Darian Shirazi

Media

• TIME

  America's Top Venture Capital Firms of 2026

  August 12, 2026

  Gradient named to TIME’s 2026 ranking of America’s top VC firms.

• The New York Times

  In Silicon Valley, Some Say an A.I. Bubble Would Be Just Fine

  July 30, 2026

  “Your winner can be wildly outsized. If it works, it works much better than anything we’ve ever seen in the history of venture capital.”

  Shirazi on AI-era venture outcomes vs prior $1–2B exit norms.

• Bloomberg · Video

  Gradient Raises $220 Million to Back Seed-Stage AI

  March 18, 2026

  Bloomberg Tech interview with Caroline Hyde.

• Fortune

  The Google-backed AI investors nobody took seriously in 2017 just raised $220 million

  March 17, 2026

  “I remember going to happy hours with other startup investors and pre-seed founders. I’d say I was at Gradient, and people would say ‘oh, the AI thing. I haven’t done that. Are there AI startups? I certainly don’t see them and AI doesn’t seem that interesting.’”