Konstantine Buhler

Konstantine Buhler is a Partner at Sequoia Capital based in Palo Alto, California, where he focuses on seed and early-stage investments. A former artificial intelligence engineer who purchased his first stocks at age 13 after reading a book by Bill Gates, Buhler has since backed 29 founders throughout his venture capital career. His investment thesis centers on agentic AI and data-driven enterprises, evaluating emerging startups alongside major industry players like OpenAI and AMD. Influenced by his family history of immigrants, he prioritizes founders demonstrating high integrity and grit, specifically targeting businesses that exhibit virtuous data cycles. He also utilizes global vulnerability leaderboards to rigorously assess the software security of his prospective portfolio companies. Buhler currently leverages his technical engineering background to support technology founders from the initial idea phase through to an initial public offering.