Vinod Khosla
Founder of Khosla Ventures
The Sun Microsystems co-founder and Khosla Ventures founder, an early and vocal backer of AI who argued for algorithmic medicine.
Biography
Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and founder of Khosla Ventures. The firm has invested across enterprise software, healthcare, robotics, financial technology, energy and artificial intelligence.
In 2012 he wrote the article "Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?" arguing that AI would become increasingly important in medicine. In June 2024 Forbes featured him on its cover with Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman in its issue "The Epic Battle for AI's Future," and in September 2024 TIME named him to its TIME100 AI list and put him on the issue's cover. He is an early signatory to the Giving Pledge.
Notable contributions
Founded Khosla Ventures
Founded the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, which invests in AI, healthcare, robotics, energy and other fields.
Named to the TIME100 AI list
Named to TIME's TIME100 AI list in September 2024 and featured on the issue's cover.
Co-founded Sun Microsystems
Co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 with Stanford classmates Andy Bechtolsheim and Scott McNealy.