ClaimsVinod Khosla

“100 amazing, mostly deep tech companies in our @khoslaventures portfolio doing unusual things described in 25 minutes!”

Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures founder, on X 26 June 2019 Post by @vkhosla on X, 2019-06-26 (X)

Factual Economics and markets

Khosla Ventures' portfolio includes 100 mostly deep tech companies, which were described in a 25-minute presentation.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

The evidence is the person's or their organisation's own records.

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

What would count as true or false

True: as of 2019-06-26, a presentation of about 25 minutes existed (e.g., a video or talk by Khosla) that described about 100 Khosla Ventures portfolio companies, most of them deep tech. Mostly true: the presentation exists and covers roughly 100 companies (about 85–115) and runs roughly 25 minutes (about 20–30 minutes), or 'mostly deep tech' is arguable for a few. Mixed: the presentation exists but covers substantially fewer companies (roughly 50–85) or runs much longer, or most companies described are not deep tech. Mostly false: there is a presentation of the portfolio, but it covers far fewer companies or differs markedly in format. False: no such presentation existed, or the portfolio had nowhere near 100 companies.

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Evidence (6)

  1. E1 CEO Summits Khosla Ventures Own record

    “Getting to the Impossible Vinod Khosla gives a whirlwind tour of the many companies in our portfolio that are inventing the future and getting to the impossible.”

  2. E2 Thought Provoking Khosla Ventures Own record

    “Getting to the Impossible Vinod Khosla gives a whirlwind tour of the many companies in our portfolio that are inventing the future and getting to the impossible.”

  3. E3 Seattle Seahawks

    “Here is a three-minute video featuring over 80 companies in the Khosla Ventures portfolio.”

  4. E4 Thought Provoking Khosla Ventures Own record

    “Getting to the Impossible Vinod Khosla gives a whirlwind tour of the many companies in our portfolio that are inventing the future and getting to the impossible.”

  5. E5 CEO Summits Khosla Ventures Own record

    “Getting to the Impossible Vinod Khosla gives a whirlwind tour of the many companies in our portfolio that are inventing the future and getting to the impossible.”

  6. E6 Societal Innovation Khosla Ventures Own record

    “Getting to the Impossible Vinod Khosla gives a whirlwind tour of the many companies in our portfolio that are inventing the future and getting to the impossible.”

Reasoning

Khosla Ventures' own pages (E1, E2, E4, E5, E6) list a talk called "Getting to the Impossible", described as a whirlwind tour of many portfolio companies. None of them gives a date, a company count or a running time. The only independent source (E3) refers to a three-minute video featuring over 80 portfolio companies, which is a different length and is undated. No evidence shows that a presentation of about 25 minutes covering about 100 companies existed as of 2019-06-26, so the claim cannot be settled.

Cite this claim

Vinod Khosla, “Khosla Ventures' portfolio includes 100 mostly deep tech companies, which were described in a 25-minute presentation.” (said 26 June 2019). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_5a6137da9fe8, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_5a6137da9fe8

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