Stephanie Zhan

Partner at Sequoia Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

About

General Partner @Sequoia on our early stage team. Here to be your first and long term partner, from your angel / seed to Series A and beyond. Serve on the boards of Linear, Middesk, Rec Room, Reflection AI, Ricursive Intelligence, Skild AI. Also: Tavus, Mach, Evy. On quest for superintelligence. I’d love to hear from you: [email protected] X: @stephzhan

Experience

  • Partner at Sequoia Capital
    Jul 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 1 mo

    General Partner at Sequoia. Investing from company formation, onwards. Your first & long term *partner*. On quest for superintelligence. Would love to hear from you: [email protected] X: @stephzhan

  • Board Member at Ricursive Intelligence
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Led first round. Building the first frontier lab around AI for chip design. Founded by Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, the creators and leaders of AlphaChip, which shaped four generations of the Google TPU. Now focused on applying AI to transform chip design for the rest of the industry.

  • Board Member at ReflectionAI
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Led first round. Founded by the pioneers behind AlphaGo/AlphaZero/MuZero and Gemini, Misha Laskin and Ioannis Antonoglou. Our goal is to build frontier open superintelligence.

  • Board Member at Skild AI
    Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Led first round. Founded by legendary researchers Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, who have shaped the AI robotics industry over the last decade. Building a foundation model for our physical world.

  • Board Member at Linear
    Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

    Led Seed and Series A. A purpose-built tool for planning and building products. We wanted to create the tools that enable teams towards progress, built around speed, efficiency, and delight. The go-to for modern companies.