Stephanie Zhan

I’m a General Partner at Sequoia Capital, where I back outlier founders at the earliest stages building AI-native products, autonomous systems, and enduring software companies.

I’ve partnered with teams from pre-seed through Series A and serve on the boards of Linear, Middesk, Rec Room, Reflection AI, Ricursive Intelligence, and Skild AI, with investments including Tavus, Mach, Evy, Replicate and more. I led the first rounds for Skild AI and Reflection AI, and earlier backed companies like Linear and Rec Room from seed. My roots are in computer science from Stanford, and I’m on a long-term quest to help founders push the frontier toward superintelligence.

Ask me about AI company building, seed and Series A fundraising, and founder-market fit.