Jaya Gupta
@JayaGup10
tweets about AI and other fun stuff. currently @foundationcap; wrote the context graph paper.
previously McKinsey, @georgiatech, @stackfolio (acquired),
Joined January 2022
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Did some research after this tweet. McKinsey has really been cooking with their founder pipeline in a very wide variety of sectors.
Legora
Sandstone
Bending Spoons
Fulcrum
Didero
Doordash
Nava
Helsing
Oscar Health
Faire
Zocdoc
Magentic
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A lot of VCs (myself included) used to shit on the ex-banker/consultant founder archetype.
But I'm increasingly realizing I was wrong. In an age where building is easier and distribution/execution is still hard, these programs are the perfect training grounds.
2 years at McK/GS/etc. teaches you how to grind, how to sell to enterprises, how to work effectively in a team, and gives you a deep understanding of business models. Exactly what it takes to succeed as a founder in 2026.
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