Biggest launches
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra | 26.2M | 13,316 | 4 May 2026 |
| Airtable | 14.4M | 434,502 | 22 May 2026 |
| Manus AI | 11M | 257,350 | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Decart | 4.8M | 27,365 | 16 Jul 2026 |
| 11x | 4.3M | 2,628 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Cerebras | 1.6M | 80,286 | 19 Aug 2026 |
| Exa | 1.1M | 65,350 | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Summation | 835K | 5,931 | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Starcloud | 489K | 30,762 | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Reducto | 306K | 7,613 | 1 Sep 2026 |
| Hone | 295K | 3,718 | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Greptile | 269K | 18,617 | 21 Jul 2026 |
Breakouts from small accounts
Launches from accounts under 10,000 followers that passed 250K views, one per company.
| Company | Views | Followers when posted | Against following |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11x | 4.3M | 2,628 | 1,631x |
| Summation | 835K | 5,931 | 141x |
| Reducto | 306K | 7,613 | 40x |
| Hone | 295K | 3,718 | 79x |
Launch, then a raise
Launches followed by a funding round within 90 days.
| Company | Launch | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Greptile | 269K21 Jul 2026 | Funding announced on X90 days later |
| Legora | 151K22 Sep 2026 | Funding announced on X29 days later |
Who Benchmark invests alongside
The firms most often on the same cap tables, by number of shared portfolio companies in the directory.
| Firm | Shared companies |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 8 of 18 |
| SV Angel | 7 of 18 |
| Sequoia | 6 of 18 |
| NVIDIA | 5 of 18 |
| a16z | 5 of 18 |
| BoxGroup | 3 of 18 |
| Soma Capital | 3 of 18 |
| QuantumLight | 3 of 18 |
| Quiet Capital | 3 of 18 |
| Salesforce Ventures | 3 of 18 |
By category
| Category | Launches | Median views |
|---|---|---|
| Developer tools | 10 | 99K |
| Frontier labs | 4 | 645K |
Benchmark portfolio companies on X
| Company | Launches | Total views | Biggest launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra | 3 | 28.7M | 26.2M4 May 2026 |
| Airtable | 1 | 14.4M | 14.4M22 May 2026 |
| Manus | 3 | 13.6M | 11M28 Sep 2026 |
| Decart | 2 | 4.9M | 4.8M16 Jul 2026 |
| 11x | 1 | 4.3M | 4.3M14 Oct 2026 |
| Exa | 4 | 2.8M | 1.1M16 Jun 2026 |
| Cerebras | 1 | 1.6M | 1.6M19 Aug 2026 |
| Summation | 1 | 835K | 835K10 Sep 2026 |
| Greptile | 5 | 608K | 269K21 Jul 2026 |
| Starcloud | 1 | 489K | 489K21 Aug 2026 |
| Reducto | 2 | 408K | 306K1 Sep 2026 |
| Applied Compute | 3 | 406K | 209K25 Aug 2026 |
| Legora | 3 | 358K | 157K21 Oct 2026 |
| Hone | 1 | 295K | 295K8 Oct 2026 |
| Numeral | 1 | 117K | 117K23 Sep 2026 |
| Amplitude | 2 | 67K | 56K1 Sep 2026 |
Questions
Which Benchmark portfolio companies launch on X?
16 Benchmark-backed companies have 34 launches in the Doomers launch directory. The biggest by total views are Sierra, Airtable, Manus.
What was the biggest launch from a Benchmark-backed company?
Sierra, with 26.2M views on 4 May 2026.
How do Benchmark-backed launches compare with other launches on X?
The median Benchmark-backed launch did 259K views, against 602K across every launch we track. 26% passed a million views. By median views the portfolio ranks 19 of the 20 firms we report on.
Where does this data come from?
Views, followers and dates are read from X. A company counts as backed when the firm invested in any round on record, matched to investment records by the company's website, plus companies whose own posts name the firm.
A known gap: about four in ten companies have no investment record yet, mostly the newest, so very young portfolio companies are under-counted.