# Founders Who Only Date Sequoia — retained record

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Founders Who Only Date Sequoia
YC founders want Sequoia or nothing. Sequoia wrote a $1 billion check to someone else.
Hi, AI Enthusiasts!
Welcome back to our Friday Deep Dive.
Some founders in Y Combinator have a type.
"I've met YC founders who told me they'll give up if they can't raise from Sequoia or a16z," Tim Wijaya, who runs growth at a YC-backed startup, wrote. The post has been viewed more than 158,000 times.
Sequoia had been busy.
A week before Wijaya posted, Sequoia Capital had joined Benchmark and Coatue in a $1 billion round for Instinct, a personal AI agent built by a 14-person team and run by a 23-year-old. The round valued it at $10 billion.
Their dream date was out with a company that does not even have an app.
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