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Darian Shirazi

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Darian Shirazi

@darian314

San Francisco, CA

Joined January 2008

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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Mar 17
We're thrilled to announce @GradientVC's Fund 5: $220M, oversubscribed, and fully independent. As @agarfinks wrote in @FortuneMagazine's Term Sheet this morning — we founded Gradient when nobody took AI seriously. Turns out that was the point. 📰
The Google-backed AI investors nobody took seriously in 2017 just raised $220 million | Fortune
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Jan 11, 2024
Today was a brutal reminder of how fragile life is - especially in the mountains. I witnessed a major avalanche while on one of the first chairs up KT-22 this morning. Multiple people were buried and several were screaming as all of GS bowl slid from top to bottom. My buddy and I
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Apr 28, 2022
Just got off a board call where another VC threatened a founder's career. Don't do this.
Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Mar 28, 2022
I sent this warning email about the new macro environment to all the founders and CEOs I work with. They found it helpful and I hope other founders will too.
Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Jul 21, 2024
Impressed to see the strength of @vkhosla's moral compass and courage here. 100% agree.
Vinod Khosla
@vkhosla
Jul 21, 2024
Hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me. He may cut my taxes or reduce some regulation but that is no reason to accept depravity in his personal values. Do you want President who will set back climate by a
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Jan 11, 2024
Replying to @darian314
What a day. Thank you for all the nice messages. I would also like to thank the dogs of Palisades Ski Patrol. They were amazing. I’ve always been an animal lover but this was a new level.
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Nov 11, 2023
“50% of our team is engaged in active combat or has been called up for duty” Words I probably never thought I’d hear a founder say in a board meeting. “We are going to beat our plan and it is the rest of the team’s duty to pick up the work for those fighting for our existence”
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Apr 4, 2024
Somewhat correct but you're missing a few folks: - @badnima is a cousin who runs AI partnerships for @nvidia - @SusannePari is my mom who is a critically acclaimed novelist and used to read books to @dkhos when he was a toddler - @darius_hedayati is a cousin who runs zendesk's
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@deedydas
Apr 4, 2024
The Khosrowshahis are one of the most high-achieving families of all time. Despite losing a $500M+ biz in the Iranian revolution in 1977, they moved all over the world and— Went to elite universities Became elite entrepreneurs, execs or investors Have $10M to $1B+ net worth
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Feb 8, 2023
With $700MM of venture invested in Generative AI just in January, it's important to remember that the winners of this era will be technical founders with strong business curiosity and acumen. 🧵👇
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
May 25, 2023
Thank you @HeartcoreCap for including me in your 2023 AI Productivity report along with @nathanbenaich @KostaBuhler! issuu.com/heartcore/docs…
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Oct 9, 2023
I 100% stand with Israel. It is an extremely special place and one of the only places where hope still exists for a free and capitalist society in the Mideast. Nearly everyone in the last generation of my family had to flee religious persecution -- my Persian side fled Iran and
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Nov 5, 2022
Hello, world! My son Kian is here! @HilaryShirazi and I are overjoyed ❤️🥰👼🏼
Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Jan 2, 2023
Some founders asked me to write a letter for 2023 like I did in March. Here it is and I hope it helps you navigate the coming year!
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Darian Shirazi
@darian314
Jul 4, 2024
I know, isn’t Biden great?
delian
@zebulgar
Jul 3, 2024
S&P at all time highs Russia, Hamas, Iran in shambles & we didn't send a single troop China's population is collapsing, economy has stagnated Landing rockets every 36 hours + Manufacturing reshoring at an unprecedented rate Pax Americana the strongest its ever been baby
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