TIME100 AI 2026 · Shapers

Sarah Guo

Founder, Conviction

She built her family's company website at 14, pitched investors at 19 and became Greylock's youngest-ever general partner at 28.

Born
Not published
Now
Founder, Conviction
Studied
University of Pennsylvania

Interesting facts

  • Early start

    Built the first website for her family's broadband equipment company at 14 and was pitching it to investors by 19. It later went public on the Nasdaq.

    en.wikipedia.org
  • Numbers

    Earned four degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (a BA, a BS, an MBA and an MA) in five years.

    en.wikipedia.org
  • Detour

    Was a competitive figure skater as a child growing up in Wisconsin.

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  • First

    Became Greylock's youngest-ever general partner at 28, after helping lead its Series A investment in Figma.

    en.wikipedia.org
  • Numbers

    Wrote seed checks into Baseten and Harvey before ChatGPT launched; each is now valued at more than $11 billion.

    colossus.com
  • Connection

    Her first two calls after founding Conviction were to OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman and investor Nat Friedman.

    colossus.com

Career

  • ConvictionFounder2022 to now
  • GreylockGeneral Partner2013–2022
  • Goldman Sachs2012–2013

Education

  • BA, BS, MBA, MA, University of Pennsylvania

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