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Juniper also benefited from the rise of data networking when Nortel couldn't build chips. observed
No standout signal or flag yet.
No single number decides. Layers can disagree — that's the point. New to this? →
The platform's own early signals for this company — hard-to-fake, and where one preceded a real raise, the measured lead.
Yeah. So, let's go build with double-digit millions, right? Which is not a huge amount in the context... of maybe a bigger upside than the 2500X Juniper had if you solve the fusion problem.
We invested in Juniper. It was a 2,500x return for us at Kleiner.
1996, since you brought up Juniper, the Internet was growing but not yet clear. The senior management of every major telco in the United States told me they would never adapt TCP IP for the Internet. And I said, fine, we'll build Juniper to build TCP IP. Cisco told me they would never do TCP IP above what is probably your home service today, OC12. Never. And so, we built TCP IP.
The company has Form D filings on record that our reported-funding data does not cover — a quiet raise worth a look.
Form D filings — the company's own authoritative record of a Reg D private raise, filed with the SEC. Primary-source evidence: not commentary, not inference. 12 filings, latest 2020-03-13.
Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 500 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: heavy gray-market attention · some SEC filings on record. ▲ 500 Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details on hackers and U.S. role 2021-09-05 ↗
| Attribute | Value | Kind | Source | Observed | State | Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
common_name | Juniper | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.60 |
community.hn.max_points | 500 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.20 |
community.hn.mentions | 50 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.20 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17576419", "title": "New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions (2016)", "points": 41, "created_at": "2018-07-20", "evidence_type": "rum | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17576419", "title": "New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions (2016)", "points": 41, "created_at": "2018-07-20", "evidence_type": "rum | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-08-16 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17576419", "title": "New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions (2016)", "points": 41, "created_at": "2018-07-20", "evidence_type": "rum | observed | artifact ↗ | 2025-01-30 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17576419", "title": "New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions (2016)", "points": 41, "created_at": "2018-07-20", "evidence_type": "rum | observed | artifact ↗ | 2025-01-30 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.rumors | [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17576419", "title": "New Discovery Around Juniper Backdoor Raises More Questions (2016)", "points": 41, "created_at": "2018-07-20", "evidence_type": "rum | observed | artifact ↗ | 2025-01-30 | normalized | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28425354", "title": "Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details on hackers and U.S. role", "points": 500, "created_at": "2021-09-05"} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28425354", "title": "Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details on hackers and U.S. role", "points": 500, "created_at": "2021-09-05"} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-08-16 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28425354", "title": "Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details on hackers and U.S. role", "points": 500, "created_at": "2021-09-05"} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2021-09-05 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28425354", "title": "Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details on hackers and U.S. role", "points": 500, "created_at": "2021-09-05"} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2021-09-05 | superseded | 0.20 |
community.hn.top_story | {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28425354", "title": "Juniper breach mystery starts to clear with new details on hackers and U.S. role", "points": 500, "created_at": "2021-09-05"} | observed | artifact ↗ | 2021-09-05 | normalized | 0.20 |
description | Juniper also benefited from the rise of data networking when Nortel couldn't build chips. | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.60 |
index.ai_tie | AI_ADJACENT | observed | classify | 2026-07-25 | derived | 0.60 |
sec.cik | 0001114553 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.99 |
sec.form_d.count | 12 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.99 |
sec.form_d.filings | [{"cik": "0001114553", "form": "D/A", "filed": "2020-03-13", "accession": "0000902664-20-001536", "index_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114553/000090266420001536/0000902664-20-001536- | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.99 |
sec.form_d.latest_filed | 2020-03-13 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-18 | normalized | 0.99 |
sec.form_d.related_persons | {"filed": "2020-03-13", "persons": [{"last_name": "Lone Pine Associates LLC", "first_name": "-", "clarification": "General Partner", "relationships": ["Executive Officer"]}, {"last_name": "Lone Pine M | observed | url | 2020-03-13 | normalized | 0.99 |
sector | defense | derived | calc | 2026-08-08 | superseded | 0.90 |
sector | emerging | derived | calc | 2026-08-08 | normalized | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KY8KDJZ4R8ARPACCBDCGX5Y3", "signals": [{"quote": "1996, since you brought up Juniper, the Internet was growing but not yet clear. The senior management of every major t | observed | artifact ↗ | 2023-09-26 | promoted | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KY8KDJZ4R8ARPACCBDCGX5Y3", "signals": [{"quote": "We invested in Juniper. It was a 2,500x return for us at Kleiner.", "stance": "bullish", "signal_class": "fact_claim", | observed | artifact ↗ | 2023-09-26 | promoted | 0.50 |
signal.commentary | {"context": null, "run_ref": "01KY8KDJZ4R8ARPACCBDCGX5Y3", "signals": [{"quote": "Yeah. So, let's go build with double-digit millions, right? Which is not a huge amount in the context... of maybe a bi | observed | artifact ↗ | 2023-09-26 | promoted | 0.50 |
source.document.reference | {"kind": "video", "title": "All-In Summit: In conversation with Vinod Khosla — juniper", "source_id": "01KXRSFZTDXGVSS73CYGYDRC3C-m-17840323ea59b5e1", "extract_ref": "artifact:sha256:b9b87b398507df7c2 | observed | artifact ↗ | 2026-07-23 | normalized | 0.95 |