VC @MenloVentures. Ex-CPO @Atlassian, Ex-VP @Linkedin, Ex-founder. Builder. Sailor.
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Love the instant bond with my Instacart shopper when something’s out of stock. Suddenly we’re two people who have been through a lot together. @Instacart
joff redfern retweeted
Hello again, it's been a while.
We're writing to let you know that we have raised quite a lot more money. We're letting you know because we are on the lookout to hire smart people and this will help us do that.
See you again when we have a product or have raised more money!
joff redfern retweeted
We’ve spent the past year developing new primitives for GPUs. We believe this enables new algorithms to change how machines learn, open new markets, and dramatically reshape AI’s cost structure.
We have raised a $1 billion Series A, co-led by Index and Lux.
Best pitch of the day: you had me at "Spanx for men."
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Just stumbled across this photo of my son and I picking up my daughter at the airport. Every kid in the airport got a photo with us!
AI app strategy generator:
Pick one per row.
Model: [ rent | rent-to-own | own ]
Context: [ borrow | sync | own ]
Harness: [ prompt | RAG | agents ]
UI: [ own | embed | headless ]
Incumbent: [ alongside | instead ]
GTM: [ PLG | top-down ]
Capital: [ blitzscale | stay lean ]
Moat: [ “7 powers” | “run faster” ]
1,296 combinations. Choose your own adventure.
Excited to see so many portfolio companies on the Wing and Eric Newcomer's 2026 Enterprise Tech list
Incredible to see so many Menlo-backed companies on @Wing_VC and @EricNewcomer's 2026 Enterprise Tech 30 list!
Congrats to @AnthropicAI, @AbnormalAI, @cursor_ai, @databricks, @WeAreLegora, @Lovable, @openevidence, @OpenRouter and @WisprFlow 🎉
See the full list: wing.vc/et30#ET30
joff redfern retweeted
There's been a lot of interest recently in @MenloVentures's 2025 Enterprise AI report!
We started publishing this report in 2023 to put real numbers behind how enterprise adoption of generative AI was actually evolving. Three years in, we've captured just how quickly the market has accelerated -- growing to $37B+ this year -- as well as @AnthropicAI's growing presence in the enterprise.
The full methodology is in the report (just scroll to the bottom!) but wanted to share more about who we talked to for this report. We worked with a third-party research firm to survey nearly 500 execs actively buying and building with AI, ranging from Fortune 500 financial institutions to high-growth AI-native startups
Of the builders:
- 334 surveyed used a model API
- 34% CIO / CTO / CEO
- 47% in companies of 1K+ FTEs
- 61% in tech
- 42% IT / 24% product & engineering
Respondents didn't know Menlo commissioned the study and none came from our network
Always amuses me when I ask Claude to improve a Google slide. Instead of just listing suggestions like "add shadows" or "try gradients," it straight up codes full HTML/CSS versions to show me exactly what it means. It's like asking for directions and getting a working GPS. Total flex.
joff redfern retweeted
Adarsh Hiremath on whether we will have a future of many specialised models or fewer generalised models:
“We will have many models with different use cases.
Companies will customize their own models for their own purposes.
We are already seeing this with application layer companies today.”
Do you think we will live in a world of many specialised models @chaselochmiller @scottbelsky @mikeyshulman ?
joff redfern retweeted
Mercor is solving talent allocation in the AI economy.
The difference between greatness and failure is the right person being in the right place at the right time. Putting them there is the hardest unsolved problem in capitalism.
We’re excited to announce our $100M Series B at a $2B valuation from @felicis, @generalcatalyst, @benchmark, DST and @MenloVentures.
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“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.” - Captain Jack Sparrow