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Vinod Khosla Recalls Betting On OpenAI After Elon Musk Backed Off Funding: Google Was Moving Very 'Slow,' Baidu Was Stealing Talent
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 6:32am | 644Read More...Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla revealed how Elon Musk‘s funding withdrawal from OpenAI created the investment opportunity that led to his conviction bet on the artificial intelligence startup, according to his recent appearance on the Uncapped podcast with Jack Altman. What Happened: Khosla...
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Vinod Khosla Tells Google Forget About Search, Sun Microsystems Co-Founder Urges Tech Giant To Invest 'Tens Of Billions' In Self-Driving Before Others Catch Up
Monday, June 2, 2025 - 12:17am | 735Read More...Vinod Khosla, the Sun Microsystems co-founder and early OpenAI backer, says Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) is chasing the wrong race, urging Google to invest its money into Waymo. What Happened: In a Sunday post on X, the venture capitalist urged Google's parent to pour "tens of...
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Vinod Khosla Was An Early Investor In OpenAI But He's No Fan Of Founder-Friendly Venture Capitalism: 'I Hate The Culture'
Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 3:08am | 718Read More...Vinod Khosla, an early investor in OpenAI and the founder of Khosla Ventures, shared his views on what startup founders should expect from investors, criticizing the “founder-friendly” culture in the Silicon Valley. What Happened: In a conversation on the Minus One podcast posted on...
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Google Ventures Backs Legal AI Startup Genie AI In Series A Funding For 'Most Risk-Aware' Technology (CORRECTED)
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 10:06am | 592Read More...Editor’s Note: The headline and article have been corrected to clarify that Google Ventures is leading a Series A funding round in Genie AI. Google Ventures, the venture capital arm of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), is leading a Series A funding round in Genie AI, the world's...
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Elon Musk Mocks Vinod Khosla After OpenAI Investor Mixes Up Argentina's Poverty And Unemployment Rates To Draw Parallels Between Javier Milei And Trump: 'Vinod Is Just Actually Not Smart'
Monday, September 30, 2024 - 5:16am | 751Read More...Tesla CEO Elon Musk and early OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla have once again locked horns in a public disagreement on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. What Happened: Venture capitalist Khosla last week shared a news article discussing Argentina’s high poverty rate under President...
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Elon Musk Says Biden Belied His 2020 Expectations And Turned Out To Be A 'Radical Leftist Puppet': Why Billionaire Is Supporting Trump This Time Around
Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 4:30pm | 501Read More...In a Saturday X exchange with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, Elon Musk explained his reason for endorsing Donald Trump in the 2024 race. Pro- Biden In 2020: Unlike Trump and his team, Musk doesn’t think the 2020 election wasn’t stolen. Musk had a different explanation for the...
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Elon Musk Responds to Venture Capitalist's Claim On Government Subsidies For SpaceX, Tesla: 'Do Some Research Before You Display Your Utter Ignorance'
Sunday, September 22, 2024 - 10:59am | 524Read More...Elon Musk had a sharp exchange of words with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla on Musk’s X platform on Saturday as Khosla brought up government support for Musk’s businesses. More Moderate Path Needed: The exchanges started several months ago with Khosla, the co-founder of Sun...
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Early OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla Receives Flak After Saying 100% Of AI Unicorns Are Built On ChatGPT-Maker's API: 'It's Like Saying All Electric Cars Are Tesla'
Thursday, September 5, 2024 - 2:41am | 674Read More...Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla faced backlash for his statement that all AI unicorns are built on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s API. What Happened: Khosla, an early investor in OpenAI asserted that “100% of AI unicorns are built on OpenAI API.” However, his statement was met with...
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Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla And Nearly 500 Venture Capitalists Back Kamala Harris In 2024 Election: 'Believe In Democracy As The Backbone Of Our Nation'
Thursday, August 1, 2024 - 11:17am | 724Read More...Investor and NBA team owner Mark Cuban is among the 400+ names of venture capitalists who are pledging support to Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. What Happened: The venture capital sector has garnered plenty of headlines in the 2024 election thanks to several notable...
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Legendary VC Khosla Claps Back At Billionaire Trump Ally Musk: 'Hard To Support Someone Who Lies, Cheats, Demeans Women, Hates Immigrants'
Monday, July 22, 2024 - 5:41pm | 662Read More...A handful of ultra-wealthy CEOs, hedge funders and venture capitalists are endorsing former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race. Vinod Khosla isn’t one of them. What Happened: While Tesla CEO Elon Musk, currently the richest person in the world by more than $50 billion,...
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Elon Musk Pledges Priority For Tesla Loyalists In Future IPOs, But VC Vinod Khosla Wants Dividends First: 'Reward Long-Term Beliefs'
Monday, June 10, 2024 - 4:41am | 641Read More...Tech billionaire Elon Musk sparked a debate on Saturday with his promise to prioritize longtime shareholders of his companies, including Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA), if any of his private ventures go public. What Happened: Musk, on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), stated, “I've...
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Meta's Chief AI Scientist Clashes With Early OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla: 'Clearly...Can Profit Financially From A Closed Source Approach To AI'
Monday, May 13, 2024 - 5:05am | 826Read More...Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) Chief AI Scientist, Yann LeCun, took to X, formerly Twitter, expressing his disagreement with OpenAI's early investor, Vinod Khosla. What Happened: LeCun thinks that Khosla is a proponent of closed-source AI due to his financial motivations. "Clearly @vkhosla can...
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Legendary Silicon Valley VC Vinod Khosla Sees Future With Billion Robots Freeing Humans From 'Undesirable Jobs' — Elon Musk Agrees
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 9:00am | 478Read More...Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seemingly in agreement with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla that robots will take over undesirable jobs from humans sometime between 2035 and 2049. What Happened: Khosla on Tuesday made several predictions for the future including AI doctors and tutors, bipedal robots taking...
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OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla Supports TikTok Divestiture, Likens App To 'Programmable Fentanyl' Under CCP Control
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - 5:44am | 700Read More...Billionaire and early OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla has supported the forced divestiture of TikTok from its parent company, ByteDance, based in China. Khosla referred to the social media platform as China’s ‘programmable fentanyl’. What Happened: Khosla expressed concerns about...
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Elon Musk's Lawsuit Against OpenAI Seems Like A 'Salve On A Bruised Ego,' Says OpenAI Investor Vinod Khosla
Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 5:20am | 1165Read More...Just days after slamming Marc Andreessen over his stance on Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has now shared a series of posts responding to the Tesla CEO's comments about him. What Happened: Khosla, who is an early OpenAI investor, on Wednesday took to X,...
