# Aydin Senkut

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Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Aydin Senkut (Founder & Managing Partner, Felicis) talking, from an interview on TBPN published Oct 31, 2025.

- Role: Founder & Managing Partner, Felicis
- About: Founded Felicis, a Menlo Park VC firm; former Google first product manager now backing AI and infrastructure companies.
- On X: https://x.com/asenkut

## What Aydin Senkut said

- [Venture investors have to keep backing outliers through downturns](https://realalpha.app/s/venture-investors-have-to-keep-backing-outliers-through/)
  TBPN · Oct 31, 2025 · 3 min
  > “we still kept on making investments and we never slowed down” — Aydin Senkut · [2:30:29](https://realalpha.app/v/m2mWKU0srfY/?t=9029)
- [Generalists can spot opportunities experts overlook](https://realalpha.app/s/generalists-can-spot-opportunities-experts-overlook/)
  TBPN · Oct 31, 2025 · 5 min
  > “if you're an expert in a sector, you're going to look at a company and you're only going to look at the orthodox way of doing things.” — Aydin Senkut · [2:33:30](https://realalpha.app/v/m2mWKU0srfY/?t=9210)
- [Venture bets need durable growth, not just fast growth](https://realalpha.app/s/venture-bets-need-durable-growth-not-just-fast-growth/)
  TBPN · Oct 31, 2025 · 4 min
  > “Look. I think you're getting at a very important point, which is it is not just enough to have high growth, but you need to have durable growth.” — Aydin Senkut · [2:26:07](https://realalpha.app/v/m2mWKU0srfY/?t=8767)

## The episode

- [Marc Andreessen & Ilya Sutskever Host TBPN](https://realalpha.app/v/m2mWKU0srfY/) · TBPN · Oct 31, 2025