Beaverton, US · Angel
Pat Gelsinger
General Partner at Playground Global
Latest rounds
- Delos DataSeries A · $100MSept 2026
BacksAISemiconductorsTelecomsBig Data & Analytics
The firm
Playground GlobalVC firm · US22cheques in 12 months84all time13ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $100M
- Active
- 2026
Delos DataSeries A$100MUSJoined · +7 investors
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Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundPlayground VenturesManaging Director of the General Partner of the Issuerssince 2026
- SEC Form D · Venture Capital fundPlayground GlobalManaging Director of the General Partner of the Issuersince 2025
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Their book
The Juggling Act: Bringing Balance to Your Faith, Family, and Work
Pat Gelsinger · 2003
4.01 from 364 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
Lunch is reserved for meetings, technology makes us available anytime, anywhere-and somewhere along the way 9-to-5 morphed into 24/7, and technology makes us available anytime, anywhere. Our demanding schedules crowd out what matters family, friends, even our faith. Although it…
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X-Light's Nicholas Kelez and Pat Gelsinger on government-backed chips
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Their bookThe Juggling Act
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Pat Gelsinger spent 35 years across two stints at Intel, most recently as CEO. Nicholas Kelez is the CEO of X-Light, a semiconductor startup developing breakthrough EUV laser technology for next-generation chipmaking. In this conversation, they unpack what it takes to wake Moore's law from its nap,…
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AI’s Power Problem, Apple Goes Meta on AI Glasses | Pat Gelsinger, Josh Isner, Sheel Mohnot, Santiago Nestares, Austin Federa
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(01:18) - AI’s Power Problem (22:04) - Andrej Karpathy AI Models Law of Diminishing Returns (35:40) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (56:18) - Apple Goes Meta on AI Glasses (01:01:31) - Josh Isner, President of Axon, has been with the company since 2009, starting in the Leadership Development… More on the show's page
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Former Intel CEO on What Went Wrong, What's Next + Lovable CEO on the Real Promise of Vibe Coding
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(0:00) Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger joins Jason! (1:41) What Went Wrong at Intel (15:19) Why a Taiwan Blockade Would Cripple the US Economy (25:00) Lovable's Anton Osika: One Million New Apps a Week (33:38) How Lovable is Bringing Down Builder Costs Thanks to our partners for making this… More on the show's page
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DeepSeek Rattles Markets + SailPoint's Going Public… again? | E2077
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Today's show: A $6M open-source AI model from China, DeepSeek, sends shockwaves through Wall Street, wiping billions off NVIDIA's market cap and forcing a rethink on AI infrastructure spending. We explore the 25% surge in startup shutdowns, the lessons from leaner teams, and why some companies just… More on the show's page
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Lessons from Sentry on scaling DevTools and finding product market fit (again) | Milin Desai (Sentry, VMware, Riverbed)
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Milin Desai is the CEO at Sentry, an application monitoring tool for developers. Sentry has recently passed two key milestones: 100K customers and over $100M in ARR. Before Sentry, Milin was a GM at VMware and scaled their cloud networking into a billion-dollar business. Prior to stepping into…
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#149 Co-CEO Workday, Carl Eschenbach: A Life of Significance
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Guest: Carl Eschenbach, co-CEO of Workday When Carl Eschenbach decided to leave VMWare after more than 14 years as COO, no one believed it: Not chairman Joe Tucci, not CEO Pat Gelsinger, and maybe not Carl himself. But he needed a more predictable work-life balance to help raise his teenage… More on the show's page
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