Peter Fenton
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Peter Fenton
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@peterfenton
GP @benchmark. Director: @ExaAILabs @mercor_ai @SierraPlatform @ollama @ClickHouseDB @Sorare @sema4ai @airtable @digits @TigerDatabase @LabsCockroach @Docker
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Jun 13, 2024
    My sister’s been diagnosed with a rare sarcoma, motivating this search for look-a-like cases if you know anyone please let @wgibson know, his lab at Dana-Farber looks and feels like the best startups in the silicon valley they will change the future of cancer
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    William Gibson
    @wgibson
    Jun 13, 2024
    Seeking patients with myxoid leiomyosarcoma featuring a PLAG1 fusion. We're forming a major foundation with the best minds including @DrSarcoma to find treatments and a cure for this rare disease, including developing in-vitro tumor models. Know someone affected? Pls reach out!
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Apr 12, 2020
    At @Benchmark we wholeheartedly entrust our board interactions to @zoom_us, sadly for us we are not investors in zoom so we have no agenda here beyond bearing witness to the integrity of @ericsyuan and his team
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Sep 3, 2025
    The meteoric rise of @mercor_ai becomes clear once you meet the founders. I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined their board and will be working closely with them alongside Sundeep Jain, who brings exceptional marketplace expertise. They’ve quickly established themselves as the
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    Forbes
    @Forbes
    Sep 3, 2025
    AI’s Next Job? Recruiting People To Train More AI trib.al/YeMFgUc #Cloud100
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Sep 4, 2025
    Witnessing @btaylor, @claybavor, and the team take @SierraPlatform from @benchmark's founding Series A in May 2023 to a $10B valuation today is a true 6-sigma event. It's the perfect entrepreneurial storm: generational founders meeting humanity's AI inflection point with a
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    Sierra
    @SierraPlatform
    Sep 4, 2025
    Today, we’re announcing that we’ve raised $350M additional capital at a valuation of $10B, led by Greenoaks, which is doubling down on Sierra.
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Mar 20, 2025
    Telegram continues its growth unabated towards the largest network for information flows, and we believe this unlocks the opportunity to do the same for financial flows
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Jul 23, 2025
    Had a fantastic conversation with @jaltma - he has this rare ability to draw out what truly drives his guests. We went deep on my obsession: how evolutionary biology and generalized Darwinism can unlock new ways of understanding technology entrepreneurship youtu.be/vRiblwiXt-Q?si…
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Dec 11, 2020
    Witnessing @milesgrimshaw entry into the venture business at age 21 and his meteoric rise over the last 8 yrs stands out without equal in my 20+ yrs practicing: curiosity, insight, and passion to serve - he expands our definition of excellence, welcome our newest GP @benchmark
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Mar 11, 2023
    As is @benchmark we remain committed to supporting this vital institution in whatever constructive form emerges
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    Ron Conway
    @RonConway
    Mar 11, 2023
    .@svangel and I are proud to join this group of investors supporting SVB for a timely resumption of business
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Sep 15, 2025
    @mercor_ai just broke every growth record in @benchmark’s history. Their team defines entrepreneurial brilliance, perfectly leveraging the biggest labor transformation of our lifetime
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    Brendan (can/do)
    Mercor
    @BrendanFoody
    Sep 15, 2025
    Mercor (@mercor_ai) scaled from $1-500M in revenue run rate in the last 17 months, making us the fastest growing company of all time. Our growth is accelerating. We averaged 11% week over week growth in July, 18% WoW growth in August, and 19% WoW growth in September. One trend
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    May 7, 2017
    Overjoyed for @EmmanuelMacron and France, the smartest, most progressive leader I've met in Europe, transformational for France!
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    FRANCE 24 English
    FRANCE 24
    @France24_en
    May 7, 2017
    🔴 #BREAKING - Emmanuel #Macron elected president of France (with 65.1% of the vote)
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Apr 21, 2016
    If you read one thing about the venture-capital, technology investing landscape this year, this would be my reco
    abovethecrowd.com
    On the Road to Recap:
    Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous...For All Involved In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “The Age of the Unicorns”...
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Sep 3, 2025
    Big milestone in the long purpose rich arc of @ExaAILabs excited to join the board in support of this much needed transformation of search for AI
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    Exa
    @ExaAILabs
    Sep 3, 2025
    We raised $85M in Series B funding at a $700M valuation, led by Benchmark. Exa is a research lab building the search engine for AI.
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Oct 23, 2015
    OH from a @benchmark founding partner on @jack: "probably the greatest act of selfless leadership I've seen in 35 yrs in the valley"
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    Peter Fenton
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    @peterfenton
    Oct 2, 2024
    For the AI Curious don't miss this trip into the pragmatic brilliance of @btaylor in this wide ranging interview with @HarryStebbings youtube.com/watch?v=vRhPc0… I predict we'll be able to listen to this in 10 years and say "WOW....if only i acted on the insights here!"
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