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Venture assistance, not venture capital
Joined December 2013
"My willingness to fail is what allows me to succeed at these things. If I was afraid to fail, I wouldn't try.". @vkhosla shares his philosophies on success, investing, the future and more in this episode of #CoffeeBreak with @amritagandhi @ndtv. Watch the full video:.
Watch #CoffeeBreak with @amritagandhi | "My Willingness To Fail Allows Me To Succeed": Tech Investor Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla)
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From finding undiscovered talent to understanding the value of time, @rabois shares some of the most important lessons learned from five bosses: @peterthiel, @reidhoffman, @mlevchin, @jack and @vkhosla.
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Thrilled to welcome Science Corp to our portfolio! Bold, impactful work that will make a difference to millions of lives! @maxhodak_.
Science Corp., a technology company focused on the human brain started by Neuralink co-founder and former president Max Hodak, raised over $100 million in a funding round led by Khosla Ventures
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"A startup is not a 'deal.' It is some entrepreneur’s dream, and if we can assist them in building that into a large dream, then we will have large returns" @vkhosla in @theinformation #companybuilding #conviction
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"We should be living in a time of abundance." Great talk about the future w/@vkhosla @sergeybrinn & Larry Page http://t.co/QLAqUsIEGn.
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Excited to be investing in @ScottWu46 and the @cognition_labs team to bring Devin, the first AI software engineer, to the world. We've used Devin for all sorts of engineering tasks and are blown away by its potential. @nikitabase
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"You need unreasonable people to first not only believe something else is possible but then to go out and try it and commit their life to it." @vkhosla discusses the importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and venture capital in this episode of @freakonomics.
Is venture capital the secret sauce of the American economy? This week on Freakonomics Radio:
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We held our annual KV Summit in May featuring thought-provoking ideas from speakers across industry, academia and science. Vinod opened the Summit with "2040s: A Lookback" . More to be unveiled in the coming days.
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the most impactful technology revolution: machine learning systems that replace human judgement @vkhosla @forbes
http://t.co/UijUPnjrCk.
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A fascinating story on @Helium in the @nytimes! Thank you @kevinroose for highlighting how the #crypto powered decentralized wireless network can be helpful to so many.
"So far, not many crypto projects have had what I’d call 'normie utility' — solving problems that exist for people outside the crypto world," @kevinroose writes. But he recently discovered one that does.
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We are thrilled to announce that Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II plans to merge with @Nextdoor. We look forward to their next chapter as a public company as they continue to create more vibrant neighborhoods. Disclaimer: Details:
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A powerful combination: @VardaSpace + @RocketLab = world's first space factories 🚀🚀🚀.
We're thrilled to be partnering with @RocketLab to create the world's first space factories. Together we're marching towards our first manufacturing mission in May 2023. Integration and Qualification campaigns starting soon!.
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We love our founders who make the impossible possible. Through all the ups and downs, we are here with you and can't wait to continue building together. Thank you!.
Khosla Takes the Top Spot, Andreessen Soars in Updated Founder's Choice Rankings
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We prefer brutal honesty to hypocritical politeness. Anyone who is being nice to you is not being helpful. @vkhosla @arrington #tcdisrupt.
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Is the world ready for the transformational power of fusion?. @vkhosla and @bobmumgaard on how fusion energy, once a distant dream, is on the verge of becoming a reality @wef.
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Exciting updates happening at @Helium! We've been partnering with the team since we first invested in the Series A in 2014. #bold #early #impactful.
On the heels of the @Helium Network’s explosive growth, we're excited to share two exciting developments: Helium Inc. has renamed to Nova Labs & has raised a $200M Series D to advance the Helium Network: More on these updates 👇.
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Entrepreneurship is hard, painful w/ lots of ups and downs. U want great help. Ppl shouldn't be advising u who haven't built a co @vkhosla.
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Hear @vkhosla at our recent CEO Summit held in the Bay Area give a whirlwind tour of the many companies in the portfolio that are getting us to the impossible! .
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Thrilled to partner with David Ha, Llion Jones, Ren Ito and the @SakanaAILabs team to build a native AI foundational model for Japan.
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Excited to welcome @Traba_Work into our portfolio, as the company announces a $20M Series A led by the KV team.
Traba raises $20M to match contractors with events and warehouse work by @kyle_l_wiggers.
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If you do anything significant, someone will oppose you. Resistance is just part of innovation and being an entrepreneur @vkhosla #TCDisrupt.
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Join @svenkatachalam and experts from OpenAI, @abacusai @intersectlabshq to understand how companies are using Machine Learning #ML to get ahead.@AnkitGordhandas, @bindureddy, @josh_tobin_ at 5PM PST on Clubhouse
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Thrilled to back @atomicworkhq, a SaaS startup using AI agents to streamline communication & service delivery between employees and enterprises. 🚀. @amnigos @kirandarisi @parsurv @KanuGulati . Read more from @techcrunch 👇
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We first invested in @CellinoBio's seed round and are proud to continue! Congratulations @nabsicle and team! #bold #early #impactful.
Excited to announce our @CellinoBio Series A, co-led by @LeapsByBayer, @8vc, and Humboldt Fund, with @enginexyz, @khoslaventures, @felicis, and others! We're on a mission to #democratize and #autonomize iPSC #manufacturing with our #technology platform!
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Thrilled to partner with @tryramp as they completely reimagine how businesses across the world run their finance functions. @rabois @eglyman.
Ramp is completing a $150 million Series D-2 funding round, raising the company’s valuation to $7.65 billion. This round was co-led by @khoslaventures and @foundersfund, with additional new investors @sequoia, @GreylockVC, and @8vc. Our existing investors @ThriveCapital,
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“In 2008, I thought the whole financial system was going to collapse. When cleantech imploded, I thought my career in venture capital was over. And when COVID started, I thought we were all going to die. So, in that backdrop I'm okay.” @SamirKaul1 .
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Proud to partner with @RogoAI and work with @GabeStengel and team as they build Wall Street’s first AI Analyst!.
Today, we’re thrilled to announce our $18.5M Series A led by @rabois at @khoslaventures, along with @jaltma, @ericschmidt, @mantisVC and many others.
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Profound is helping brands optimize how they appear in AI searches by tracking common queries and providing dynamic insights. Excited to partner with @thejamescad @dbabbs @tryprofound as they become a key tool for companies navigating an AI-driven future!.
Announcing Profound: technology to help businesses understand and control how they appear in AI Answers.
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Today 75% of @Traba_Work's customers are asking about legal work authorization, compared to <5% just a few months ago. @rabois and @mike_sheb talk about helping companies secure their workforces with @LizClaman👇 .
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Yesterday was a dark day in the history of our country. Fighting for our freedoms requires getting involved and voting the right people into office so we never have to live through a day like June 24, 2022 again.
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In the future, 80% of what doctors do will be replaced, their jobs will change dramatically @vkhosla @arrington #tcdisrupt.
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Thrilled to have been an early investor in @VELO3DMetal and watch them hit today's milestone, Sven Strohband with @BennyBuller3D! #bold #early #impactful
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“I knew it was absolutely essential for the future of the world. So I would've gone ahead with this even if I was quite uncertain about the feasibility of it” Pat Brown, founder of @ImpossibleFoods, on leaving his career at @Stanford to build a burger.🍔🌎
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Researchers (even at low end) say that of 702 jobs studied, 47% are at risk of being automated @vkhosla @Forbes
http://t.co/tGrliQ4IaE.
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leaders need to take long term view, 4 vs 20 yrs. hard to solve big problems in 4 yrs, the avg tenure of a fortune 500 CEO – Larry (6:03).
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ICYMI, watch the trailer and tune in for our first episode next week.
Introducing our new podcast, “Instigators of Change” where we explore innovative ideas with outliers, creators, mavericks - those who imagine differently. Tune in to hear about non-obvious ideas from inspiring people. Join the ride. Subscribe here
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Building on our earlier investment, excited to continue working with @kalemayank29 and the @LoophealthHQ team on their latest round of funding to bring better healthcare and insurance to India.
It's official. 🚨 We've raised a Series B to accelerate our mission of bringing better healthcare and insurance to families across India. You can read more here 👇.
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Thrilled to partner with @hesam_motlagh, Jeremy Fraenkel and the @Arkifi team as they use AI to transform the future of finance!.
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Continuing our journey with the @SplashMusicHQ team.
We are excited to announce our $20M USD Series A raise co-led by @amazon Alexa Fund & @BitkraftVC with participation from @khoslaventures & @KingRiverVC. We are grateful for wonderful investors, incredible team and fantastic community who have helped us achieve this milestone🚀
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Congrats to the @Instacart team, @fidjissimo and @apoorva_mehta on today's IPO! 🎉. In 2012, KV led the seed and continued on the journey investing in the A, B and C rounds.
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Excited to finally announce what @stylus_medicine is building to solve some of the biggest challenges in cell and gene therapies. Proud to have backed them since day one. Bold. Early. Impactful.
Delighted to publicly launch @Stylus_Medicine today to program the human body into a cell therapy factory to fight cancer. It's a privilege to work with Emile and Jason as CEO/CSO of Stylus and our earliest believers Josh Resnick/Ness Bermingham from RA Capital + @khoslaventures
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Why quiet quitting is not in the cards with so much yet to be built. @vkhosla talks with @EricNewcomer on venture, a changing world and hexadecimals.
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Galileo is changing the world of #design with their prompt-to-UI platform - now available for all!. Thrilled to join you on this journey, @arnaudai and @Galileo_AI team!. @SVenkatachalam.
Meet Galileo 1.0: The game-changing prompt-to-UI platform now open to all. Our mission is to supercharge the creative process of designers and builders, making design easy, fast and magical. Bring your idea, let AI do the heavy lifting. Start today:
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Hear @scmallaby, author of The Power Law, at our CEO Summit held in the Bay Area have a conversation with @vkhosla on venture capital and the role it is playing in today's society.
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From biotech to manufacturing to media, we are thrilled to see our portfolio companies make the @FastCompany Most #Innovative Companies list!. @mightybuildings @stripe @Teamshares @SkyflowAPI @OpenAI @opentrons @WatchPlayback @bidgely @GuardantHealth.
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KV philosophy: We care about what we invest in. We won’t invest in negative things for society no matter how much $ we might make @vkhosla.
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.@vkhosla op-ed in @theinformation today: crypto, history lessons, and the need for responsible regulation to benefit society.
If history is any guide, we could be on the cusp of a mainstream crypto revolution. But we’ll need robust consumer protections to get there, @vkhosla writes in The Information Opinion.
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Self-driving cars, space travel, women in AI and more on our latest episode with @Waabi_ai CEO @RaquelUrtasun and KV partner Sven Strohband.
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Today, we're welcoming @shernazdaver as our first-ever Chief Marketing Officer. @vkhosla spoke with @businessinsider's @MMCandyCheng on what's next for us. .#bold #early #impactful.
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Being candid is important, but it also doesn't give you the license to be a jerk. @kimballscott, author of #RadicalCandor, shares her advice on managing people and teams in this week's episode of #InstigatorsofChange with @karaemiller.
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Congrats to our portfolio companies on being recognized in the @Forbes America's Best Startup Employers List!. @CFS_energy .@JoinLevel .@swordhealth .@faire_wholesale .@FernishLiving .@OpenAI .@devrev .@goforward .@MojoVisionInc .@Anchorage .@LexionAi .@CloudTrucks.
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“We're living at a moment when machine learning and the coming together of different fields, physics, biology, computing, it's about to change our health”. Join us for this week's podcast with KV partner @genomicsdoc and @CellinoBio co-founder @nabsicle .
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Silicon Valley culture is far superior to Hollywood culture or NY finance culture @vkhosla @arrington #tcdisrupt.
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Congratulations on hitting new milestones!.
✅Our 24th Electron launch.✅First mission from new LC-1 pad.✅110th satellite deployed to orbit by Electron . Congratulations to the team at @synspective on growing your constellation. We are so proud to be your mission partners.
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“As a leader, you are always representing the people that aren’t there” @a16z co-founder @bhorowitz on being a successful leader and building company culture. #InstigatorsofChange.
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"We're in the very, very early innings of AI. even an AI needs to know when to call in a human specialist and that will happen." @vkhosla sits down with @jasonrdean @WSJ at #WSJTechLive
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LEX is making real estate investing more accessible and we can not be more excited to be involved! Welcome to the KV team, @investwithLEX! 🎉.
We’re proud to announce that we’ve raised a $15M Series A from @PEAK6, @khoslaventures, @TwoLanternsVC, @MUFG Innovation Partners, @GaingelsVC and 20+ other investors!
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Rocket Lab + Varda = 🚀 . Bold Early Impactful.
We're very excited to deepen our partnership with @RocketLab . Together we'll bring the benefits of in-space manufacturing to our customers here on Earth.
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Culture is about actions - not beliefs - and it affects most companies more than you might realize. Find out why in this week's episode of #InstigatorsofChange with @a16z co-founder @bhorowitz and KV partner David Weiden.
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AI is upending the way business is done and shifting who has the advantage. Tune in to hear @klakhani of @HarvardHBS on why traditional models don't work anymore, why some companies are in denial, and where the new opportunities are now.
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move from an economy of labor & capital to an economy of ideas. ideas are a disproportionately large part of the economy –@vkhosla (19:53).
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This July 4 week, we revisit our conversation with @vkhosla where he talks about coming to the US, what it took to succeed here and more. Tune in here 👇.
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Join us for our new episode of “Instigators of Change”, where we sit down with “The Cult of We” authors @eliotwb of @WSJ and @maureenmfarrell of @nytimes to explore the rise and fall of WeWork. Don’t miss it!.
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Congrats to all of the @FastCompany most #innovative companies of 2022 including @faire_wholesale, @OpenAI, @Anchorage, @oliveai__, @Color, @BerkshireGrey, @HingeHealth, @Splash_HQ, @Webflow, @RocketLab, @mightybuildings & @eightsleep!.
The stories found inside the companies on our #FCMostInnovative Companies list are brimming with insights into how organizations can make a meaningful impact—on their own organizations, industries, and society.
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Introducing our new podcast, “Instigators of Change” where we explore innovative ideas with outliers, creators, mavericks - those who imagine differently. Tune in to hear about non-obvious ideas from inspiring people. Join the ride. Subscribe here
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Today, in the David and Goliath story of @AliveCor vs @Apple, innovation and IP protection scored a historic victory! . via @MedTechDive.
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Thrilled to partner with @RealtaFusion - a spinout from @UWMadison - to develop fusion energy getting us closer to a net zero future. #bold #early #impactful.
Realta Fusion lights up with $9M seed for industrial heat led by Khosla Ventures by @tdechant.
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"AI technology is probably the most critical technology for the planet in the next twenty years" . @vkhosla joins @SteveKovach of @CNBCTechCheck .
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.@UltimaGenomics is launching their first commercial product - the UG100 - bringing us closer to the $100 genome! 🧬.
Ultima is gearing up for the full commercial availability of the UG 100™ and our ppmSeq™ Technology at @agbt next week. Hear why our EA customers are excited about the launch of the UG 100™ and the era of the $100 genome and beyond!.
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DevRev is boosting collaboration and efficiency with their cloud-based platform for customer support and software development. Continuing on our journey with @dheeraj and the @devrev team!.
@DevRev secures a $100M #SeriesA round at a $1.1B valuation! Our AI-native AgentOS platform is transforming enterprises with advanced #GenAI capabilities, like 1-click data migration and lightweight agents. Next up: global expansion. Read more in @Business:
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Most of Silicon Valley has turned its back on the groundbreaking research required to ultimately transform how people live @vkhosla.
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When you do the impossible, it’s great to be recognized in the World’s Most Innovative Company list @FastCompany!. Congratulations @OpenAI, @LanzaTech, @UltimaGenomics, @eightsleep and @VELO3DMetal 🎉.
The World's Most Innovative Companies of 2023 is here!. These brands are building healthcare equity, fortifying the Earth's soil, empowering creators, and showcasing inspiring stories well beyond the current hot thing. #FCMostInnovative. Full list:
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For those of you at #BloombergTech today in SF, be sure to watch @vkhosla chat AI, the state of startups and more with @EmilyChangTV
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Rockets, AI weather balloons, self-driving trucks… just a few of the KV companies that made @FastCompany’s Most Innovative lists. @RocketLab @speak @WindBorneWx @OpenAI @nablabio @ImprintPayments @Waabi_ai.
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Thrilled to be a part of this journey early on and can't wait to see what happens next. #bold #early #impactful.
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Just another afternoon at KV! Watching @RocketLab successfully catch a booster mid-air with helicopter 🚀🚁
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The team @helium empowers individuals to participate in building a new network, a novel approach that enables faster growth than traditional telecom or enterprise strategies.
This startup wants to pay you—in cryptocurrency—to help build its network
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Hear @DavidSacks, Co-Founder and General Partner of @Craft_Ventures, at our CEO Summit share timely advice on how to survive a downturn.
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Exciting news from @eGenesisBio! They've successfully used a genetically engineered pig's kidney in a monkey for over two years, a breakthrough that could revolutionize organ transplantation 🐷🧬🐒.
Human donor kidneys are in short supply. A new experiment that tested gene-edited organ transplants in monkeys showed that pig kidneys may one day be viable substitutes.
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Exciting developments in hypersonic jets with the unveiling of Quarterhorse @Hermeuscorp; proud to be a seed investor in this breakthrough company @AJ_Piplica @vkhosla
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Excited to announce our partnership with @DorogushAnna and the @recraftai team to bring generative AI to professional design!.
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@vkhosla recounts how he tried to buy Google in 1997 for $350k. attempts to negotiate a new deal on stage (0:44).
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re: government 2.0. need to reduce complexity. each time we add a page of laws/regulations, we should take one away (36:58).
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Love this!.
Eight. That's how many businesses tried @tryramp's corporate card in 2024, and decided it was not for them. Now, eight looks like an awfully small number when you compare it to twelve thousand fifty-nine. That's how many businesses tried our (beloved) corporate card in 2024 and
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Nearly 1,000 cancer patients die every day from infectious diseases, not the cancer itself, often because doctors spend days and weeks trying to diagnose the infection. With a single blood draw, @KariusInc is using advanced genomic testing combined with AI to reach a diagnosis.
Khosla Ventures led a $100 million funding round for a blood testing startup using AI tools
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