Sequoia Capital
红杉美国
Sequoia Capital is a global venture capital firm active in Chinese tech investing, with a portfolio concentrated in AI, robotics, and semiconductor hardware. In the AI layer, it backed OpenAI at a $15 billion valuation in 2021 — a bet 5Y Capital's Kai Liu cited as evidence that "the hype is just surface noise" in AI entrepreneurship — and was an early investor in both Moonshot AI (Kimi) and MiniMax, putting money into Kimi first . On the hardware side, Sequoia has made multiple bets in XR chip design: it co-led GravityXR's angel round with Gaorong Capital in 2022, joined the Pre-A, and continued follow-on investment through the company's Series A in 2023 . Other disclosed positions include warehouse robotics firm HAI ROBOTICS (D+ round, 2022) , legal-tech startup PowerLaw AI , and electric motorcycle maker OMOWAY alongside ZhenFund and Huiyou Capital . The firm typically invests at early stages and maintains positions across multiple rounds.
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