Stephanie Zhan
VCGeneral Partner, Sequoia Capital
Sequoia AI and consumer seed-stage investor
Background
Stephanie Zhan is a Partner at Sequoia Capital where she has invested since 2015, focusing on seed and Series A companies across AI, developer tools, and consumer. She studied Computer Science at Stanford under Andrew Ng and was connected to OpenAI's founding in 2015. She serves on the boards of Linear, Middesk, Rec Room, Reflection AI, Ricursive Intelligence, and Skild AI. She grew up across Asia during the early internet era and brings a global perspective to identifying transformative technology companies. She led Sequoia's first rounds into Skild AI and Reflection AI, reflecting a strong conviction in embodied AI and autonomous systems.
Investment Thesis
Partners with outlier founders at pre-seed and seed building AI-native products, autonomous systems, and developer infrastructure, particularly in embodied AI, open-source superintelligence, and AI for chip design.
Investment Focus
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Based in: San Francisco Bay Area, USA; global (North America)
Notable Investments
Linear
Developer issue tracking; board member
Reflection AI
Autonomous coding agents; board member
Skild AI
Robotics foundation models; board member
Middesk
B2B trust software; board member
Rec Room
Consumer gaming/social; board member
Ricursive Intelligence
AI for chip design; board member
Replicate
ML model deployment platform
Tavus
Human simulation models