Anoushka Vaswani
@anoushkavaswani
Partner @lightspeedvp investing in software and infrastructure
after a few false starts, i've put to words my view on where enterprise applications are going data rules everything around me: the future of enterprise applications mslotnick.substack.com/publish/post/1…
I so appreciate @melanie_uno for having me on her podcast. Her questions (and editing!) drew out the advice that I give early career VCs about how to manage their career, how to win competitive deals, and what to do when companies go through tough times, condensed into about an…
What a dream! I had the iconic @jeremysliew from @lightspeedvp, investor in multiple Decacorns, 9x @Forbes Midas List, the first consumer internet investor ever on the pod. He was the first investor at @Snap Inc. and also backed @Affirm, @GIPHY, @jessicaalba’s Honest Company, and…
Spoke to the engineering leader of a pre-IPO company yesterday who just released a new AI feature that would have been too cost prohibitive to launch last year. Falling cost per token is going to keep enabling some amazing developments at the app layer
Today marks a big milestone for Enterprise AI. ServiceNow today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Moveworks for $2.85B. It's been an incredible privilege to have served on the Moveworks board since Day 1. Congratulations to the entire Moveworks team…
A $100M Series D is a huge milestone! Thank you, @MenloVentures, and all our investors for believing in our mission and team. And to the Grep Heads—past and present—who built the foundation. Because of you, we’re bringing the power of AI to code security. Ship it! 🕺🚀
🎉 Today marks a major milestone at Semgrep— we’re excited to announce that Semgrep has secured $100M in Series D funding! 🚀 This milestone, led by @MenloVentures with support from our amazing investors. With this boost, we’re more committed than ever to revolutionizing the…
I love how we have flipped from a “SaaS is dead” to “the application layer is everything” narrative in one week Just waiting for what next week brings 🍿
One historical signal of a high quality business used to be very strong user engagement In the age of AI where more systems are just doing the work, I wonder if building technology with very high user engagement simply matters a lot less
Why does Google chrome decide to update every few hours
📤Our second annual Cyber 60 list, in partnership with @Fortune and our CISO survey, is live. We’re excited to celebrate the list of 60 leading startups in cybersecurity and share our CISO survey results. Check it out here: lsvp.com/cyber60 #Cyber60
Meet the 2024 Cyber 60: The top 60 venture-backed cybersecurity companies in the market today, presented by Lightspeed and @FortuneMagazine. These startups are solving the world’s greatest challenges at a pivotal time when cybercrime is on the rise. Lightspeed is proud to…
1/ Time has flown by since @Lightspeedvp's first investment in @Vinted in 2019. Since then, Thomas and team have made huge strides, becoming the most regionally dominant consumer marketplace in Europe. Today, Vinted closed a secondary sale of €340M led by @tpg and Hedosophia…
The fact that there are two scaling laws at play in AI - training and now “thinking” / inference compute (proven by the improvements that drove o1) - suggest that we are still only in the early innings of AI improvement. Should result in a tremendous amount of change but…
Working closely with @LaurenMyrick and Connor for the last 2.5 years has been a career highlight! @FoundforBiz sets a new bar for product excellence in SMB fintech. @Lightspeedvp is proud to double down alongside friends @Alfred_Lin @sequoia and @rabois @khoslaventures. 📈
Thrilled to announce that Found has completed a $50M Series C investment round. @Sequoia, who previously led our Series A, is leading this round w/ participation from existing investors @LightspeedVP and @FoundersFund and new investor @KhoslaVentures. found.com/series-c
Awesome to be involved in this effort @JBoorstin. And kudos to all the amazing founders recognized
The 2024 @CNBC #Disruptor50 List is out, and it features companies that are scaling quickly and innovators in their industries. Congratulations to Lightspeed-backed companies @anduriltech, @AWNetworks, @Glean, @Navan, @Stripe, and @wiz_io on making the list.…
Increasingly convinced that LinkedIn is the last great social network left
Every time I come to Palo Alto, I wonder why I live in San Francisco