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Few figure in the tech industry have earned the storeyed reputation of Vinod Khosla , founding father and partner at Khosla Ventures . For over 40 long time , he has been at the center of Silicon Valley , building or backing some of the expectant , most influential tech companies . His life history stems from his days as founder of Sun Microsystems and spans decade of venture investment . Khosla ’s firm today is make out for its stake in companies like Affirm , Block , DoorDash , GitLab , Okta , and Opendoor , to name a few of the hundred of successful portfolio companies .
These days , he ’s at the center of OpenAI as one of the first VCs to back the company , publish a $ 50 million chip back in 2019 , age before ChatGPT capture the world ’s attention .
Always future focused , Khosla will be our guest for a must - see keynote session atTechCrunch Disrupt 2024 this October , where he ’ll discourse the major engineering science style changing our lives .
Khosla believes artificial intelligence will transfer the social organisation of human society , enabling 7 billion people to live the way 700 million do . He sees a future where AI allow unlimited physician , teacher , and laborers . And he ’s endow in technology that change our food for thought and the economy to produce it , that acquire new drugs and therapies , and in young construction and manufacturing material .
This wave of change will come with its bent of consequence , he warns : job deracination , unfairness , panic monger and misplaced regulation .
But in the end he say he ’s affirmative about what ’s possible , and to those who want to be part of this powerful new future , he will share advice on what they must do now .
Do n’t miss the chance to hear from Vinod Khosla live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024.Secure your just the ticket by May 31 to save up to $ 800 . Be trusted to check out more speakers here , and last out tuned for more self-aggrandizing - name announcements .
