James Buckhouse

I help founders design companies, products, cultures, and businesses that change people for the better at Sequoia. I treat AI as augmented imagination and use story as the operating system of design. I believe story, art, and design can bend the arc of progress if you do it right.

I got my start in film crafting character arcs for franchises like Shrek, Madagascar, and The Matrix, and I’ve exhibited work at major museums and collaborated with leading ballet companies. I also guest lecture at Harvard GSD, Yale Architecture, Stanford GSB, and Stanford d.school, and previously held patents from my time as Senior Experience Architect at Twitter.

Ask me about Story-driven Design, Founder Coaching, Film to Product, Ballet and Art Collaborations, AI as Creative Tool.