Khosla Ventures backed OpenAI early, betting on exponential AI trend
Khosla saw AI progress on an exponential curve, in the flat part, and believed a 2017 paper would trigger a breakthrough, making OpenAI a likely winner.
Khosla bet on Juniper's TCP/IP vision, reaping 2500x returns
He bet that TCP/IP would become the internet protocol despite telcos favoring alternatives, seeing a large opportunity with few believers, which delivered massive returns.
Khosla backed early Google founders, seeing massive potential
He invested in Google's founders because they had real resolve and their idea to organize the world's information made sense, even though its scale was uncertain.
Khosla optimistic on Commonwealth Fusion, expecting viable tech in five years
He believes fusion will become viable within five years, enabling retrofit of existing power plants with fusion boilers for cheap, clean, scalable energy.