Vinod Khosla#Development of Khosla Ventures

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| birth_place = Pune, Bombay State, India

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| education = IIT Delhi (BTech)
Carnegie Mellon University (MS)
Stanford University (MBA)

| known for = Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
Founder of Khosla Ventures

| spouse = Neeru Khosla

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Vinod Khosla (born 28 January 1955) is an Indian-American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures.{{cite web |last1=Karlgaard |first1=Rich |title=Vinod Khosla On AI's Fast Rise, Robotics, Entrepreneurs And Innovation |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2023/12/07/vinod-khosla-on-ais-fast-rise-robotics-entrepreneurs-and-innovation/?sh=1a7c30696e8c |work=Forbes |access-date=19 April 2024 |archive-date=19 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419200443/https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2023/12/07/vinod-khosla-on-ais-fast-rise-robotics-entrepreneurs-and-innovation/?sh=1a7c30696e8c |url-status=live }} Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas such as networking, software, and alternative energy technologies.{{Cite web |date=31 August 2011 |title=Vinod Khosla says get rid of experts and invent the future you want (video) |url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/08/31/vinod-khosla-says-get-rid-of-experts-and-invent-the-future-you-want-video/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://venturebeat.com/2011/08/31/vinod-khosla-says-get-rid-of-experts-and-invent-the-future-you-want-video/ |url-status=live }} He is considered one of the most successful and influential venture capitalists.{{cite web |last1=Steinberg |first1=Jon |title=It's Vinod Khoslas World |url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/its-vinod-khoslas-world |website=The Information |access-date=19 April 2024 |archive-date=19 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419200450/https://www.theinformation.com/articles/its-vinod-khoslas-world |url-status=live }} As of January 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$9.2 billion.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Vinod Khosla |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/vinod-khosla/ |work=Forbes |access-date=3 March 2024 |archive-date=24 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224063546/https://www.forbes.com/profile/vinod-khosla/ |url-status=live }}

Biography

Khosla was born on 28 January 1955, to a Punjabi Indian family{{Cite book |last=Kachru |first=Upendra |title=India Land of a Billion Entrepreneurs |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2011 |isbn=978-81-317-5861-8 |location=Delhi |pages=182 |language=en}} in Pune, Maharashtra. Khosla's father was an officer in the Indian Army{{Cite book |last=Chestone |first=Albert F. |title=What America Means to Me |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-59858-895-8 |location=Indianapolis, IN |pages=24 |language=en}} and was posted at New Delhi, India. His father wanted him to also join the army. He attended Mount St Mary's School (New Delhi) for elementary school.{{cite web

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}} Khosla became interested in entrepreneurship after reading about the founding of Intel in Electronic Engineering Times as a teenager, which led him to pursue technology as a career and found his own business.{{cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/events/bio/Vinod,Khosla|title=Vinod Khosla|publisher=Computer History Museum|access-date=19 June 2017|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025036/http://www.computerhistory.org/events/bio/Vinod,Khosla|url-status=live}} According to Khosla, he was inspired by Intel co-founder Andrew Grove, a Hungarian immigrant who got funding for Intel in Silicon Valley, when it was a startup.

From 1971 to 1976, Khosla attended IIT Delhi where he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.{{Citation

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| url = http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=20605&R=390049-PDF-ENG| archive-url = https://archive.today/20140805011542/http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?E=20605&R=390049-PDF-ENG|url-status = dead| archive-date = 5 August 2014}} He started the first computer club in any IIT to do computer programming and operated the school's computer center while the operations staff were on strike. He also wrote a paper on parallel processing as a teenager before the concept was adopted by the IT industry, and helped to start the first biomedical engineering program in India. In 1975, Khosla attempted to start a soy milk company intended to provide a milk alternative to Indian consumers that do not have refrigerators to preserve cow milk.{{Cite news |title=Technology is my religion: Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/technology-is-my-religion-vinod-khosla-founder-khosla-ventures/articleshow/11005402.cms |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=The Economic Times |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/technology-is-my-religion-vinod-khosla-founder-khosla-ventures/articleshow/11005402.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=23 February 2007 |title=Why Silicon Valley "gets" clean tech |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-renewable-energy-khosla-idUSL2254281020070223 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Reuters |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-renewable-energy-khosla-idUSL2254281020070223 |url-status=live }}

Khosla received a master's in biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University on a full scholarship. He applied to Stanford University's MBA program but was rejected for lack of work experience. He had two full-time jobs while finishing his master's for the two years of work experience, but was rejected a second time. Three weeks into starting at Carnegie Mellon for his MBA, Khosla convinced the admissions staff to accept him into Stanford Graduate School of Business and received an MBA in 1980.{{Cite book |last=Krasner |first=Barbara |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/994220359 |title=Famous immigrant entrepreneurs |date=2018 |isbn=978-0-7660-9241-9 |location=New York |oclc=994220359}}

He is married to Neeru Khosla, his childhood girlfriend.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katiasavchuk/2015/06/29/neeru-khosla-wife-of-billionaire-venture-capitalist-wants-to-fix-education-with-software/#24f466b66cd1|title=Neeru Khosla, Wife of Billionaire Venture Capitalist, Wants To Fix Education With Software|first=Katia|last=Savchuk|website=forbes.com|access-date=31 August 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/03/business/a-capitalist-venturing-in-the-world-of-computers-and-religion.html|title=A Capitalist Venturing in the World of Computers and Religion|first=Laura M.|last=Holson|work=The New York Times |date=3 January 2000 |access-date=31 August 2018}} They have four children.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/vinod-khosla-beach-lawsuit|title=Tech Billionaire Takes "Get Off My Lawn!" Case to the Supreme Court|first=Bess|last=Levin|website=vanityfair.com|date=23 February 2018|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=27 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427164322/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/vinod-khosla-beach-lawsuit|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-American-venture-capitalist-Vinod-Khosla-hosts-dinner-for-Obama/articleshow/20484494.cms|title=Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla hosts dinner for Obama - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India|date=8 June 2013|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=16 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916094406/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Indian-American-venture-capitalist-Vinod-Khosla-hosts-dinner-for-Obama/articleshow/20484494.cms|url-status=live}}

Career

After completing his MBA at Stanford in 1980, Khosla decided to become an entrepreneur. He rejected several employment opportunities to establish his first business venture.

= Co-founding Sun Microsystems and early investments: 1980-2003 =

Khosla developed a business plan for an electronic design automation company for electrical engineers. He was introduced to employees at Intel and became the first full-time founder and Chief Financial Officer of Daisy Systems. The company spent 80 percent of its resources on building custom computer hardware that could run its software. As a result, Khosla left the company in order to create a startup that manufactures general purpose computers. In 1981, Khosla co-founded Data Dump with a former Stanford classmate, which ended up failing.{{cite book |last1=Krasner |first1=Barbara |title=Famous immigrant entrepreneurs |date=2018 |location=New York |isbn=9780766092419}}

In 1982, Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems (SUN is the acronym for the Stanford University Network), along with Stanford classmates Andy Bechtolsheim, who was licensing a computer design to local companies, and Scott McNealy. UC Berkeley computer science graduate student Bill Joy later joined the company as co-founder. Sun Microsystems sold servers to the universities they graduated from and other colleges, desktop computers, and created the Java programming language. Khosla raised $300,000 in seed capital from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Within five years, Sun made $1 billion in annual sales. Khosla also recruited early executives and developers such as Eric Schmidt and Carol Bartz. He served as the first chairman and CEO from 1982 to 1984, when he left the company to become a venture capitalist.

In 1986, Khosla joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins as a general partner. At Kleiner Perkins, Khosla managed investments in technologies, such as video games and semiconductors.

He helped create Nexgen, sold to AMD for 28 percent of its market cap, which was the first successful Intel microprocessor clone company. He invested in Go Corporation, which developed a stylus-operated computer and was seen as one of the largest Silicon Valley startup failures. In 1994, he suggested that Excite adapt its search engine for the internet and helped finance the special disk drive the company needed to run their search engine. He mentored the founders until the company was sold to @Home Network for $7 billion, which was it his first venture capital deal of that size. Afterwards, Khosla was an early proponent of fiber optics and the internet for faster communication and started focusing on telecommunication networking companies.

He incubated Juniper Networks and suggested that it develop an "Internet router instead of the plain vanilla router mostly used." Khosla invested $275,000, which became his largest return on investment to date.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-14/vinod-khosla-predicts-us-china-techno-economic-war|title=US and China Will Wage a 20-Year 'Techno-Economic War,' Says Billionaire Khosla|newspaper=Bloomberg |date=14 June 2022|via=www.bloomberg.com}} A $3 million investment in Juniper Networks in the 1990s earned $7 billion for Kleiner Perkins according to The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news |title=Venture Firms Bask in a Surge of Blockbuster Profits |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=28 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311025531/https://www.wsj.com/articles/venture-firms-bask-in-a-surge-of-blockbuster-profits-11619608939 |archive-date=11 March 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/venture-firms-bask-in-a-surge-of-blockbuster-profits-11619608939 |last1=Brown |first1=Eliot }} He also incubated Cerent Corporation in 1996, which sold to Cisco for $7.8 billion, and Siara, which sold for $3 billion and was its chief executive officer for its first year.{{Cite journal |last=Om Malik |date=13 February 2001 |title=Vinod's Time |url=http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue91/index.htm |journal=Red Herring |issue=The No. 1 VC on the Planet |pages=42–47|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030425174834/http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue91/index.htm |archive-date=25 April 2003 }}

= Development of Khosla Ventures: 2004-present =

In 2004 to spend more time with his teenage kids and focus on science-based technology startups, Khosla moved to part-time and eventually left Kleiner Perkins. He founded his own venture capital firm, Khosla Ventures later that year as a way to invest in more experimental technologies with a "social impact."{{cite web

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}} At the time, he had about $1.5 billion from co-founding Sun Microsystems and his work with Kleiner Perkins. The firm is based in Menlo Park, California.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/01/khosla-ventures-raises-11-billion-its-for-more-than-just-clean-tech/|title=Khosla Ventures Raises $1.1 Billion. It's For More Than Just Clean Tech.|first=Erick|last=Schonfeld|date=1 September 2009|access-date=27 February 2022|archive-date=27 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227191634/https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/01/khosla-ventures-raises-11-billion-its-for-more-than-just-clean-tech/|url-status=live}}

In September 2009, Khosla Ventures III secured $750 million of investor commitments to invest in traditional early-stage and growth-stage companies. Khosla also raised $250 million for Khosla Seed, which will invest in higher-risk opportunities. He opened up Khosla Ventures to outside investors for the first time that same year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pehub.com/khosla-ventures-hits-market-with-next-flagship-fund/|title=Khosla Ventures hits market with next flagship fund|first=Chris|last=Witkowsky|date=10 June 2014|access-date=22 August 2022|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517140403/https://www.pehub.com/khosla-ventures-hits-market-with-next-flagship-fund/|url-status=live}} The firm became known for being an early investor in Square and investments in alternative energy technology like solar, biofuel, and batteries.{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Lizette |date=13 September 2011 |title=Vinod Khosla: Don't Call Me A Venture Capitalist |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-VCDB-11447 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-VCDB-11447 |url-status=live }} He has advocated for breakthroughs in these "clean" energies rather than cutting back on energy consumption.{{Cite web |last=Hay |first=Timothy |date=30 July 2009 |title=Vinod Khosla On Why Clean Technology Is Misunderstood |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-VCDB-2636 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-VCDB-2636 |url-status=live }} The firm incubated carbon recycling and aviation fuel company LanzaTech and QuantumScape, a solid state battery company and Impossible Foods, which works to make meat a more efficient energy source.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Benji |title=Billionaire investor Vinod Khosla shares the 4 most promising sectors he's betting on in the booming climate-tech industry |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/vinod-khosla-interview-strategy-for-investing-in-climate-tech-2020-12 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212516/https://www.businessinsider.com/vinod-khosla-interview-strategy-for-investing-in-climate-tech-2020-12 |url-status=live }} He believes carbon sequestration is an area that needs significant advancements and is the most feasible.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Benji |title=Elon Musk is giving $100 million to the best tech that sucks up carbon emissions. These 4 startups are leading the way. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/carbon-capture-startups-to-watch-elon-musk-prize-2021-1 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://www.businessinsider.com/carbon-capture-startups-to-watch-elon-musk-prize-2021-1 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Primack |first=Dan |title=Vinod Khosla hits back at 60 Minutes for cleantech 'errors' |url=https://fortune.com/2014/01/14/vinod-khosla-hits-back-at-60-minutes-for-cleantech-errors/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=Fortune |language=en |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212522/https://fortune.com/2014/01/14/vinod-khosla-hits-back-at-60-minutes-for-cleantech-errors/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Christine |title=Khosla Ventures debuts first opportunity fund |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/06/khosla-ventures-debuts-first-opportunity-fund/ |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=TechCrunch |date=6 January 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208220449/https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/06/khosla-ventures-debuts-first-opportunity-fund/ |url-status=live }} Khosla believes that a dozen dramatic technologies to solve climate change and it is inaccurate to consider cleantech investing as a bust. By 2008, the company had a portfolio of 65 startups, the bulk of which were focused on clean technology.{{Cite news |last=Wagonfeld |first=Alison Berkley |date=1 December 2008 |title=Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla on reasons for long-term optimism about technology and the economy |work=Harvard Business Review |url=https://hbr.org/2008/12/venture-capitalist-vinod-khosla-on-reasons-for-long-term-optimism-about-technology-and-the-economy |access-date=19 October 2023 |issn=0017-8012}}

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Beginning in 2010, Khosla Ventures began investing in food and was the first investor in companies like Instacart and DoorDash. Fintech was also an area of focus with early investments in Square, Stripe and Affirm, which all resulted in large returns for Khosla Ventures.{{Cite web |last=Lacy, Sarah |date=3 July 2009 |title=Vinod Khosla, Risk Junkie |url=https://techcrunch.com/2009/06/03/vinod-khosla-risk-junkie/ |publisher=TechCrunch |access-date=22 August 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822225518/https://techcrunch.com/2009/06/03/vinod-khosla-risk-junkie/ |url-status=live }} In May 2010, it was announced that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was to join Khosla Ventures to provide strategic advice regarding investments in technologies focused on the environment{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/25/blair-lands-silicon-valley-job|title=Tony Blair lands job with Silicon Valley's Khosla Ventures|last=Clark|first=Andrew|date=25 May 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 August 2017}}{{failed verification|date=August 2017|talk=|reason=I have replaced the previous source given with an article from The Guardian which confirms this agreement took place, although there are no further publications to demonstrate what has come of it in the seven years since.}}. During this time, Khosla had hired Condoleezza Rice's advisory firm to work with portfolio companies.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/13/khosla-ventures-retains-condoleezza-rice-robert-gates-as-advisors-to-help-portfolio-companies-navigate-international-issues/|title=Khosla Ventures Retains Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates As Advisors To Help Portfolio Companies Navigate International Issues|first=Leena|last=Rao|date=13 December 2012|access-date=22 August 2022|archive-date=22 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822225353/https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/13/khosla-ventures-retains-condoleezza-rice-robert-gates-as-advisors-to-help-portfolio-companies-navigate-international-issues/|url-status=live}}

In 2012, Khosla wrote an article titled "Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?" arguing the increasing importance of artificial intelligence in medicine claiming "bionic assistance" will eventually replace most doctors.{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Matt |date=3 September 2012 |title=Vinod Khosla says technology will replace 80 percent of doctors — sparks indignation |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/vinod-khosla-says-technology-will-replace-80-percent-of-doctors-sparks-indignation/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US |archive-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008135420/https://venturebeat.com/business/vinod-khosla-says-technology-will-replace-80-percent-of-doctors-sparks-indignation/ |url-status=live }} He started investing in medicine and robotics, such as companies that use artificial intelligence in medical treatments at that time.{{Cite web |last=Etherington |first=Darrell |date=12 June 2019 |title=Why Vinod Khosla thinks radiologists still practicing in 10 years will be 'causing deaths' |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/why-vinod-khosla-thinks-radiologists-still-practicing-in-10-years-will-be-causing-deaths/ |access-date=6 December 2023 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004213408/https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/why-vinod-khosla-thinks-radiologists-still-practicing-in-10-years-will-be-causing-deaths/ |url-status=live }}

In 2018, Khosla stated the plan for the rest of his life was to "reinvent societal infrastructure" through innovation and technology such as 3D-printing houses for the homeless.{{cite web |last1=Bowles |first1=Nellie |title=Every Generation Gets the Beach Villain It Deserves |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/technology/vinod-khosla-beach.html |website=The New York Times |date=30 August 2018}} Khosla has stated "we need 1,000% change if billions of people in China and India are to enjoy a Western, energy-rich lifestyle." He invests in "black swan" technologies that have a high chance of failure but if successful, would have environmental and societal benefits. In 2019, Khosla presented "Amazing: What KV Founders are Doing," which described 100 portfolio companies reinventing areas such as health, infrastructure, robotics, transportation, augmented reality and artificial intelligence.{{Cite web|url=https://www.khoslaventures.com/amazing-what-kv-founders-are-doing/|title=Amazing: What KV Founders are Doing | Khosla|website=www.khoslaventures.com|access-date=3 March 2024|archive-date=3 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303112206/https://www.khoslaventures.com/amazing-what-kv-founders-are-doing/|url-status=live}}

Khosla Ventures was the first venture capital investor in OpenAI during a period when it was "almost impossible to diligence" due to the company's corporate structure. The firm invested $50 million in OpenAI's for-profit subsidiary in 2019. It had a 5 percent stake in OpenAI at that time.{{cite web|last=Mathews|first=Jessica|url=https://fortune.com/2023/12/04/khosla-ventures-openai-sam-altman/|title=Vinod Khosla details how much his venture firm had on the line before Sam Altman's reinstatement at OpenAI|website=Fortune.com|date=4 December 2023|access-date=5 August 2024|archive-date=5 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805021437/https://fortune.com/2023/12/04/khosla-ventures-openai-sam-altman/|url-status=live}}

Khosla offered personal loans to startups after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.{{cite news |title=Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla say they'll personally loan cash to startups in the wake of SVB collapse |website=TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/12/sam-altman-vinod-khosla-say-theyll-personally-loan-cash-to-startups-in-the-wake-of-svb-collapse/ |access-date=4 August 2024 }}

In response to the removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI, Khosla expressed, on behalf of himself and Khosla Ventures, that Altman be reinstated.{{cite news |title=Vinod Khosla details how much his venture firm had on the line before Sam Altman's reinstatement at OpenAI |website=Fortune |url=https://fortune.com/2023/12/04/khosla-ventures-openai-sam-altman/ |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805015244/https://fortune.com/2023/12/04/khosla-ventures-openai-sam-altman/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Vinod Khosla expresses support for Sam Altman's potential return to OpenAI |website=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/business/companies/vinod-khosla-expresses-support-for-sam-altmans-potential-return-to-openai-18358731.htm |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805021437/https://www.cnbctv18.com/business/companies/vinod-khosla-expresses-support-for-sam-altmans-potential-return-to-openai-18358731.htm |url-status=live }} He later criticized Elon Musk for his breach of contract lawsuit against OpenAI and Altman, referring to it as "sour grapes" for failing to stay committed to the company.{{cite news |title=Silicon Valley Moguls Are Weighing in on Elon Musk's OpenAI Battle |website=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-moguls-weighing-in-elon-musk-openai-battle-2024-3 |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=5 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805022026/https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-moguls-weighing-in-elon-musk-openai-battle-2024-3 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Vinod Khosla slams Elon Musk for suing OpenAI: 'sour grapes' |website=San Francisco Business Times |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/inno/stories/news/2024/03/05/vinod-khosla-slams-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit.html |access-date=4 August 2024 }}

Khosla Ventures manages approximately $15 billion of investor capital as well as investments funded by Khosla himself.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/khosla-ventures-raises-14-billion-to-back-technology-startups-2021-10|title=Khosla Ventures has raised a new $1.4 billion fund to back startup winners like DoorDash, Stripe, and Square|first=Candy|last=Cheng|website=Business Insider|access-date=27 February 2022|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211026222358/https://www.businessinsider.com/khosla-ventures-raises-14-billion-to-back-technology-startups-2021-10|url-status=live}}

Views

= Capitalism =

Khosla believes in using capitalism as a solution for social impact due to its ability to scale, which is something he does not believe is possible with non-profit organizations. He has insisted economical, large-scale solutions will succeed when facing global warming as well. Khosla has stated that machine learning technology will replace many jobs and increase income disparities however will also create enough GDP to provide basic income to everyone.{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=David R. |title=Faces of Business 2007: Vinod Khosla, venture capitalist |url=https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Faces-of-Business-2007-Vinod-Khosla-venture-3299263.php |website=SFGATE |date=31 December 2007 |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=7 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607065407/https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Faces-of-Business-2007-Vinod-Khosla-venture-3299263.php |url-status=live }}

= Politics =

Khosla has donated to a mix of Democrats and Republicans and supports politicians based on their climate policies. He is a Democrat and has donated to organizations that support left-leaning politics.{{Cite web |last=Stangel |first=Luke |date=2 July 2013 |title=How Silicon Valley's top 10 billionaires voted with their political cash (slideshow) |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/02/how-silicon-valleys-10-biggest.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=www.bizjournals.com |archive-date=29 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229002520/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/07/02/how-silicon-valleys-10-biggest.html |url-status=live }} Khosla hosted Barack Obama for a fundraising dinner in 2013,{{Cite news |last=Mufson |first=Steven |date=28 November 2014 |title=Billionaire Vinod Khosla's big dreams for biofuels fail to catch fire |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/billionaire-vinod-khoslas-big-dreams-for-biofuels-fail-to-catch-fire/2014/11/27/04899d12-69d7-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120113243/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/billionaire-vinod-khoslas-big-dreams-for-biofuels-fail-to-catch-fire/2014/11/27/04899d12-69d7-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html |url-status=live }} and Joe Biden in 2024 at his home in Portola Valley.{{cite news |last1=Raab |first1=Eleanor |title=President Biden is met with protesters in Portola Valley, Palo Alto ahead of fundraisers |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/portola-valley/2024/05/10/president-biden-is-met-with-protesters-in-portola-valley-ahead-of-fundraiser/ |access-date=28 May 2024 |date=10 May 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528201700/https://www.almanacnews.com/portola-valley/2024/05/10/president-biden-is-met-with-protesters-in-portola-valley-ahead-of-fundraiser/ |url-status=live }} Khosla endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.{{cite news | last = Mandelbaum | first = R. | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/robbmandelbaum/2016/09/23/more-business-leaders-sign-on-with-clinton/#4d1ff10750b0n | title = More Business Leaders Sign On With Clinton | work = Forbes | date = 23 September 2016 | archive-date = 10 October 2016 | access-date = 27 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161010204503/http://www.forbes.com/sites/robbmandelbaum/2016/09/23/more-business-leaders-sign-on-with-clinton/#4d1ff10750b0n | url-status = live }}

Khosla was a major proponent of the "Yes on 87" campaign to pass California's Proposition 87, The Clean Energy Initiative, which failed to pass in November 2006.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

With the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election, Khosla called for the Democratic Party to hold an open convention for its nominee. He stated that it was "hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me" in social media exchanges after Musk referenced supporting Donald Trump.{{cite news |title=Elon Musk and Vinod Khosla spar about Trump after Biden drops out |website=Fortune |url=https://fortune.com/2024/07/22/elon-musk-spars-with-venture-capitalist-vinod-khosla-over-trump-hates-immigrants-like-me/ |access-date=4 August 2024 }}{{cite news |title='No values': Bay Area billionaire blasts Trump in exchange with Elon Musk |website=SFGate |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/bay-area-mogul-blasts-trump-in-exchange-with-musk-19589468.php |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803215936/https://www.sfgate.com//politics/article/bay-area-mogul-blasts-trump-in-exchange-with-musk-19589468.php |url-status=live }} Khosla pledged his support for Kamala Harris in July 2024 and joined "VCs for Kamala", a group of more than 100 tech investors and entrepreneurs signatories for Harris.{{cite news |title=Kamala Harris gets support of more than 100 VCs and tech execs in online pledge |website=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/more-than-100-techies-sign-vcs-for-kamala-pledge-backing-vp-harris.html |access-date=4 August 2024 |archive-date=3 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803182841/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/31/more-than-100-techies-sign-vcs-for-kamala-pledge-backing-vp-harris.html |url-status=live }}

=China=

In May 2023, Khosla gave a presentation examining how the Russian invasion of Ukraine and COVID-19 pandemic influences the future. He argued that the Ukraine invasion started an energy transition and COVID-19 lockdowns in China moved global supply chains out of the country, starting one of the most powerful 20-year innovation cycles. Khosla has also stated that America is in a techno-economic war with China which it would lose upon slowing down the pace of AI development, while indicating that artificial general intelligence should be closed-source for national security.{{cite web|last=Prakash|first=Prarthana|url=https://fortune.com/2023/05/05/top-venture-capitalist-vinod-khosla-china-take-risks-a-i-race/|title=A top venture capitalist says China's ability to take risks and make more mistakes with A.I. tech could give it an edge against the U.S.|website=Fortune.com|date=5 May 2023|access-date=16 September 2024|archive-date=16 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916063314/https://fortune.com/2023/05/05/top-venture-capitalist-vinod-khosla-china-take-risks-a-i-race/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Gutiérrez McDermid|first=Riley|url=https://www.thestreet.com/technology/recession-vinod-khosla|title=U.S. Faces 20-Year Techno War With China|website=TheStreet.com|date=14 June 2022|access-date=16 September 2024|archive-date=15 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615172502/https://www.thestreet.com/technology/recession-vinod-khosla|url-status=live}}

In April 2024, Khosla wrote an op-ed in the Financial Times announcing his support of a bill that would force divestiture of TikTok from its parent company, ByteDance. Khosla later wrote an open letter to United States Senate urging them to pass the bill calling the social media platform a "weapon of war".{{cite web|last1=Kwan|first1=Wei|last2=Tan|first2=Kevin|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-china-ai-powered-subversion-weapon-openai-investor-vinod-khosla-2024-4|title=An OpenAI investor says TikTok is China's 'programmable fentanyl,' a CCP-controlled tool used to manipulate US citizens|website=BusinessInsider.com|date=10 April 2024|access-date=16 September 2024|archive-date=16 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916194855/https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-china-ai-powered-subversion-weapon-openai-investor-vinod-khosla-2024-4|url-status=live}}

=Artificial intelligence=

In 2014, Khosla wrote about artificial intelligence positing that it would create an income disparity while increasing gross domestic product (GDP) and productivity. He also stated that the value of "humanness" in occupational roles would become more valuable after the expansion of artificial intelligence, and have a "hugely deflationary" effect on the economy over the following 25 years.{{cite web|last=Albergotti|first=Reed|url=https://www.semafor.com/article/03/29/2023/vinod-khosla-on-how-ai-will-free-humanity-from-the-need-to-work|title=Vinod Khosla on how AI will 'free humanity from the need to work'|website=Semafor.com|date=29 March 2023|access-date=17 September 2024|archive-date=17 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917065751/https://www.semafor.com/article/03/29/2023/vinod-khosla-on-how-ai-will-free-humanity-from-the-need-to-work|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Kwan|first1=Wei|last2=Tan|first2=Kevin|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-investor-vinod-khosla-ai-deflate-economy-25-years-2023-12|title=OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts AI will deflate the economy over the next 25 years|website=BusinessInsider.com|date=25 December 2023|access-date=17 September 2024|archive-date=17 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917165307/https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-investor-vinod-khosla-ai-deflate-economy-25-years-2023-12|url-status=live}}

While concerns have been raised that artificial intelligence will displace jobs, Khosla argued it will enable humans to do what they are interested in and free humanity from the need to work. He has stated that 80 percent of all jobs will be eliminated with artificial intelligence having broader information and expertise in many industries and its growth will allow for universal basic income.{{cite web|last=Holson|first=Laura M.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/03/business/a-capitalist-venturing-in-the-world-of-computers-and-religion.html|title=A Capitalist Venturing in the World of Computers and Religion|website=The New York Times|date=3 January 2000|access-date=31 August 2018|archive-date=31 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831141925/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/03/business/a-capitalist-venturing-in-the-world-of-computers-and-religion.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Seegobin|first1=Vidal|last2=Burns|first2=Abby|url=https://www.advisory.com/topics/disruptors/2024/01/ai-revolution-in-medicine|title=Silicon Valley legend and early investor in OpenAI — on the coming AI revolution in medicine|website=Advisory.com|date=1 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-utopia-or-dystopia-venture-capitalist-vinod-khosla-bd6c037c|title=Will AI Bring Utopia or Dystopia? A Venture Capitalist Picks Utopia|website=WSJ.com|date=21 October 2023|access-date=17 September 2024|archive-date=17 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917162755/https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-utopia-or-dystopia-venture-capitalist-vinod-khosla-bd6c037c|url-status=live}}

In April 2024, Khosla gave a TED talk on his predictions for the future, several of which involved technology and artificial intelligence.{{cite web|last=Karlgaard|first=Rich|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2023/12/07/vinod-khosla-on-ais-fast-rise-robotics-entrepreneurs-and-innovation/?sh=636ff9c96e8c|title=Vinod Khosla On AI's Fast Rise, Robotics, Entrepreneurs And Innovation|website=Forbes.com|date=7 December 2023|access-date=15 September 2024|archive-date=15 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915172737/https://www.forbes.com/sites/richkarlgaard/2023/12/07/vinod-khosla-on-ais-fast-rise-robotics-entrepreneurs-and-innovation/?sh=636ff9c96e8c|url-status=live}} In October 2024, Khosla wrote "AI: Dystopia or Utopia?" on it being a transformative force capable of creating a world of abundance with both utopian and dystopian possibilities and a positive outcome achievable through thoughtful design.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-03/openai-backer-khosla-says-reasonable-to-invest-trillions-in-ai|title=OpenAI Backer Khosla Says It's Reasonable to Invest Trillions in AI|author=Shirin Ghaffary|publisher=Bloomberg|date=3 October 2024}}

Philanthropy and affiliations

Khosla was honorary chair of the DonorsChoose San Francisco Bay Area advisory board.{{citation needed|date=April 2010}} In 2000, Khosla was a recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business|access-date=24 September 2020|archive-date=15 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#business|url-status=live}} In 2006, Khosla's wife Neeru co-founded the CK-12 Foundation, which aims to develop open-source textbooks and lower the cost of education in the US and the rest of the world. Khosla and his wife are donors to the Wikimedia Foundation, in the amount of $500,000.{{cite news

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In 2007, Khosla was an award recipient in the Northern California region for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.{{Cite web|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ernst-young-entrepreneur-of-iw-1429809172.html|title=Khosla an Award Recipient in the Northern California region for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award}} Khosla was a member of the board of trustees of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web

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He is also one of the founders of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, and has guest-edited a special issue of The Economic Times, a business newspaper in India.{{Cite magazine |last=London |first=CHRISTINE WHITEHOUSE |date=30 October 2000 |title=The TiE That Binds |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2056255,00.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212523/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2056255,00.html |url-status=live }} In 2009, he was awarded Champions of the Earth by the UNEP for in the Entrepreneurial Vision category for India.

He is involved with organizations that provide microfinancing to small businesses in third-world countries and worked closely with Muhammad Yunus funding multiple organizations for both profit and non-profit. In 2023, Khosla signed a letter along with over 170 global figures to stop the "persecution" of Yunus.{{Cite news |last1=Hossain |first1=Akbar |last2=Ng |first2=Kelly |date=2023-09-01 |title=Muhammad Yunus: Leaders urge Bangladesh to end attacks on Nobel laureate |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66667433 |access-date=2024-08-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809180750/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66667433 |url-status=live }}[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66667433 Muhammad Yunus: Leaders urge Bangladesh to end attacks on Nobel laureate]{{Cite web |last=Bajaj |first=Vikas |date=5 October 2010 |title=Sun Co-Founder Uses Capitalism to Help Poor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/business/global/06khosla.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}} Khosla is on the Board of Trustees at Carnegie Mellon University.{{Cite web |title=Innovators Forum: Vinod Khosla - Carnegie Mellon University |url=https://www.cmu.edu/homepage/environment/2013/spring/innovators-forum-vinod-khosla.shtml |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=www.cmu.edu |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212524/https://www.cmu.edu/homepage/environment/2013/spring/innovators-forum-vinod-khosla.shtml |url-status=live }} Khosla was an early signatory to the Giving Pledge and sits on the Breakthrough Energy Ventures board.{{Cite web |last=Duxbury |first=Sarah |date=28 April 2011 |title=Vinod Khosla signs billionaire giving pledge |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2011/04/28/vinod-khosla-billionaire-giving-pledge.html |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}

In April 2021, Khosla made an offer to fund oxygen imports for hospitals in India amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|title=Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vinod Khosla offers to fund oxygen imports|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/silicon-valley-veteran-entrepreneur-investor-vinod-khosla-offers-to-fund-indian-hospitals/articleshow/82240739.cms|access-date=25 April 2021|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425075029/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/silicon-valley-veteran-entrepreneur-investor-vinod-khosla-offers-to-fund-indian-hospitals/articleshow/82240739.cms|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=25 April 2021|title=Silicon Valley billionaire investor Vinod Khosla offers to fund Indian hospitals for bulk oxygen import|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/silicon-valley-billionaire-investor-vinod-khosla-offers-to-fund-indian-hospitals-for-bulk-oxygen-import/2239796/|access-date=25 April 2021|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425193616/https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/silicon-valley-billionaire-investor-vinod-khosla-offers-to-fund-indian-hospitals-for-bulk-oxygen-import/2239796/|url-status=live}}

Martins Beach dispute

Since 2010, Khosla has been engaged in a legal dispute regarding public access to Martins Beach, several miles south of Half Moon Bay, California, where he owns adjacent land.{{Cite web |last=Kinney |first=Aaron |date=24 October 2013 |title=Vinod Khosla wins key Martins Beach battle |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_24380282/vinod-khosla-wins-key-martins-beach-battle |access-date=27 July 2014 |website=San Jose Mercury News}}{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Bruce |date=29 October 2012 |title=Mysterious owner of San Mateo County beach paradise is asked to let the outside world in |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_21883978/court-filing-mysterious-owner-beach-paradise-is-asked |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811010025/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_21883978/court-filing-mysterious-owner-beach-paradise-is-asked |archive-date=11 August 2014 |access-date=27 July 2014 |website=San Jose Mercury News}}{{GNIS|1659070|Martins Beach}} Martins Beach was a popular family beach and surf spot before Khosla purchased the property adjacent to the beach and blocked access with a gate, armed guards at the road entrance and painting over the welcome sign.{{Cite news |last=Romney |first=Lee |date=12 May 2014 |title=Billionaire who barred access to Martin's Beach takes stand |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-martins-beach-20140513-story.html |access-date=27 July 2014 |archive-date=23 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723121708/http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-martins-beach-20140513-story.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date= 14 July 2017 |title= Battle of the beach - |url= http://southvalley.com/battle-of-the-beach/ |access-date= 19 July 2017 |website= South Valley Magazine |first= Ron |last= Erskine |archive-date= 18 August 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170818005554/http://southvalley.com/battle-of-the-beach/ |url-status= live }}

In August 2017, a Californian court of appeals ruled that Khosla must restore public access to Martins Beach.{{Cite web |date=9 August 2017 |title=Court ruling |url=http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A144268.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811183426/http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/A144268.PDF |archive-date=11 August 2017 |access-date=11 August 2017 |website=Courts.ca.gov}}{{Cite news |last=Levin |first=Sam |date=10 August 2017 |title=Silicon Valley billionaire loses bid to prevent access to public beach |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/10/martins-beach-california-public-vinod-khosla |access-date=11 August 2017 |issn=0261-3077}} The plaintiffs stated that they expected Khosla to take the case to the US Supreme Court.{{Cite news |title=Court to billionaire: Open the gate to Martins Beach |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/State-appeals-court-tells-billionaire-he-must-11749183.php |access-date=11 August 2017 |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811012552/http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/State-appeals-court-tells-billionaire-he-must-11749183.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Xia |first=Rosanna |date=6 March 2018 |title=With Supreme Court challenge, tech billionaire could dismantle beach access rights – and a landmark coastal law |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-martins-beach-supreme-court-20180306-story.html |access-date=6 March 2018 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=6 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306151301/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-martins-beach-supreme-court-20180306-story.html |url-status=live }} In October 2018, the Supreme Court announced that it would not hear the appeal of the California appeals court decision.{{Cite news |title=Supreme Court Won't Hear Case Over Martins Beach Access |work=CBS News |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/10/01/martins-beach-supreme-court-not-hearing-vinod-khosla-appeal/ |access-date=1 October 2018}} In November 2018, a San Mateo County court found that the prior owners of the property had not intended for access to Martins Beach to be public. In January 2020, the California Coastal Commission sued Khosla, alleging he was in violation of the California Coastal Act of 1976.{{Cite web |last=Kaur |first=Harmeet |title=California is suing a Silicon Valley billionaire for blocking public access to a beach |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/california-lawsuit-vinod-khosla-beach-trnd/index.html |date=7 January 2020 |access-date=8 January 2020 |website=CNN |archive-date=8 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108022052/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/california-lawsuit-vinod-khosla-beach-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}{{update after|2024|9|21}}