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Elad Gil
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Cosmic 20202 · General Partner at Cosmic 20251 · General Partner at Cosmic 20252 · General Partner at Cosmic Par1 · Solo General Partner · +20 more
San Francisco, CA
FoundedBrain Co.Color Genomics
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About
Elad Gil is the most prominent of venture's solo general partners, raising billion-dollar funds under his Gil Capital and Cosmic-Aleph vehicles to back companies including Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, Anduril, and Perplexity. A former Google and Twitter executive, he co-founded Color Health and wrote the High Growth Handbook. He ranked sixth on the 2026 Midas List.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Founded MixerLabs, which was acquired by Twitter. Founded Color Health. Incubated and helped start Braintrust, an AI eval company. Incubated and helped start Brain Co, which builds an AI platform for large institutions. Gil helped incubate and start Braintrust, an AI enterprise tooling company. Gil helped incubate Brain Co with Jared Kushner.
- Education
- Holds degrees in Math and Biology, including a PhD from MIT. Studied at MIT (Ph.D.) Studied at UCSD (BS, Math)
- Charities
- Funded a clinical trial at Stanford on aging.
- Awards
- Wrote the best-selling High Growth Handbook, offering tactical advice for post-product-market-fit companies.
- Hobbies
- Interested in society-level beauty and inspiration, exploring large-scale monuments and art projects at Monumental.
- More
- Hosts an AI podcast named No Priors. Personally identified a gene involved in lifespan and has published research on life extension in organisms. Interested in human capital movements and encouraging smart people to work in societally important fields. Gil co-hosts the No Priors AI podcast with Sarah Guo. Gil is building monuments with a project called Monumental. Gil is creating a chain of new K-12 schools inspired by ancient Greece.
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Founder at Color Genomics
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Founder at Brain Co.
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Investments
Led
AndurilBraintrust
Investor
Abacus.AIAble HealthAbridgeAgentsyncAIMAirbnbAirtableAkido LabsAnchorageAnchorage DigitalAndurilAnduril IndustriesAnrokAnthropicAny.doApplied ComputeApplied IntuitionArcadeAshbyAthelasAtlasAtoBAvenueAviatorBase PowerBenchlingBioAgeBioAge LabsBitnamiBitwiseBluenoteBrain CoBraintrustBrexBRINCBuildForeverCall9CaptivateIQCarbon HealthCardiogramCeloCerebrasCharacter.AICharacter.AICharm IndustrialCharthopCheckrClara LabsClipboardClubhouseCognitionCogramCohereCoinbaseCommsorComraderyContextLogicContextual AIContribution LabsCopy.aiCordCoupleCoveCronCrosbyCrowdMedDatologyAIdbt LabsDecagonDeelDeepnoteDeformDiffbotDigitsDIRT ProtocolDistrudYdXDyspatchEntrepreneur FirstEnvoyEonEssential AIFarcasterFieldguideFigmaFilecoinFilloutFlexportFlock SafetyFlock SafetyFrame SecurityFrontFruitfulGitlabGOAT GroupGoldskyGustoHappenstanceHarveyHealthSherpaHelloSignHelsingHeyGenHiveWatchHoumiCrackedinDineroInfisicalInstacartInstcartIntegral TreasuryIronFishKindredLatticeLaunchpad ToysLeena AILeverLinesLiveKitLlamaLong LakeMagicMailgunMarftMaterial SecurityMedallionMercuryMetronomeMiddeskMino GamesMistral AIMoabModalMove LootMovityMysten LabsNames & FacesNavanNavigateAINeonNeticNeuroxNewLimitNileNirvana InsuranceNotionNova Credito1LabsOdysseyOn DeckOneSchemaOnyxOpenAIOpenBBOpendoorOpendoor TechnologiesOpenseaOptimizelyOrchidOsaroPacific FusionPagerDutyParabolaPatientBankPeriodic LabsPerplexityPetualPikaPinterestPlaybookPlaygroundPolytomicPolyworkPulleyQuantaQuoRappiReady For ZeroRecraftRecurrencyReductRelativity SpaceRenderResendRetoolRipplingRiversideRossumRunaRunSybilRunway FinancialSamsaraSaronicSaturn TechnologiesScaleScale AIScale.AIScreenheroSeashellSeisSeneca SystemsSimpoSocketSoraSoverenSpaceXSpoolSprigSquareStreamlitStripeStytchSuccinctSupabaseTacticTagomiThe Bot CompanyThe OrgTiltTransformTriplebyteTrueNorthTwiceUnbabelUniformUnsupervisedVentrilo.aiVerge GenomicsVerge LabsVeriffWarpWatershedWaymoWelcomeWithinWorkOSWorkRampYO ProtocolZenefitsZeplin
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Books by Elad Gil
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Elad GilHow Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview
My First Million
Build 2026 Podcast: Satya Nadella, Sarah Guo and Elad Gil from No Priors, and Swyx from Latent Space
Microsoft
Elad Gil: Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Startup Advice
South Park Commons
No Priors Ep. 138 | The Best of 2025 (So Far) with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil
No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups
Elad Gil of Gil Capital, Gil & Co. & Enigma Global
Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
How To Navigate Your Career | Elad Gil | Ep. 6
Uncapped with Jack Altman
5 more appearances
- No Priors Ep. 86 | With Sarah Guo & Elad Gil2024-10-17
- No Priors Ep. 72 | With Sarah Guo and Elad Gil2024-07-18
- No Priors Ep. 59 | With Sarah Guo & Elad Gil2024-04-11
- No Priors Ep. 54 | With Sarah Guo & Elad Gil2024-03-07
- AI's Future: Investment & Impact with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil of the No Priors Podcast2024-01-18
Writing
All posts ↗Elad Gil has recently been writing about the state of AI markets, including AI's rapidly growing share of US GDP, compute constraints, and researcher compensation shifts, plus data showing the SF Bay Area's dominance of unicorn and generative AI market cap, and which foundation model and code companies are emerging as winners.
A collection of informal observations on AI's share of US GDP, researcher compensation shifts, compute constraints reinforcing an oligopoly, tokens as economic currency, and AI-attributed layoffs.
Analysis of unicorn market cap data showing the SF Bay Area holds 39% of global unicorn value and 91% of generative AI unicorn market cap, with US concentration rising.
An overview of how AI markets have solidified, identifying likely winners in foundation models/LLMs and code generation while noting other markets remain uncertain.ustom.name.dummy.remove.this.text.for.error.demo.only.here.ends.now.so.thirty.words.max.applies.very.strict.always.follow.the.rule.factual.tone.neutral.no.marketing.language.at.all.times.done.here.finally.over.now.ok.summary.ends.here.f
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Elad Gil?
- Elad Gil is the most prominent of venture's solo general partners, raising billion-dollar funds under his Gil Capital and Cosmic-Aleph vehicles to back companies including Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, Anduril, and Perplexity. A former Google and Twitter executive, he co-founded Color Health and wrote the High Growth Handbook. He ranked sixth on the 2026 Midas List.
- Where does Elad Gil work?
- Elad Gil is Founder of Brain Co. and General Partner at Cosmic 20202 and General Partner at Cosmic 20251 and General Partner at Cosmic 20252 and General Partner at Cosmic Par1 and Solo General Partner at Elad Gil and General Partner at Cosmic AI and General Partner at Cosmic 20221 and General Partner at Cosmic 20211 and General Partner at Cosmic Aleph and General Partner at Cosmic 20212 and General Partner at Cosmic Bet Durable and General Partner at Cosmic 20262 and General Partner at Cosmic 20261 and General Partner at Cosmic 20253 and General Partner at Cosmic Bet and General Partner at Cosmic 20241 and General Partner at CF VP Investments and General Partner at Cosmic 20231 and General Partner at Cosmic 20213 and General Partner at Cosmic 20214 and General Partner at Cosmic 20222 and General Partner at Cosmic 20201 and Advisor at Electric Capital and Co-founder at Color Genomics.
- What does Elad Gil invest in?
- Elad Gil invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Defense Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, SaaS.
- What companies did Elad Gil found?
- Elad Gil founded Brain Co., Color Genomics.
- What companies has Elad Gil invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Anduril, Braintrust, Abacus.AI, Able Health, Abridge, Agentsync, AIM, Airbnb, Airtable, Akido Labs, Anchorage, Anchorage Digital, and 230 more.
- What awards has Elad Gil received?
- Wrote the best-selling High Growth Handbook, offering tactical advice for post-product-market-fit companies.
- What has Elad Gil written?
- Elad Gil has 3 tracked posts on blog.eladgil.com, including "Random thoughts while gazing at the misty AI Frontier", "Unicorn Market Cap 2026: SF is the GenAI Super Cluster", "AI Market Clarity".
- What podcasts and interviews feature Elad Gil?
- Tracked appearances include "How Silicon Valley’s Most Prolific Investor Picks Unicorns | Elad Gil Interview", "Build 2026 Podcast: Satya Nadella, Sarah Guo and Elad Gil from No Priors, and Swyx from Latent Space", "Elad Gil: Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Startup Advice", and 8 more.
- Does Elad Gil lead rounds?
- Yes — Elad Gil has led 2 tracked investments.
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