San Francisco, US · Partner
Brad Gerstner
Founder & CEO at Altimeter
Latest rounds
- FactoryGrowth · $200MSept 2026
- PeekSeries A · $5MNov 2013
- HotelTonightSeries A · $3.6MMay 2011
BacksInternetAIEventsTravel & Hospitality
The firm
AltimeterVC firm · US18cheques in 12 months59all time13ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 3
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $208.6M
- Active
- 2011–26
FactoryGrowth$200MUSJoined · +14 investors
- PeekSeries A$5MUSJoined · +7 investors · historical
HotelTonightSeries A$3.6MUSJoined · +8 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Companies they are listed as backing
Portfolio
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAltimeterManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issuer.since 2024
- SEC Form D · Hedge fundAltimeterMANAGING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNERon 5 filings · since 2024
- SEC Form D · Hedge fundAltimeter Long Opportunities Offshore, L.P.MANAGING MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PARTNERsince 2024
- SEC Form D · Hedge fundAltimeter Long Opportunities Offshore, L.P.Managing Member of the General Partnersince 2023
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSigma Computing, Inc.Directoron 2 filings · since 2023
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAltimeterManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issueron 34 filings · since 2021
- SEC Form D · Hedge fundAltimeterDirectoron 5 filings · since 2020
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAltimeterManaging Member of the General Partneron 10 filings · since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raisingDuetto Research, Inc.Directoron 4 filings · since 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingRoom 77, Inc.Executive Officer, Directorsince 2013
- SEC Form D · Company raisingHotel Tonight, Inc.Directoron 3 filings · since 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raisingRoom 77, Inc.Executive Officer, Director, Promoteron 2 filings · since 2011
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundAltimeterExecutive Officeron 21 filings · since 2011
- SEC Form D · Company raisingSilverRail Technologies, Inc.Directoron 3 filings · since 2010
- SEC Form D · Company raisingEXPERT MEDIA, INC.Chairman and Foundersince 2010
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
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Brad Gerstner on the Largest Wealth Transfer to America’s Kids
WithBrad Gerstner
MentionsMichael Dell
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Brad Gerstner, Founder of Invest America, on scaling Trump Accounts with Michael Dell: “We forecast that within the next 10 years, we will have $4 trillion in Trump Accounts.” “This is $4 trillion of wealth transfer to kids who would've otherwise had zero, who feel like they're totally out of… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageBrad Gerstner: The $100 Test That Could Save 50,000 Lives a Year
WithBrad Gerstner
MentionsDave GoldbergSheryl SandbergAdam GrantJason Chang
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Brad Gerstner & Jason Chang are trying to turn the $100 CAC heart scan into the “mammogram for the heart.”At the All-In Summit, Brad and Jason brought his mobile coronary artery calcium CT scanner to screen attendees & make the case for preventing heart attacks at scale.Heart disease kills ~800,000… More on the show's page
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Brad Gerstner: No AI Bubble, Semis Eat the Nasdaq & AI's Take Off Problem
WithBrad Gerstner
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(0:00) Welcome Brad Gerstner! (1:01) Trump Accounts, Every Child a Capitalist & The CAC Scan (5:07) Can AI revenue pay for the CapEx? (8:53) The Build Out Issue: Gigawatts, TAM, Token Growth, and Margin Expansion (12:30) The risks: AI regulation, the nuclear precedent, power limits, and rising… More on the show's page
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Where Brad Gerstner Is Investing Billions
WithBrad Gerstner
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This is our full conversation with Brad Gerstner, recorded live on TBPN. We discuss why he believes the AI boom is still in its early innings, how companies like Anthropic, Nvidia, and Snowflake are benefiting from the AI infrastructure buildout, why America must continue investing in data centers… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageBlue Origin Explosion, Enterprise AI Hits Spending Limits, Dinosaur Market Booms | John Gruber, Ronak Malde, Zane Mountcastle, Jamie Cuffe, Kyle Kuzma, Brad Gerstner
WithBrad GerstnerJohn GruberKyle Kuzma
MentionsGoogle
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(00:43) - Blue Origin Explosion (07:38) - Enterprise AI Hits Spending Limits (21:48) - Dinosaur Market Booms (29:13) - John Gruber, a prominent technology writer and podcaster, discusses the Ferrari Luce's design, expressing that its appearance deviates from traditional Ferrari aesthetics,… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageThiel Fellow Tuesday | Brad Gerstner, Delian Asparouhov + Raycho Raychev, AJ Piplica + Zach Shore
WithBrad GerstnerDelian Asparouhov
MentionsAltimeter
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10 of The Wildest Hot Takes From the All-In Summit 2026
MentionsAltimeterChamath PalihapitiyaDavid FriedbergDavid SacksElon MuskJason Calacanis
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The All-In Summit returned to Los Angeles this year with one of its biggest lineups yet: Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella, Gwynne Shotwell, Jared Isaacman, Brad Gerstner, Bill Gurley, Dina Powell McCormick, Jake Paul, Nick Shirley, Blake Scholl, Martin Shkreli and more, alongside hosts… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageGoogle's AI Brain Drain, SpaceX's Huge Quarter, Airtable's 90% Collapse, US Data Fuels China AI
MentionsBrad Gerstner
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(0:00) Bestie intros! Brad Gerstner fills in for Chamath (2:16) Major shakeups at Google: AI brain drain or better strategy? (20:39) SpaceX's big quarter: Terafab, AI Capex, $1T revenue projection? (45:44) All-In Summit Speaker Announcements! (48:01) Airtable sells for a 90% discount:… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageMore Trillion Dollar IPOs, Anthropic $3T, Zuck's Price War, China Ends Open Source?, Trump Accounts
MentionsBrad Gerstner
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(0:00) Bestie intros: Brad Gerstner fills in for Friedberg! (2:58) OpenAI vs Anthropic IPOs: Why it matters who goes first, what they learned from the SpaceX IPO, the unlimited TAM of intelligence (27:39) The open source decision, Meta's new model, Zuck's price war, AI duopoly (54:29) CCP… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInside the Private Stock Market Boom: SpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI & the Rise of Secondaries
MentionsBrad GerstnerGavin Baker
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(0:00) Brad Gerstner, Gavin Baker, and Kelly Rodriques join the Besties! (0:47) Secondary Markets are Booming & Competing with IPOs (3:10) Why Companies are Staying Private So Long? (9:22) SPVs, the Forge-Schwab Deal, Democratizing Private Market Access (13:28) Secondary Markets as Exit… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageThe IPO Comeback: Why Tech Giants Are Finally Going Public | All-In Liquidity IPO Panel
MentionsAndrew FeldmanBrad GerstnerWill Marshall
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(0:00) CEOs Andrew Feldman (Cerebras) and Will Marshall (Planet Labs) join the Besties! (2:05) Both CEOs on going public: Impact on employees, customers, and business operations (13:18) Timelines for datacenters in space (19:28) Cerebras business breakdown, AI's impact on the silicon market… More on the show's page
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