Uncapped #40 | Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

Uncapped #40 | Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois from Khosla Ventures

From Uncapped with Jack Altman by Alt Capital

January 21, 2026 · 1h 5m

About this episode

Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois discuss their experiences and insights in venture capital and technology investments.

Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois are Managing Directors at Khosla Ventures. Vinod is an entrepreneur, investor and technologist. In 2004, Vinod formed Khosla Ventures to focus on both for-profit and social impact investments that have included OpenAI, Stripe, DoorDash, Commonwealth Fusion Systems and many more. Vinod previously co-founded Daisy Systems, the first significant computer-aided design system for electrical engineers, which led to an IPO. He later went on to co-found Sun Microsystems in 1982, serving as its first chairman and CEO. After joining Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers (KPCB), Vinod incubated the idea for Juniper Networks to take on Cisco System’s dominance of the router market. Keith is also currently the CEO of OpenStore and led the first institutional investments in DoorDash, Affirm, and Faire, invested early in Stripe, and co-founded Opendoor. While a General Partner at Founders Fund, he led investments in Ramp, Trade Republic, and Aven, and before that made early personal investments in YouTube, Airbnb, Palantir, Lyft, Udemy, and Eventbrite. Keith started his career in leadership roles at PayPal and LinkedIn before becoming COO of Square. --- Timestamps…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Altman

Guests: Vinod Khosla, Keith Rabois

Topics covered

  • venture capital
  • entrepreneurship
  • AI
  • investing strategies
  • founder qualities
  • technology trends

Keywords

  • Khosla Ventures
  • Vinod Khosla
  • Keith Rabois
  • investing
  • AI companies
  • founders
  • technology
  • venture capital

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Khosla Ventures, OpenAI, Stripe, DoorDash, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Daisy Systems, Sun Microsystems, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, Juniper Networks, OpenStore

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