Former a16z partner Marco Mascorro argues Sequoia passing on Cursor shows AI venture competition is non-zero-sum

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia and most of all neo / ali partovi ... who lead the pre-seed -- which is the real art / finding and believing from zero.

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia And don’t forget @grosen at BoxGroup for co-leading the pre-seed! Generational investment when it wasn’t obvious.

@lessin @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia PHENOMENAL WORK BY @apartovi

Probably the best seed investment in a decade

A funny story when I was trying to bring Cursor for their Series A at @a16z back in time (and show all the things we could do for them, etc), involved building a custom 4090s GPU rig for them where I expedited a weekend build on this...

Maybe a story for another day 😀

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia Also to @davidtisch who colead the preseed!

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia This is the way 🤝

@finnegannyc @shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia The @BoxGroup team led it - we work together - @ClaireSmilow @grosen @nkatragadda @AdamRothenberg @adina_z_davis … we are very lucky to be involved in such a magical company…

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia In Yiddish it’s called fargin.

It means being genuinely happy for someone else’s success.

it’s one of the greatest Jewish business lessons and it’s one of the reasons why we are so successful.

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia @apartovi well not on multiple - i am still gonna claim that one :)... but on gross dollars (the real game) maybe! ;)

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia Class act. Setting a positive example for others in the industry. Well done

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia @grosen And of course @ClaireSmilow!

@shaunmmaguire @lessin @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia Thank you both!!

You're being way too generous.

❤️

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia This is the way! We’re all techno optimists at the end of the day

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia To be an investor is to believe in abundance! Love the collegiality, Shaun!

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia Takes a man to recognize an L

@brettberson @shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia @ClaireSmilow @ClaireSmilow deserves all the credit. There’d have been no investment without her finding Michael so early while in college.

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia 🙏

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia It’s because you’re an idiot. You just place 1000s of bets with daddy’s money and sometimes they work out sometimes they don’t.

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia why you ignore this?

@shaunmmaguire @a16z @ThriveCapital @cursor_ai @sequoia always chance to join the next cursor, @aradotso