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We - Greylock - have a long history of partnering with founders starting at day one through IPO. We are excited to share new steps in that effort: 1/ Fund 17, our newest $1B early-stage fund focused on Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A founders in enterprise & consumer software - specifically AI-first companies across Cyber, Infra, SaaS, Consumer, Marketplaces & Commerce, and Fintech & Crypto. 2/ Edge, a bespoke program to help founders initiate new companies by harnessing the full potential of Greylock’s resources & expertise. Our team works directly with founders to brainstorm & iterate foundational decisions with fully flexible financing options. (visit greylock.com/edge for more info) We are privileged to be early partners to Airbnb, AppDynamics, LinkedIn, Meta, Palo Alto Networks, Okta, Workday and more recently, Abnormal Security, Cato Networks, Discord, Figma, Lyra Health and Rubrik. We can't wait to help the next gen of founders go from idea to iconic.

Now Hiring: Product Designers When we think of the foundational roles in a technology startup, job titles like engineer, product manager, or sales often come to mind. Yet product designers are an increasingly important part of a startup’s team, and at earlier and earlier stages. Good design is now a critical part of a company’s success. Do you want to help a startup bake design into the core of their product? Several Greylock backed companies are hiring ⬇ ⚫ Greenlite - Founding Designer: https://bit.ly/3X7b4ht ⚫ Pepper - Product Designer: https://bit.ly/3YWsY9c ⚫ B2B Marketplace in Stealth - Founding Product Designer: https://bit.ly/3YYBfcN ⚫ Company in Stealth - Product Designer: https://bit.ly/3YX58dr 👋 Introduce yourself: We help talented engineers, designers, sales, and product leaders join the next iconic tech companies. If you are interested in joining an early stage Greylock-backed startup now, or just want to connect for future opportunities, we would love to hear from you. >> Connect with us: https://bit.ly/4cEIkCG

Today is the day!! I'm so incredibly excited to announce Prism: a calendar that works like magic. If you have a hectic calendar, you're going to love it. It's like having your own executive assistant to help with your schedule 24/7. What can Prism do? So, so much: Prism lets you tap into the magic of Clockwise, unlocking a whole new way to manage your workday. Here are some of the highlights: 🪄 Schedule the impossible Powered by our scheduling engine’s capability to test millions of event arrangements across calendars, Prism makes it easy to find time on even the busiest of days. With just a few words or clicks, you can make way for urgent priorities unlike ever before. ❇️ Schedule at the best time, every time  Clockwise doesn’t just find open slots. It uncovers the best time to schedule anything from a 1:1 to a 10-person meeting—all based on our deep understanding of you and your colleague’s calendars and preferences. ⚡️ Reschedule, lightning-fast  Need to reschedule in a pinch? Sick kid at home or running late from an appointment? Head to Prism and simply ask to “reschedule my afternoon” and we’ll take care of the rest. 💬 Bring the scheduling magic to Slack  Simply type your scheduling need (e.g. “Book 30 minutes with @Jason tomorrow”) alongside the /cw slash command in Slack to use Clockwise to find time, right where your conversations are already happening. 🔗 Quickly share your meeting availability  Turn your availability into a text-based list of times or create a one-time scheduling link to share with others. ✅ Never miss a to-do  Pop your to-do list into the Prism chat to convert tasks into flexible holds on your calendar. And you can try it for free, right now: https://www.clockwise.ai/

How has Figma become an iconic company beloved by millions of designers and developers who rely on the technology to create websites, apps, and digital experiences? “Figma’s approach has really evolved from how to make the best tool for design to really supporting the entire process of how you build software — everything from starting with an idea and getting it all the way to code and production,” CEO and co-founder Dylan Field says. Don't miss the story of Figma's long and winding journey, and how every milestone during the last 10 years helped to shape it into a company that closes the gap between imagination and reality. https://bit.ly/3XlvPr5

🎉 Congrats to Clint Sharp and the entire Cribl team on their latest funding milestone 🎉

The intersection of #AI and #cybersecurity embodies a pivotal frontier in the ongoing battle to protect digital infrastructures from evolving threats. An upcoming #RSAC Innovation Showcase (hosted on Sept. 18) will explore: 1/ How are adversaries and defenders deploying in cybersecurity today? 2/ How can companies set policies that harness the power AI offers without potentially exposing the companies to undue risk? 3/ What is the role that cybersecurity professionals play in developing and using AI in cybersecurity to ensure resiliency responsibly? Greylock partner Jason Risch will moderate a discussion with esteemed CISOs Meg Anderson, Kirsten Davies, and Fredrick Lee, and cybersecurity startups Bedrock Security and Kodem. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gMRqBRe9

Are you a developer building LLM apps? Don't miss Greylock partner Jerry Chen and LlamaIndex co-founder & CEO Jerry Liu on the Stack Overflow podcast with Benjamin Popper and Eira Long May. They discuss everything from the importance of high-quality training data, to the role of prompt engineering, to the challenges of setting up RAG. 🎧: https://lnkd.in/gqqJ7RSp

ICYMI: Greylock Executive Talent Partner Holly Rose Faith shares 8 key areas that founders should be ready to address during an executive recruiting process to prevent misalignment in expectations 👇

"A decade ago, criminals were very focused on tech and infrastructure. Now they've moved onto the more vulnerable target which is people." Evan Reiser of Abnormal Security on using AI to combat growing cyber threats https://trib.al/66cHKPY

In today's newsletter, Greylock's Executive Talent Partner, Holly Rose Faith shares how founders can be sure that an executive is the right fit for a company, and the eight key areas that founders should be ready to address during the recruiting process.