David Sacks
General Partner at Craft Ventures
San Francisco, CA
Writes $50K – $50M checks · typically $25M
About
David Sacks was PayPal's COO, founded Yammer and sold it to Microsoft for $1.2 billion, and co-founded Craft Ventures in 2017 to invest in SaaS and marketplace startups. He served as the White House AI and crypto czar from late 2024 until March 2026, when his special-government-employee term ended, and now co-chairs the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology while remaining a Craft partner. He is also a co-host of the All-In podcast.
David Sacks @davidsacks
Some people are saying https://t.co/ghyXI8aMKS
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David Sacks @davidsacks
Mark Zuckerberg gets it right: “The defining question of our age isn’t whether superintelligence will exist, but who will have access to it. Will it be centralized and restricted to a few institutions, or will it be a tool that empowers everyone?” Concentration of power is the https://t.co/kFgkv5dlwF
Jul 28, 2026 · ♥ 7742 · ⇄ 777
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Anthropic maintains that it is entitled to train for free on all the world’s output, even if the author objects. But if a competitor trains on Anthropic’s output after paying for it, that is IP theft. The hypocrisy is breathtaking. https://t.co/ZosLMzlpf7
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechMarketplacesSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded the venture firm Craft Ventures. Founded and served as CEO of Yammer. Founded the podcasting platform Callin.
From David's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Deals · 7
RoboflowBoard seat
via Craft Ventures · filed Aug 2024 · $40M raise
Pearl Inc.Board seat
via Craft Ventures · filed Jul 2024 · $80.3M raise
Orum Inc.Board seat
via Craft Ventures · filed Dec 2022 · $22M raise
Mango TechnologiesBoard seat
via Craft Ventures · filed Nov 2021 · $400M raise
Schumpeter EnterprisesBoard seat
via Craft Ventures · filed Jun 2021 · $13.3M raise
VendrLed round
via Craft Ventures · filed Feb 2022
VantaLed round
via Craft Ventures
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Books by David Sacks
Podcasts & interviews
featuring David SacksCraft Ventures' David Sacks talks Trump fundraiser in Silicon Valley
CNBC Television
Axios' Dan Primack & Craft Ventures Co-founder & Partner David Sacks at Axios BFD: San Francisco
Axios
What the Future of SaaS Holds for 2024 with David Sacks, Founder & General Partner, Craft Ventures
SaaStr
Watch CNBC's full interview with Craft Ventures' David Sacks
cnbc.com
Colleagues at Craft Ventures
Network8
Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Photo: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ↗