The founders of registering a message to Sequoia on Mamdani Shaun Maguire’s notes

About 600 people signed Open message For leaders at Venture Sequoia Capital after one of its partners, Shaun Maguire, to publish What the group described as a “deliberate, inflammatory attack” against the Muslim Democratic Democratic Candidate in New York City.

Maguire, voice supporter President Donald TrumpIt was published on X during the weekend Zahran MamdaniWho won the democratic introductory elections last month, “comes from a culture that lies in everything” and goes out “to pay his Islamic agenda.”

The publication had 5.3 million views from Monday afternoon. Maguire, which includes its investments Elon Musk Spacex and X as well as starting the Safe Safe, as published by A. Video on x Explanation of the note.

Those who sign the message ask Sikoya to condemn Maguire’s comments and apologize to the founders of Mamdani and Muslims. They also want the company to allow an independent investigation of Maguire’s behavior in the past two years and to publish “a policy of not tolerance about hate speech and religious intolerance.”

They are asking the company to openly respond by July 14, or “we will continue to disclose the broader general, communicate with the media and mobilize our networks to ensure accountability,” says the message.

Sikoya refused to comment. Maguire did not respond to a request for comment, however books In a post about the message on Wednesday, “You can try everything you want to silence, but it will only encourage me.”

Among the brands Mudassir Sheikha, CEO of Careem, Amr Awadallah, CEO of Ai Startup Vectara. Also in the list, there is Abubakar Abid, who works in Learning Learning Huging Face, with the support of Sequoia and Ahmed SABBAH, CEO of Telda, a start -up financial technology company that invested Sequoia for the first time in four years.

At least three founders of startups that passed through the YMBINATOR accelerator program, added their names to the letter.

Sikoya as a company is not strange to politics. Doug Lyon, who led the company until 2022 and is still a partner, is a long -standing Republican donor, Trump’s support in the 2024 elections. After Trump’s victory in November, Lyon Posted on X“For all voters Trump: You no longer have to hide in the shade … You are the majority !!”

In contrast, Lyon, Mike Moritz, is a democratic majador, criticized Trump, and in August, criticize His colleagues in the technology industry line up behind the Republican candidate. in Fenangal Times opinion articleMoretes wrote Trun Tech supporters who were “making a big mistake.”

“I doubt whether any of them wanted it as part of the investment union he organized,” wrote Moritz, who resigned from Sekoya in 2023, wrote after a decade after he abandoned an administrative role in the company. “So why do they refuse his recent criminal conviction as more than just a magical chase inspired by a political point of view because of a slight error in maintaining a notebook?”

Lyon nor Mauritz did not repeat messages seeking to comment.

Roeov Batha, the current main Sikoya partner, took a more neutral position. Batha He said in an event Last July, no “takes” a political point of view, “adding that” it is not a registered member on both sides. “

Magir has long been open with his political views. he He said on x Last year, “300,000 dollars have just donated to President Trump.”

Mamdani has gained self -described socialist socialism, anger Among the many people in technology and in the business community on a larger scale since the defeat of former New York Governor Andrew Como defeated primary in June.

– Ary Levy of CNBC contributed to this report.