Cerebras IPO makes billions for Benchmark but VC Eric Vishria almost didn’t take the meeting

May 14, 2026 Julie Bort

Benchmark almost never backs hardware startups. So Eric Vishria dragged his feet 10 years ago before agreeing to hear Cerebras' pitch.

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