Responsible Disclosure
Video Podcast
Sequoia's Doug Leone: The CISO Who Resists AI Will Become Irrelevant
In this episode of Responsible Disclosure, legendary investor and Sequoia Capital Partner Doug Leone sits down to unpack over three decades of venture capital investing, building category-defining enterprise giants, and identifying world-class startup founders. From arriving in the U.S. at age 11 without speaking English to helping scale Sequoia Capital into a global powerhouse, Doug shares rare insider stories—including how he blocked a $2.5B buyout of ServiceNow to help it reach a peak $180B valuation, why Israeli cybersecurity startups (Wiz, Cyera, Island) revolutionized the enterprise market, and the exact psychological drive he looks for in outlier founders. He also breaks down where enterprise value will accrue in the AI stack, why he fears robotics more than AI software, and the one investment regret that still bugs him today.
In cyber, the truth usually waits for the mics to come off. This week, we're launching Responsible Disclosure: a podcast putting the business of cyber on the record. Hosts Nate Rollings (Zafran CISO) and Steve Cobb (Field CISO) sit down with founders, CEOs, CISOs, and investors to talk through how they really built what they built, separating what's real from the noise.