To answer this question: Shaun spews his hateful, racist, and disinformation fuelled shit, and gets away with it because @sequoia considers him their little “Elon Whisperer” He basically brings them alloc in Elon’s high profile companies - which they feel they need after the FTX meltdown. Roelof Botha, is now the managing partner at Sequoia. Hes a long time colleague of Musk, coming from South Africa, then did an MBA at Stanford and was hired by Elon Musk at the original X, became CFO of PayPal before joining Sequoia; and apparently he doesn’t care about Sequoia’s brand (or I can assume agrees with Shaun and Musk’s tasks on things) But it’s a shame because Sequoia was meant something. It’s early key people like Doug Leone, Bill Coughran, Jim Goetz, Michael Moritz and Alfred Lin, had all really built a track record on being a reputable VC firm, focused on product driven experiences. I know many Sequoia portfolios have complained to partners about Shaun’s takes, and that many wouldn’t consider Sequoia in future rounds (just like plenty of startups will avoid Sequoia because of Shaun) - but it’s basically been shrugged off. It’s a shame, and I hope they do something about it - but until they start hearing from LPs like the pension funds and endowment funds that invest in them, it looks like they’ve decided they’ll light their brand on fire if it means chasing Musk companies! 🤷‍♂️