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Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla is a venture capitalist and founder of Khosla Ventures, and a co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

567 claims collected, 179 researched, 52 resolved. Report of 4 November 2026, method 0.1.0+c876030c.

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Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

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

    72 64 80

    Medium confidence, 43 factual claims resolved. From 11 documents, 2007 to 2024; 19 documents sampled from 31 candidates found.

    Not scored: 44 unresolvable, 21 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    58 40 75

    Low confidence, 9 predictions resolved. From 2 documents, 2007 to 2010; 19 documents sampled from 31 candidates found.

    Not scored: 46 unresolvable, 1 checkable only against their own records. 15 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

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All types combined: 70 (likely 62 to 77, high confidence), from 52 claims: 43 factual claims, 9 predictions. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Vinod Khosla's claims

22 claims

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VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Own records only Factual 9 Apr 2024 After moving to America, Khosla got to know Andy Grove fairly well and told him the story of reading about him in magazines. Factual · 9 Apr 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 9 Apr 2024 In 2007 Khosla called Andy Grove and asked him to speak to Khosla Ventures' founders. Factual · 9 Apr 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 9 Apr 2024 Used magazines rented in old Delhi during Khosla's youth came from the U.S. and Europe and were therefore dated. Factual · 9 Apr 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 9 Apr 2024 When Andy Grove said he would talk about why electric vehicles are better than biofuels, Khosla told him to go ahead. Factual · 9 Apr 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 24 Feb 2020 Khosla Ventures does not allow IRR calculations when making an investment and never looks at them. Factual · 24 Feb 2020 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 24 Feb 2020 Khosla Ventures did not sell many of its portfolio companies and held on to them. Factual · 24 Feb 2020 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 24 Feb 2020 Vinod Khosla does not attend many board meetings now. Factual · 24 Feb 2020 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 24 Feb 2020 When investing in Impossible Foods, Khosla Ventures made clear it would pass up profit rather than sell the company to a food company that might divert its mission. Factual · 24 Feb 2020 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 24 Feb 2020 Vinod Khosla interviews roughly eight to ten people a week, mostly for Khosla Ventures portfolio companies. Factual · 24 Feb 2020 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 15 Jun 2019 Most of a conversation centered on Vinod Khosla's 2017 piece and his 2014 piece on the need to worry about increasing income disparity. Factual · 15 Jun 2019 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 14 Jan 2014 To the best of Khosla's knowledge, more than 90% of funding for the Khosla Ventures cleantech portfolio has come from private sources. Factual · 14 Jan 2014 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 14 Jan 2014 Khosla Ventures strongly opposed Range Fuels' decision to take federal loan money. Factual · 14 Jan 2014 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 14 Jan 2014 Khosla Ventures expects 50 percent of its portfolio companies to make money, and its cleantech portfolio is currently profitable. Factual · 14 Jan 2014 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 7 Dec 2013 Khosla Ventures considers long tenure at a big company such as Hewlett-Packard or Cisco a negative when hiring. Factual · 7 Dec 2013 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 7 Dec 2013 Vinod Khosla has never calculated IRR when making an investment. Factual · 7 Dec 2013 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla told his investors when starting the fund that they were non-fiduciary investors and not to count on them being fiduciary. Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 23 Dec 2010 The capital needed for Khosla's clean tech and main tech portfolio companies to reach cash-flow break even, IPO or sale is no different from that of his information technology and telecom investments over 15 years at Kleiner. Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Economics and markets
Own records only Prediction 23 Dec 2010 Khosla's lighting companies and air-conditioning companies will each need $50 million to break even. Prediction · 23 Dec 2010 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla Ventures has plenty of money to invest and probably made more investments in 2010 than in 2009, and more in 2009 than in 2008. Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 23 Dec 2010 Khosla reviewed two dozen algae business plans and found that none works. Factual · 23 Dec 2010 Technology
Own records only Factual 29 Sep 2010 Vinod Khosla does not invest in anything that cannot achieve market competitiveness within five years. Factual · 29 Sep 2010 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Sep 2007 Khosla invests in all energy approaches he thinks might be viable. Factual · 28 Sep 2007 Their own work or organisation
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Vinod Khosla

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Factual Their own work or organisation

“Once I moved to America and began my journey, I got to know Andy pretty well and told him that story.”

Vinod Khosla, writing a letter reply 9 April 2024 Letters to a Young Founder: Vinod Khosla (The Generalist)

After moving to America, Khosla got to know Andy Grove fairly well and told him the story of reading about him in magazines.

Own records only Only the person's or their organisation's own records speak to it, so it is not scored.

Reasoning

Private conversation between Khosla and Grove.

Cite this claim

Vinod Khosla, “After moving to America, Khosla got to know Andy Grove fairly well and told him the story of reading about him in magazines.” (said 9 April 2024). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_215bf96e6d33, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_215bf96e6d33

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