Khosla Ventures
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- founded by Vinod Khosla 100%
- founded Oriol Vinyals 90%
- founded Vinod Khosla 90%
- invested in Sentinel Global 90%
- invested by Emergent BioSolutions 90%
- employed by Quoc Le 70%
- invested in Vinod Khosla 70%
- employed by Oriol Vinyals 70%
- founded Discovery Loop 70%
- invested in Discovery Loop 70%
- founded Quoc Le 70%
- invested by Discovery Loop 70%
- 2026-09-12 partnership Khosla Ventures is opening its first office outside of Sand Hill Road in New York City. source
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PrismML shrinks LLMs for PC and smartphone use, retaining 98% performance
PrismML has developed a novel compression technique that significantly reduces the size of large language models while retaining most of their performance. Their latest model, Bonsai 2.27B, compresses Alibaba's Qwen3.8 …
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AI search optimization startup Profound raises $180M at $1.8B valuation · 4 sources tracked
Profound, a startup focused on helping brands appear in AI search results, has secured $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation. This latest round comes just seven months after their Series C funding…
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Former TikTok execs launch AI-powered photo posing app, Superpose
Two former TikTok executives have launched Superpose, an iOS app that utilizes AI to guide users on how to pose for photographs. The app generates four distinct pose suggestions for a user's photo and offers a feature t…
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Khosla Ventures expands with first New York office
Khosla Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm, is expanding its operations by opening a new office in New York City this fall. This marks the firm's first physical location outside of its traditional base on Sand Hi…
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Founder develops cheaper, cleaner steelmaking process
Laureen Meroueh, founder of Hertha Metals, has developed a novel furnace that simplifies steelmaking, reducing both emissions and costs. This new process turns iron ore into liquid steel in a single step, utilizing natu…
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NavigateAI secures $25M for AI guidance in construction
NavigateAI, founded by Eric Wu, is developing AI-powered, hands-free guidance systems for construction workers. Utilizing smartphones and Meta's AI glasses, the technology aims to address labor shortages in industries l…
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Ollie AI assistant launches with a privacy-first approach
Ollie, a new AI assistant designed for everyday life, is differentiating itself by prioritizing user privacy. Unlike some competitors, Ollie has achieved SOC 2 compliance, assuring users that their personal data will no…
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Vatican invests $117M in solar power for carbon neutrality
The Vatican is embarking on an ambitious plan to achieve carbon neutrality by investing 117 million dollars in a new agrivoltaic plant. This initiative, building on Pope Francis's earlier environmental directives, aims …
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Robotics AI startups Generalist and General Intuition secure major funding rounds
Two AI startups focused on robotics have recently secured significant funding, highlighting investor confidence in the sector's potential. Generalist, developing an AI foundation model for robots, reached a $3 billion v…
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Runlayer and Rippling drop lawsuits as AI competition heats up
Runlayer and Rippling have dropped their lawsuits against each other without any settlement or exchange of funds. Rippling launched its MCP gateway, a product that competes with Runlayer's offering, shortly after the la…
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Google founders' naming strategy and Steve Jobs' focus advice
Google's co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, named their company "Google" after the mathematical term "googol" to signify its potential for vast growth. Despite the immense success of Alphabet Inc., now valued at $…
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General Catalyst bets on AI ecosystem to transform Summa Health
General Catalyst, a venture capital firm, is transforming its acquired health system, Summa Health, by integrating technology and AI from nine portfolio companies. This initiative aims to improve hospital operations, su…
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Startup Vivodyne claims AI drug discovery needs better human data
A biotech startup named Vivodyne claims that the current AI drug-discovery field is hampered by a lack of high-quality, human-centric data. Vivodyne has developed modular robotic labs, called HIVE, capable of generating…
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Phoebe Gates' AI startup Phia valued at $185M amid 'cookie stuffing' controversy
Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates, is launching her AI shopping startup Phia with a valuation of $185 million, having raised over $43 million. Gates is determined to establish the company's success based on merit, se…
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Jeff Dean launches Discovery Loop with star-studded AI team and VC backing
Jeff Dean, a prominent figure in AI and distributed systems, has launched a new venture called Discovery Loop. The company's business plan, described as exceptionally strong, highlights the founders' extensive experienc…
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Google DeepMind Loses Top Talent as Dean, Ghemawat, Vinyals, Le Launch Discovery Loop
Several high-profile AI researchers and engineers, including Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le, have departed Google DeepMind to co-found a new startup called Discovery Loop. This new venture aims t…
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Jeff Dean launches AI startup Discovery Loop to automate scientific discovery
Discovery Loop, a new startup founded by prominent AI researchers Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le, is set to automate the scientific method. The company aims to accelerate research timelines in fi…
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Google AI researchers, led by Jeff Dean, launch self-improving AI startup
Four prominent AI researchers, including Google's former chief scientist Jeff Dean, have departed Alphabet to establish a new startup named Discovery Loop. The company aims to develop AI capable of recursive self-improv…
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Google AI leaders Jeff Dean, Ghemawat, Le, Vinyals launch Discovery Loop startup · 8 sources tracked
Jeff Dean, a prominent AI executive at Google, is departing the company after 27 years to co-found a new startup called Discovery Loop. He is joined by other high-profile AI researchers from Google, including Sanjay Ghe…
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WindBorne Systems raises $37M for AI-powered weather forecasting
WindBorne Systems, a startup specializing in weather prediction using data from long-flying weather balloons and AI models, has secured $37 million in Series B funding. The round, co-led by Khosla Ventures and Galvanize…