Elad Gil
Entrepreneur and investor, author of High Growth Handbook, co-host of No Priors.
Hosts
- Elad Gil is a technology entrepreneur and investor who runs Gil&Co, a multi-stage investment firm.
- He wrote High Growth Handbook, a guide for companies past product-market fit.
- He has co-hosted the No Priors podcast with Sarah Guo since 2023.
Why it matters. For founders scaling a company and for people following AI investment; his portfolio includes Anthropic, OpenAI, Cognition and Perplexity, and his book and blog are widely read by startup operators.
- Current roles
- Runs Gil&Co; co-host of No Priors1
- Companies started
- Mixer Labs (acquired by Twitter) and Color Health1
- Earlier work
- VP at Twitter; AI and mobile at Google1
- Book
- High Growth Handbook1
- Education
- Degrees in math and biology, including a PhD from MIT1
- Investments include
- Airbnb, Anthropic, Coinbase, Figma, OpenAI, Stripe, Cognition, Perplexity1
- Portfolio claim
- Invested in over 40 companies now worth $1B or more each (per No Priors show notes)2
Writing to start with
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High Growth Handbook (opens growth.eladgil.com)
His book of tactical advice for companies after product-market fit: hiring, M&A, sales and fundraising.
Links
Sources
- Elad Gil (opens eladgil.com) read 30 Sep 2026
- No Priors (RSS feed) (opens feeds.megaphone.fm) read 30 Sep 2026
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