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▶ 8:24 · $CRWD · $COIN · Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage
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Bill Maris: How Google Could Crush AI Competitors, Why Small Funds Win, and AI's Atari Stage

2026-06-09 · 4 company · 0 thematic
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bill maris

Founder and first CEO of Google Ventures (GV) and founder of the life-sciences fund Section 32.

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“We've invested in companies like CrowdStrike and Cohere and Coinbase. And all six of those funds have averaged about 400 million in size and all are performing in their top decile.”
—bill maris
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