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.