Congratulations @sequoia on @gradypb carrying the torch forward with @Alfred_Lin
When I first met Pat, he caught my attention by pitching Amplitude to me better than I had pitched it to him. He saw that in the future, revenue would depend more on the product than on sales and marketing. That was the first time an investor made me see Amplitude's opportunity bigger than I had.
In his 6 years on Amplitude's board his singular focus has been long term company success. He has never worried about any short term result- whether how we've closed a quarter or the stock price. His only concern was whether we were doing the right thing to build a successful company over the next decade.
He's been the rock solid foundation for Amplitude's board. Most recently, that has allowed us to disrupt analytics and ourselves by taking a massive bet on AI.
Most firms get generational transfer wrong and are worse off for it. Sequoia is in great hands with Pat and Alfred and will reach new heights.
Nov 4, 2025 · 6:25 PM UTC

