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Khosla Ventures

also referred to as: kv

5 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Marc Andreessen · said 10 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Keith Rabois (5), Marc Andreessen (4), Ben Horowitz (1)

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Everything said about Khosla Ventures, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Andreessen: Khosla Ventures invests $1M at $1M pre-money in academic science experiments
“In the valley, Kostla Ventures probably is the most advanced on this. Exactly. They actually call them science experiments. Which is, but by the way, the terms are like, ah, you know, literally like they'll invest a million dollars at a million, at a one milli…”
Marc Andreessen Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:25 a16z Podcast | Startups as Science Experiments -- Can VC Disrupt Academia?
Jun 2, 2025
Assertion Contradicted
Andreessen: Only a16z and Khosla Ventures raised funds in 2009
“There were only two venture capital funds raised in all of 2009. It was us and a new couple of ventures fund, and Benoad, of course, was one of the legends of venture capital, so he was able to do that, but we were the only other literally venture fund raised …”
Marc Andreessen Jun 2, 2025 ▶ 2:24 Marc Andreessen Reveals His Biggest Wins and Mistakes at a16z
Oct 16, 2025
Disclosure
Rabois: Khosla Ventures evaluates team performance on question quality, not output
“So when people join the team at KV, we don't actually look at their output. Like, Are the companies great? We look at the quality of their questions.”
Keith Rabois Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 47:29 Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE
Oct 16, 2025
Insight
Rabois: Reinventing an industry requires non-experts rather than domain specialists
“So I think if you're going to reinvent an industry, you don't want experts.”
Keith Rabois Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 46:23 Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE
Oct 16, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Rabois: Khosla Ventures invested in Japanese sovereign AI startup Sakana
“We have a KV. We invested in a sovereign AI company in Japan called Sakano.”
Keith Rabois Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 2:00 Keith Rabois: Israel, OpenAI, Opendoor, and DOGE
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