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Benchmark’s Miles Grimshaw on the Coming AI Shakeout and More

Jun 10, 2023
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ANECDOTE

From Yale Projects To Thrive Partnership

  • Miles describes his path from Yale to joining Thrive via friendships and building simple Rails apps with peers.
  • He joined Thrive around 2013 after organically working with the team and spending weekends in New York.
INSIGHT

Small Partnership, Big Founder Focus

  • Benchmark keeps a small, equal partnership and focuses on deep founder support rather than scale or hierarchy.
  • The firm emphasizes being excellent at amplifying founder success over raising very large funds.
ANECDOTE

Early Bet On Bio Software With Benchling

  • Miles recounts investing in Benchling early after noticing the opportunity created by CRISPR and biology's increasing software needs.
  • He partnered with scientists connected to Broad Institute and helped Benchling build tools for large-molecule research.
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