Tomasz Tunguz · 22 October 2026 · Operating Insight

Closing Eight Figure Deals in Two Weeks

Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Theory

Bardia Shahali, who scaled sales at Fireworks AI and now leads Granola, reveals how AI infrastructure and application sales differ: infrastructure deals close in weeks at $10M+ scale with intense competition, while apps move faster with higher rep productivity. Fast-changing product roadmaps force quarterly (not annual) compensation resets and risk under-staffing outbound efforts.

Read the full post on Tomasz Tunguz ↗

Topics: AI Infrastructure · AI (Horizontal)

Published by Tomasz Tunguz · their site ↗

More from Tomasz Tunguz

SandHill indexes 800+ venture capital blogs and newsletters and sends the best of them every Sunday. Browse the sources · browse by topic · read the blog.