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It’s a new era. A time of transformation and re-imagination. A chance to make your most career-defining move yet. This is a place for the bold at heart. We turn ideas into impact. Ingenuity into action. No permission required. Here, you won’t sit on the sidelines—you’ll move with speed and urgency to drive action, tackle real work and deliver frictionless experiences that power how people live, work and play. Backed by the V Team, you’ll have the trust and support to operate with empathy and honesty, for our customers and each other. Want in? Join the V Team Life.

Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We aim to be the first true believers in tomorrow’s most consequential companies. We partner with a few outliers each year and go all-in, providing them with the hands-on help required at every stage of the company building journey. Our expertise comes from nearly 50 years of working with legendary founders like Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Brian Chesky, Tony Xu, Lin Qiao, Eric Yuan, Christina Cacioppo, and Patrick Collison. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 30% of NASDAQ's total value. The vast majority of the money we invest has been on behalf of nonprofits and schools like the Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic and MIT, which means most of the returns we generate benefit these great causes.

Y Combinator is the leading startup accelerator for entrepreneurs. Since 2005, YC has invested in over 5,400 companies, including Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Reddit, Instacart, DoorDash, and Coinbase. Today, YC has built the most powerful startup community in the world alongside the products and programs to support founders for the life of their company.