In this episode of Minus One, Vinod Khosla joins Aditya Agarwal to reflect on his four-decade journey shaping Silicon Valley.
They discuss making high-conviction bets, why the team you build becomes the company you build, Khosla’s first investment in OpenAI, and why he is convinced that AGI sits among us now.
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- Vinod Khosla- https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinod-khosla-65387416/
- Aditya Agarwal- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/
- South Park Commons – https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/
00:00 Trailer
00:58 Introduction
01:53 Aligned values
07:59 The early conviction
11:29 Did Silicon Valley lost its edge?
14:46 10x better
16:21 Top down or bottoms up
19:45 What does a great investor look like
23:17 What's not going well
25:41 AI and a belief system
38:23 AGI and the future generation
40:46 Reasoning model
46:55 Consequences of success
49:24 Questions and answers
55:57 Outro
