Khosla read about Andy Grove at Intel in magazines as a youth in India and was inspired by his story, and has said so publicly before.

True if, before 2024-04-09, Khosla had publicly said (in an interview, talk or essay) that as a youth in India he read about Andy Grove or Intel in magazines and was inspired. Mostly true if earlier statements exist but differ in a minor detail (for example, they mention Intel's founding rather than Grove by name, or don't specify magazines). Mixed if earlier statements credit reading about Silicon Valley or Intel generally but not the inspiration from Grove's story. Mostly false if no earlier statement exists but the 2024 account matches his documented biography in other ways. False if documented sources contradict it (for example, he says he learned of Grove only after moving to the US).

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1. E1 Udacity Thought Leader Series | How Startups & Entrepreneurs are Disrupting Industries Khosla Ventures (khoslaventures.com) · 11 November 2019 Own record

   “So in Old Delhi I could go rent old magazines and I'd read them and I read about Andy Grove starting up Intel, and I've told Andy Grove the story when he was alive. He was the inspiration for me.”

E1 is a transcript, dated 2019-11-11, of a public Udacity Thought Leader Series interview. In it Khosla says that in Old Delhi he rented old magazines, read about Andy Grove starting Intel, and that Grove "was the inspiration for me." That is a public statement made before 2024-04-09. It covers India (Old Delhi), magazines, Andy Grove at Intel, and inspiration, but the quoted passage does not say that this was in his youth. The source is Khosla Ventures' own site, but here the published transcript is itself the earlier public statement the claim refers to, so it is direct evidence that he made it.