HEMANT TANEJA

Forbes

This Top VC Wants To Use Main Street America As An AI Lab

Investors are always encouraging startups to push the innovation envelope. General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja is applying that advice to his own firm.

FOX Business

General Catalyst CEO: Our core will always be early-stage venture capital

General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja discusses building businesses for the future on 'The Claman Countdown.'

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CNBC Squawk Box

General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja on Big Tech’s relationship with D.C., AI impact on health care

General Catalyst CEO Hemant Taneja joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss Big Tech’s relationship with Washington, impact of AI on health care, and more.

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The Information

A Blueprint to Strengthen U.S. Resilience Amid a New World Order

In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and geopolitical shifts, how can the United States fortify its resilience? Hemant Taneja and Fareed Zakaria explore this pressing question in their recent article, outlining a strategic blueprint that emphasizes open-source innovation, systemic reforms in defense and healthcare, and robust public-private collaborations.

Turpentine VC

General Catalyst CEO on Running VC Like an Enduring Company

Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst discusses the firm's evolution from an artisanal business to an enduring venture platform, focusing on operational rigor, fund size, talent strategy, and investments in companies like Stripe and Snap, while emphasizing the importance of responsible innovation and long-term industry transformations.

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Stanford GSB: View From The Top

Hemant Taneja on Balancing Profit and Purpose

“If there are two things that have been foundational to my journey, it’s been learning, and it’s been the importance of taking risk.” Taneja, managing partner and CEO of General Catalyst, shares his insights on leadership, innovation, and the evolving role of venture capital.

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Fortune

General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja on AI, LPs, and raising around $8 billion

I talked to General Catalyst CEO and managing director Hemant Taneja in the dark. Well, he didn’t know that, but by now he probably does.

Politico

General Catalyst goes to Washington

The new policy arm of San Francisco-based venture capital firm General Catalyst wants lawmakers to clear the way for technological innovation as a way to fix the broken U.S. health care system. That’s the message of its first policy paper — an idea the Trump administration may embrace.

The Information

What Worries General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja

Harvard Business Review

Can Startups Thrive in an Age of AI?

For 30-odd years, Silicon Valley had an extraordinary run. American entrepreneurs pioneered innovative digital businesses that disrupted sector after sector of the economy...

Harvard Business Review

AI and the New Digital Cold War

We are entering a new world order, one marked by increased nationalism and greater geopolitical competition. While countries are not going to undo all of the global economic systems...

Harvard Business Review

The U.S.–India Relationship Is Key to the Future of Tech

India is in a global sweet spot. It is now the world’s most populous country — home to more than 1.4 billion people and has had robust economic growth ...

The Information

Where the Venture Community Goes From Here

The Washington Post

AI changes everything. We need new guardrails to survive it. And soon.

The artificial intelligence revolution has arrived. One of us is a venture capitalist, the other a philanthropist, and we see leaders in every field placing bets, by the billions, on what comes next.

Harvard Business Review

Geopolitics Are Changing. Venture Capital Must, Too.

For decades, the tech industry thrived based on a set of unique macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions. U.S. hegemony, globalization, and cheap money combined to allow tech startups to spread their products around the world.