The Next Generation of Software | Mamoon Hamid, Partner at Kleiner Perkins | Ep. 16

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Mamoon Hamid is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins. He has been an early investor in and served on the boards of some of the most innovative software companies of recent times including Slack, Figma, Rippling, Glean and Box. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Mamoon was a Co-founder and General Partner at Social Capital. He started his venture career in 2005 at U.S. Venture Partners (USVP) where he eventually became Partner. Mamoon came to Silicon Valley in 1997 to join Xilinx, a Kleiner Perkins company, where he spent six years, initially as an engineer and later in product and marketing roles.

We covered:
Comparing innovation cycles
AI’s $60 trillion opportunity
The future of robotics
Reigniting a storied firm
Investing in Box, Slack, and Figma

Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro
(0:29) The dot-com bubble
(7:12) Web 2.0 and cloud
(16:03) Early days of mobile
(17:51) AI’s $60 trillion opportunity
(21:48) Where to invest in AI
(28:39) The future of robotics
(32:35) Reigniting a storied firm
(41:36) Growing vs recruiting talent
(46:42) Win rate aspirations
(49:16) Investing in Box, Slack, and Figma
(54:36) Assessing founders
(57:14) Kleiner Perkins’ strategy
(1:00:52) Family and faith

More on Kleiner Perkins and Mamoon:
https://www.kleinerperkins.com/
https://x.com/mamoonha

More on Alt Capital and Jack:
https://www.altcap.com/
https://x.com/jaltma

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