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Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla

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About Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures and co-founder of Sun Microsystems. His 2018 investment in OpenAI was "the largest initial investment I'd ever made by a factor of two" in 40 years of venture capital.

Career Highlights

  • Khosla Ventures (2004-present): Founder, focused on AI, clean tech, health
  • Kleiner Perkins (1986-2004): General Partner
  • Sun Microsystems (1982-1984): Co-founder
  • OpenAI investor: Early and largest backer

Notable Positions

On Robotics

"A billion bipedal robots by 2040. These robots will do more work than all manual labor humanity does across 7 billion people - and they work 24/7. This business will be larger than the auto industry within 20 years, and the auto industry doesn't know it."

On the 5 AI Interns Model

Practical framing for AI adoption:

"Every professional can now supervise 5 AI interns who graduated from Stanford. MDs supervise AI interns from Stanford Medical School. Accountants supervise AI accountants fresh out of school. The interns grow up in seniority over 3-10 years."

On Free Expertise

"If all expertise were free, how would you design a healthcare system? That's the right question for every industry."

Khosla has been asking boards this since 2012 when he wrote "Do We Need Doctors?" and "Do We Need Teachers?"

Key Quotes

  • "A billion bipedal robots by 2040."
  • "5 AI interns for every professional."
  • "If all expertise were free..."