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David Cahn

General Partner and COO of Venture, Sequoia Capital

About

David Cahn is a Sequoia Capital investor who specializes in AI infrastructure and believes the most durable value in AI will come from owning compute resources like servers, steel, and power rather than application-layer tools. He frames the current AI boom as a capital-expenditure super-cycle comparable to railroad buildouts and actively writes detailed public essays to refine his investment theses, while focusing on companies positioned at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and strategic industries. David Cahn is a Sequoia Capital investor who specializes in AI infrastructure and believes the most durable value in AI will come from owning compute resources like servers, steel, and power rather than application-layer tools. He frames the current AI boom as a capital-expenditure super-cycle comparable to railroad buildouts and actively writes detailed public essays to refine his investment theses, while focusing on companies positioned at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and strategic industries.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
Enterprise
Consumer
SaaS
FinTech
Deeptech
Hardware

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $200M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA