Societal Innovation

Bloomberg Green | Vinod Khosla on Green Tech Investment
Vinod joins Bloomberg’s Akshat Rathi at Bloomberg Green Seattle to discuss climate tech investing and the breakthrough technologies poised to drive future growth.
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Vinod Khosla on how the anti-green agenda could help climate tech
Climate-tech innovation and reshoring help America in the global battle for manufacturing supremacy, and in building the economic power that comes from technological superiority, even in Donald Trump’s “don’t believe in climate change” era...
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Creating Stars in a Bottle: The Race to Commercialize Fusion Energy | Vinod Khosla & Bob Mumgaard
Vinod Khosla and Bob Mumgaard discuss how advances in fusion technology could soon deliver abundant, clean energy to power industries from AI to agriculture.
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The Opportunity for AI in Healthcare is here now!
I. The opportunity AI affords us to radically improve healthcare and create a trillion dollar companyIn the US it is generally recognized that (1) costs are high and (2) outcomes could be much better. I contend that AI will materially help with both.In my 2016 piece, “20% Doctor Included,”...
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Is the world ready for the transformational power of fusion? 
Imagine: One day in the early 2030s, an engineer at a newly constructed power plant near Richmond, Virginia, in the United States, will press a button. It will ignite the same reaction that takes place in our sun’s core...
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Masters of Scale | 12 entrepreneurs can address society’s toughest issues
At the Masters of Scale Summit, Vinod Khosla shares his “Instigator Thesis,” arguing that a dozen bold entrepreneurs can solve the climate crisis by transforming key sectors...
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Fixing Healthcare | FHC #153: Vinod Khosla on AI, disruption & the future of medicine
In the latest episode of Fixing Healthcare, hosts Dr. Robert Pearl and Jeremy Corr welcome back Vinod Khosla, legendary investor and co-founder of Sun Microsystems, to discuss the transformative impact...
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Heartland Summit | Preparing for a Future in Healthcare Shaped by AI
Vinod Khosla and Eric Larsen of TowerBrook Advisors discuss how AI is poised to revolutionize healthcare at the Heartland Summit.
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‘An opportunity for radical change’: How leaders can realize an AI-powered future for health care
At Health Evolution’s annual Summit, CEOs from leading health systems, health plans, and life sciences companies, as well as select policymakers, investors, retailers, and technology...
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ASU+GSV 2024 | Tech Legend and AI Visionary Vinod Khosla with Forbes’ Rich Karlgaard
Vinod joins Rich Karlgaard of Forbes to share his views on how AI can transform the future of education.
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Marketplace | What it means for nations to have “AI sovereignty”
In this episode of Marketplace Tech, Vinod joins reporter Lily Jamali to share how customizing large language models (LLMs) to fit specific countries' AI systems...
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Vinod Khosla — Silicon Valley legend and early investor in OpenAI — on the coming AI revolution in medicine
In this edition of "Lessons from the C-suite," Advisory Board’s Eric Larsen sits down with Vinod Khosla, founder and president of Khosla Ventures and prolific...
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Business Trip | Investing in Neurotech 101: Alex Morgan of Khosla Ventures
In this episode the Business Trip, KV Partner Alex Morgan discusses his perspectives on the neurotech landscape and other essential business strategy topics. Listen to...
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Unplugged Insights with Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla joins Atul Satija, CEO of Give, for a fireside chat at the 2023 India Philanthropy Summit where they discuss philanthropy and technology.
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This is Climate: Innovating Solutions
From renewable energy to electric vehicles to artificial intelligence, innovative technologies are being deployed and scaled in new ways to slow the effects of climate...
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Exponentially | Inside Tech’s Fight Against Climate ChangeExponentially with Azeem Azhar
Vinod joins Azeem Azhar in this episode of Exponentially to discuss the importance of technology and innovation to reach net-zero emissions.
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Fortune | Global Sustainability Forum 2023
Vinod joins executives and leaders across sectors to discuss the future of sustainability and the green economy. Courtesy of Fortune.
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Future of Britain | How Will Technology Help Fight Climate Change?
Samir Kaul joins Michelle You, CEO of Supercritical, and reporter Jon Sopel at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Future Of Britain conference to...
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Down to Zero Podcast | Chase Value, Not Valuation
In this episode, Rajesh Swaminathan shares his views on climate - from why Climate 1.0 was not a failure to which 12 sectors within climate...
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TEDxBoston | World Needs 12 Good Instigators to Address Climate Change
Vinod Khosla, Partner at Khosla Ventures, provides a powerful overview of what is needed to address climate change. He says the world needs 12 good...
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What AI is Making Possible
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and Chief Scientist at OpenAI, sits down with Sven Strohband to discuss AGI, LLMs and more.
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Is Aging Solvable?
Matt Kaeberlein, Chief Science Officer of Optispan, explores the science behind aging and the potential strategies to enhance healthspan.
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Imagination in Action | Vinod's vision for Artificial Intelligence
In this talk, Vinod focuses on the transformative potential of AI and the pivotal role it will play in shaping the future.
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ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit | Vinod Khosla
At the 2023 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, renowned businessman and investor Vinod Khosla delivers a keynote address on “getting climate right” and how technology developed...
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Why Entrepreneurs Ignore an Aging America - At Their Peril
After tennis great Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis, she tweeted out an article from Joseph Coughlin, head of the MIT AgeLab. Williams said...
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Strata Rx | A Conversation with Vinod Khosla and Tim O'Reilly
Vinod Khosla and Tim O’Reilly on the future of healthcare, the shift from the practice of medicine to the science of medicine, and the disruption...
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Jeff Wilke: From Amazon Exec to Rebuilding American Manufacturing
When Jeff Wilke left Amazon in 2021, where - since 2016 - he had served as CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, his next chapter could...
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Siddhartha Mukherjee and Anand Parikh On A New Way To Fight Cancer
More than 50 years ago, President Nixon announced a moonshot to cure cancer. But the cure never came. More than half a million Americans still...
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Why Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar Took A Big Career Risk
When Sarah Friar quit as the CFO of Square, CEO Jack Dorsey wasn't thrilled. But she felt compelled to take the leap. Friar explains why...
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Can We Replace Every Coal Plant by 2040?
Bob Mumgaard, CEO of Commonwealth Fusion, sits down with Vinod Khosla to discuss fusion - both where we are today and the progress he expects...
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How A Tough 2022 Could Reshape Biotech
From massive supply chain issues to wary investors, 2022 is turning out to be a tough year for biotech. But it's also a sector that's...
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Financial Times | Vinod Khosla: AI and climate investors can help western values win out 
This post also appears in the Financial Times. As the US and China rivalry intensifies, Vinod Khosla argues breakthrough technologies - especially in AI and...
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MIT's Angela Belcher on Cancer, Green Synthesis, and Getting Inventions to Market
About a decade ago, when the President of MIT approached Angela Belcher about doing cancer research, Belcher turned her down. After all, Belcher is a...
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Can a Burger Save Us?
Patrick Brown makes burgers for a living, but he’ll tell you without hesitation: he has no interest in making burgers. So how did a Stanford...
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Can Batteries Solve Everything?
You want to do what’s right for the planet. So you buy an all-electric car. Right? Well..
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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.
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Turning Pollution into Jet Fuel (and Yoga Pants)
Sure, lots of business leaders have big dreams. But when Jennifer Holmgren tells you she wants to turn pollution into both jet fuel and yoga...
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What Smart Companies Know about Working with the Government
Silicon Valley and Washington, D. C., aren't always two peas in a pod. The "move fast, break things" approach may not square with a cautious-at-all-costs...
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How AI Destroys Businesses... and Creates New Ones
Artificial intelligence is upending the way business is done, and shifting who has the advantage. We talk with Harvard Business School's Karim Lakhani about why...
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MIT Media Lab | AI for Impact with Vinod Khosla
Join Vinod Khosla as he shares his views on technology and AI and how he envisions it changing the future.
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Venture capital accelerates food technology innovation
Start-ups are now the predominant source of innovation in all categories of food technology. Venture capital can accelerate innovation by enabling start-ups to pursue niche...
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Fixing Healthcare | How Venture-backed Tech is Transforming U.S. Healthcare
Hear Vinod Khosla’s thoughts on technology, the venture world, and it’s influence on healthcare as he discusses the topic of “Fixing Healthcare” with Robert Pearl....
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Vinod Khosla: Hubris and Paranoia | UCSF The Health Technology Podcast
Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures and cofounder of Sun Microsystems. Vinod is an entrepreneur, investor, and technologist as well as a mentor to entrepreneurs...
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Fortune Brainstorm Health | Investing in Resilience
Join the conversation with Vinod Khosla and Christina Farr as they discuss important topics including the pandemic and the dire situation in India, climate change,...
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Startup Health | Investing in the Future of Healthcare & Moonshot Thinking
The global pandemic ushered in a new era of health innovation. Join StartUp Health founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes for an interactive Fireside Chat...
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NeurIPS | AI, Can it be a Climate Changer?
Join Vinod Khosla as he discusses AI and climate change at the 2020 NeurIPS Conference.
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A Few Critical Climate Technology Breakthroughs Multiplied by “Instigators” is Desperately Needed
This post also appears on Medium. 12–15 entrepreneurs, driven by entrepreneurial energy and passion for a vision, and a little bit of luck, could change the...
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ApplySci Silicon Valley | Vinod Khosla and Lisa Weiner Intrator on Deep Tech Health
Vinod Khosla and Lisa Weiner, Curator of ApplySci, have a wide ranging discussion on the role of AI in the future of healthcare.
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MIS2019 | Fireside Chat with Vinod Khosla & Dr. Toby Cosgrove
In this video, Vinod Khosla speaks with Toby Cosgrove, Executive Advisor at the Cleveland Clinic, about the future of healthcare.
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Tough Tech Summit | Vinod Khosla chat with Katie Rae
Vinod Khosla sits with Katie Rae, CEO and Managing Partner at MIT’s The Engine, to discuss the firm’s investment thesis of societal reinvention and the...
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A Glimpse into the Future
Vinod Khosla sits down with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, to discuss the company’s ambitions in building an intelligence that is smarter and more capable...
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Stanford Seminar in Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare with Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla discusses the future of healthcare investing and the impact AI will have on the sector, from doctors day-to-day responsibilities to patient outcomes.
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Reinventing Societal Infrastructure with Technology
As a technology optimist I like to say, “what can be imagined technologically reasonably can be invented” is more true than not and more a...
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AIMA: 2nd US - India Conference | Imagine Harnessing Tech to make a Better World with Vinod Khosla and Sunil Kant Munjal
Hear from Vinod Khosla on pushing entrepreneurs to excellence, the innovation mindset, and how entrepreneurs can use technology to invent the future they want.
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Economics of AI Workshop | AI: Musings of a Technology Optimist
Vinod Khosla talks about the AI revolution, including its broad implications and the large structural changes it will catalyze across industries.
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AI: Scary for the Right Reasons
This post also appears on Hackernoon. Artificial intelligence, AI, has grabbed headlines, hype, and even consternation at the beast we are unleashing. Every powerful technology...
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"20 Percent Doctor Included" & Dr. Algorithm:
Healthcare has a radical opportunity to reinvent itself. Healthcare today often results in suboptimal patient outcomes despite doctors doing the best they can within the...
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Google in the New Era of Computing
In this talk, hear from Google SVP, Sundar Pichai, as he discusses the evolution of new technology and how patterns of usage have shifted with...
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TechCrunch | The Reinvention of Medicine: Dr. Algorithm v0-v7 and Beyond
This post also appears on TechCrunch. The “practice of medicine” developed through tradition and the experiential evolution of best practices with small-scale medical research studies...
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Fireside Chat with Google Co-Founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Larry Page and Sergey Brin sit down with Vinod Khosla to discuss a wide range of topics including the acquisition that never was, why computers...
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Rockefeller University Insight Lecture Series | 2030: 20-percent doctor included?
"Silicon Valley is not a place but a state of mind." – Vinod KhoslaIn this talk, Vinod will speak about the ways in which he's...
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New Solutions to Age Old Problems
In this video, hear from Jay Kimmelman, the co-founder and CEO of Bridge International Academies as he discusses how to disrupt the status quo in...
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Fortune | Technology Will Replace 80-Percent of What Doctors Do 
This post was also published by Fortune. Data-driven healthcare won't replace physicians entirely, but it will help those receptive to technology perform their jobs better....
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Forbes | The big green opportunity: Transforming clean tech into "main tech"
This post also appears in Forbes. Clean tech as we see it continues to be a large opportunity – one that we believe will create...
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Fireside Chat with Bill Gates
Vinod Khosla and Bill Gates sit down for a wide ranging discussion on everything from the possibilities of science-driven innovation, how the US can maintain...
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TechCrunch | Will We Need Teachers or Algorithms?
This article appears in the January 2012 issue of Tech Crunch here. Editor’s note: This is Part III of a guest post written by legendary...
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TechCrunch | Do we Need Doctors or Algorithms?
This article is also posted on TechCrunch. Editor’s note: This is Part II of a guest series written by legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla,...
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Forbes | Vinod Khosla’s “Fail” Strategy
In this video, Forbes' journalist, Kym McNicholas, talks with Vinod Khosla as he discusses ignoring experts, failure and the black swan thesis of energy transformation,...
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Forbes | Black Swan Thesis of Energy Transformation 
The looming twin challenges of climate change and energy production are too big to be tackled by known solutions and time-­‐honored traditions. Incremental remedies are...
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The Innovation Ecosystem
In this video, hear from John Hennessy, the President of Stanford University, as he discusses the innovation ecosystem - what is key to making it...
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Scientific American | In Search of the Radical Solution
This podcast appears on Scientific American. In a one-on-one dialogue, conducted before an audience of energy entrepreneurs and financiers at the recent GoingGreen conference in...
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Foreign Policy | Long Shots 
This article appears in the December 2010 issue of Foreign Policy here. Why throwing money at today's clean-energy technologies could keep us from discovering tomorrow's....
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Greentech Media | Corn Ethanol: Time to Move On 
This post also appears on greentechmedia. We are approaching the expiration of tax subsidies for corn ethanol. Established in 2004, the initial purpose of the...
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The Washington Post | A Simpler Path to Cutting Carbon Emissions
This post also appears in the The Washington Post. If our goal is carbon reduction, a cap-and-trade or carbon-pricing bill, with its likely compromises, would...
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Stanford Graduate School of Business: Green Tech Must First Make Economic Sense
Zero emission buildings and hybrid vehicles, have broad appeal, but any climate change solution must first make economic sense in order to truly be effective...
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Harvard Business Review | Reasons for long-term optimism about technology and the economy
This article is also published by Harvard Business Review. A Conversation with Vinod Khosla by Alison Berkley WagonfeldFrom Vinod Khosla’s perspective, the world’s economic future...
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Stanford Podcast | The Black Swans of Energy Invention
In this podcast with the Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner, hear from Vinod Khosla as he shatters conventional wisdom on energy reduction and instead encourages entrepreneurs to...
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The Architecture of Audacity: Assessing the Impact of the Microcredit Summit Campaign 
In 1997, a dozen heads of state joined almost 3,000 participants from 137 countries in Washington, D. C.for the world’s first Microcredit Summit. During the...
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A Model for Implementing the “Bicycle Commute Economy” 
The economic development of India’s 600 million strong rural population presents formidable challenges and also great opportunities. A model called RISC – Rural Infrastructural &...
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The Microcredit Summit Campaign as a Social Movement
The Microcredit Summit Campaign (‘the Campaign’) has played a lead role in advocating for microfinance as one of the most important strategies to reduce poverty....
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Microfinance: Enabling the Power of Ideas & Entrepreneurial Energy for the Other Half
In this deck, get Vinod Khosla’s perspective on micro finance and how it can enable entrepreneurial energy for the other half.
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