Questions For Vinod Khosla

What is one widely accepted belief in Silicon Valley that you believe is completely wrong—and why?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

You’ve often said you prefer to fund bold failures over timid successes. What’s a time that strategy surprised even you?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

If you were 25 today with no money but unlimited access to AI tools, what startup would you build—and why?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

Looking back, which of your bets that failed do you still believe was fundamentally right, just too early?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

You’ve spoken about “reinventing society” with technology. What’s a social institution—like education or healthcare—you think should be completely rearchitected from scratch?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

How do you separate genuine transformative innovation from clever incrementalism when founders pitch you?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

With climate tech scaling, where do you see the biggest disconnect between capital allocation and impact potential today?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

If you had to choose between a team with a 10x idea and a team with 10x grit, which would you bet on and why?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

You’ve warned against the dangers of 'conventional wisdom' in venture. What is conventional wisdom in AI that you think will not age well?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

What’s your vision for how venture capital itself needs to evolve in the age of AI, abundance, and planetary challenges?

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

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— Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) June 3, 2025

Why Paul Krugman Thinks Trump’s Trade War is “Stupid and Self-Destructive” https://t.co/53p1ViTdsP

— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) June 3, 2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗚𝗜 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗱. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆:

1. True AGI [Artificial General Intelligence] ought to be…

— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus) June 2, 2025

US companies have the best closed-source AI models, but the leading open weights LLM is from China, as is the leading open video model, while the leading open image model is from Germany.

The international dynamics of competition in the AI space are not just winner-take-all.

— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) June 2, 2025

wow—blown away by all the love ya’ll
- 220K views
- inbound from real estate agents in Canada, Australia, California & Arizona
- made some new industry friends :)

just beyond proud of my team. heads down for years, shipping nonstop… and it’s finally happening for us. https://t.co/FXi2wIzsns

— Joel Alexander (@theofficialJTA) June 2, 2025

The UK now holds more US Treasuries than China.

Pay attention to what is happening. pic.twitter.com/2SaVc778TI

— Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano) June 2, 2025