Sarah Guo | |
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 Guo in 2024 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA, BS, MBA, MA) |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Organization | Conviction |
| Website | sarahguo |
Sarah Guo is an American tech investor. She is the founder and managing partner at the venture capital firm Conviction and formerly a general partner at Greylock Partners.
Guo grew up in Wisconsin. Her parents worked for Bell Labs. [1] After attending Phillips Academy, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and its Wharton School. [2] She received a Bachelor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), and a Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. [3]
Guo initially worked at Casa Systems, a cloud networking company started by her parents, which launched in 2003 and went public in 2017. [4] She then worked at Goldman Sachs. [5]
In 2013, Guo joined Greylock Partners. [6] Whilst still in her twenties, she became the firm's youngest General Partner. [7]
Guo left Greylock, and in October 2022 launched a new early-stage venture capital firm focused on AI, Conviction, [8] with a second fund in late 2024 with Mike Vernal. [9] Conviction's investments include early investments in Cognition AI, [10] OpenEvidence, [11] Harvey, [12] HeyGen, [13] Mistral AI, [14] Sierra Platform, [15] and Thinking Machines Lab. [16]
Guo is on the 2025 Midas Seed list of top investors. [17] She appears in media outlets as an expert in AI, infrastructure, business software, cybersecurity, technology policy and software engineering. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
She co-hosts the podcast No Priors with tech founder and super angel Elad Gil. [24]
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