Sarah Tavel
Person on 4 sites
Sarah Tavel is a venture investor. She joined Benchmark in 2017 as the firm's first woman general partner and moved to a venture partner role in April 2025.
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3 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Benchmark: General partner from 2017 to 2025; venture partner from April 2025 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Earlier career: Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners; product manager, Pinterest (three years); partner, Greylock (a year and a half) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Investments: Hipcamp, Chainalysis, Supergreat, 11x (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The consumer AI wave will win fewer consumer minutes than the mobile wave did. (opens korrents.com)
“Don’t get me wrong: AI will win a lot of consumer minutes (maybe too many, if you think about the importance of human-to-human connection), but it won’t be the same magnitude as the minute land-grab of the mobile era…”
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Most consumer AI startups will be utilities that give people superpowers, not apps competing for attention. (opens korrents.com)
“I think this will be more of the battleground for consumer AI startups, at least in terms of quantity of companies.”
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Loneliness is one of the biggest consumer AI opportunities. (opens korrents.com)
“In a way, the success of the consumer internet (including gaming) has created the conditions for one of the biggest AI consumer opportunities: loneliness.”
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The consumer AI wave will win fewer consumer minutes than the mobile wave did. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Pachinko (opens rcmnd.app)
“Pachinko is one of the best fictional books I've read in a while I just loved it and so I highly recommend that”
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The Five Temptations of a CEO (opens rcmnd.app)
“I am a sucker for the five Temptations of a CEO and the five dysfunctions of a team it's kind of like you you imagine those books like in the grocery store aisle but they're fast reads that are incredibly insightful…”
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (opens rcmnd.app)
“the five Temptations of a CEO and the five dysfunctions of a team it's kind of like you you imagine those books like in the grocery store aisle but they're fast reads that are incredibly insightful and I I highly…”
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Pachinko (opens rcmnd.app)