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. Connect with us here: 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
