Nemotron 00:28:33 Darren Rovell is a sports business reporter and industry analyst. Darren Rovell discusses the Lakers’ record-setting sale, the growing role of institutional investors in sports ownership, and the risks surrounding prediction markets, sports betting, and gambling-like commerce platforms. 00:47:48 Patrick Whitesell is a veteran entertainment executive and investor who co-founded WME and now leads the investment firm Weitzel and sports agency WIN Sports. Patrick Whitesell discusses investing in creator-le…

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  • Astra Ends Math, Gruber Joins, 1 Person $1 Companies, Hank Green Is Absolutely Right

    August 03, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:06:43 Hank Green Is Absolutely Right 00:21:38 Astra Ends Math 00:26:25 1 Person $1M Companies 00:45:08 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:56:27 Meta Faces an AI Timing Problem 01:02:20 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 01:08:06 John Gruber, a technology writer and founder of Daring Fireball, discusses Apple’s response to rising component costs, its move toward lower-priced products and leasing, and its delayed but practical approach to AI. He also examines Apple’s complex relationship with Google, the risks of advertising within its ecosystem, and the possibility of an AI-related silicon acquisition. 01:46:57 Shau…

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  • I Will Hold My SpaceX Shares Forever, Says Sequoia's Maguire

    June 16, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Tech

    Shaun Maguire, Sequoia Capital Partner and SpaceX investor, joins to discuss SpaceX's IPO and what it means for venture capital investing, SpaceX's plans for orbital data centers and his thoughts on upcoming mega-AI IPOs. Sequoia owns just under 1.5% of Elon Musk's company. He sits down with Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." -------- Like this video? Subscribe to Bloomberg Technology on YouTube:    / @bloombergtech     Watch the latest full episodes of "Bloomberg Technology" with Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow here:    • 'Bloomberg Tech' With Ed Ludlow Full Episodes     Get the latest in tec…

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  • Neuralink's DJ Seo: Inside the Race to Connect Brains and AI

    May 28, 2026 · 📺 Sequoia Capital

    DJ Seo, co-founder and president of Neuralink, joins Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire at AI Ascent 2026 to talk about what it takes to build the bridge between the human brain and AI. He walks through how Neuralink has gone from one human patient to over twenty, what it has been like to watch quadriplegic patients regain control of computers and robotic limbs through pure thought, and where Blindsight — the company's vision-restoration product — stands today. Also: why DJ believes AI will eventually become an exocortex layered above the human neocortex, why the real ceiling of this technology is…

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  • Hill & Valley Gigastream, The Fastest Companies, Apple's Next CEO, OpenAI's Non-Profit

    March 24, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:06:46 Who Won The Great Peptide Debate 00:13:57 Ternus Steps Into Apple Spotlight 00:34:12 TBPN Featured in Fast Company 00:39:11 OpenAI's Non-Profit to Spend $1B in 2026 00:40:59 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:50:52 Chase Lochmiller is the co-founder and CEO of Crusoe, an energy and computing company that uses stranded natural gas to power data centers and AI workloads. He focuses on aligning energy production with high-performance computing demand, turning wasted resources into infrastructure for machine learning and cloud services. 01:06:04 Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport, a gl…

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  • Why Sequoia Is Betting on AI That Beats Humans

    February 02, 2026 · 📺 Sourcery with Molly O'Shea

    Sequoia Capital Partner Shaun Maguire returns to Sourcery for a conversation with Molly O’Shea on math superintelligence, physics, and the limits of human understanding. Specifically, Shaun explains his and Andrew Reed’s investment in Harmonic, the new AI company founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, and why math + reinforcement learning may unlock the next major breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Breaking down Harmonic’s differentiated strategy using Lean, formalized proofs, and reinforcement learning to train AI systems that reason rigorously about math, outperforming far larger labs w…

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  • Elon Musk & The SpaceX IPO: Largest Wealth Event in History? | Shaun Maguire, Sequoia

    January 28, 2026 · 📺 Sourcery with Molly O'Shea

    Elon Musk has built more category-defining companies than any founder alive — and Sequoia Capital and Partner Shaun Maguire have backed five of them: SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and X. In this episode of Sourcery, Shaun breaks down how Elon builds trillion-dollar companies, why SpaceX may be the greatest company, largest IPO and wealth creation event of all time, and why he believes Elon is still massively underrated despite his global impact. We dive into SpaceX’s IPO, Starlink’s explosive growth, data centers in space, direct-to-cell from orbit, xAI, and the unique way Elon…

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  • Why Elon Outcompetes Everyone | Shaun Maguire, Sequoia

    November 17, 2025 · 📺 Relentless

    My first interview with Shaun Maguire, Partner at Sequoia Capital. https://sequoiacap.com/people/shaun-m... Timestamps: 0:30 How Elon works 8:11 Execution speed 15:40 15 levels of mathematicians 25:52 How he assesses founders 29:31 Starting the next Bell Labs 32:43 Why it was so hard to invest in SpaceX in 2019 36:26 Working at Neros 42:36 What Elon looks for in capital partners 44:43 Why people underestimate Boring Company 51:37 Stepping into the fire 56:00 Playing CS:GO competitively 1:03:56 Dropping out of high school 1:07:20 Getting renamed in 7th grade 1:14:02 Lord of the flies 1:21:23…

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  • Sequoia Capital Partner Shaun Maguire Live on TBPN

    October 30, 2025 · 📺 TBPN

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  • SpaceX valuation is maybe even conservative, says Sequoia's Shaun Maguire

    May 30, 2025 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Shaun Maguire, Sequoia Capital, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk SpaceX investing, Elon Musk, and more.

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  • A Conversation With Shaun Maguire - Venture In The Capital 2025

    May 09, 2025 · 📺 Georgetown Entrepreneurship

    This is A 1-1 With Shaun Maguire and was recorded as part of Georgetown University’s 2025 Venture In The Capital Conference. It was moderated by Drew Peterson (MSB’25). Panelist's Bio: Shaun Maguire: Partner, Sequoia Capital Growing up, I had a cousin who studied computer science at UCLA, who made a huge impact on me. When I was 7 years old, he helped me build my first computer. From the time I was 9, I’ve been obsessed with space. For months, when I was 13, I couldn’t sleep at night because there was a thought experiment I couldn’t understand. (It turns out space is curved.) I did horribly…

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  • Shaun Maguire breaks down Wiz investment, building great teams, and the Everything App.

    March 24, 2025 · 📺 TBPN

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