Conviction's Sarah Guo bets on specialized AI over frontier labs

Been lucky to see this up close for years, and this profile of @saranormous nails it. It is not her returns, it is her relentless operational hustle. And while the whole industry piles into a couple labs, Sarah's making the harder, more interesting bet: that the future gets… Show more

Great piece on my good friend @saranormous! Grateful for everything you do. https://twitter.com/colossusmag/status/2079169545705525510

@saranormous and her partner @mvernal (on rippling's board) have been enormously helpful, are great investors and friends, and would be one of my first calls as an entrepreneur looking to raise. https://twitter.com/colossusmag/status/2079169545705525510

Sarah Guo is a force of nature! We met when Greylock was doing diligence on Figma for our Series A in 2014. She has been a great friend ever since and it’s awesome to see her hard work recognized here. (Especially knowing how uncomfortable a profile like this must have made… Show more

One researcher candidate: “I am more aligned with Sarah on robotics philosophy than with most roboticists.” @saranormous led Sunday’s seed round in March 2024. What’s striking from day one is how deeply she went into understanding robotics from first principles, instead of… Show more

we gave @colossusmag a look at what @mvernal @pranavreddy @igarciacamargo me & team @conviction are trying to do — find and arm the most extraordinary founders at a moment when technology molds a malleable future feels like a mission! but yes, acting with belief is also a… Show more