In the battle to bring ousted founder Sam Altman back to OpenAI, Microsoft and Satya Nadella hold the trump cards The company doesn't have a seat on the board. What it does have is arguably more powerful. Fortune · Nov 19, 2023
Former Googler Adrian Aoun raises $100 million for walk-in AI healthcare pods Health tech startup Forward plans to roll out the CarePod in several US cities, backed by a fresh round of funding from Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Softbank, and Samsung Next. Fortune · Nov 15, 2023
Vinod Khosla on climate tech investing: Think bigger, think riskier Speaking at Fortune’s Global Sustainability Forum, Vinod Khosla said the venture capital industry has a responsibility to find and fund “instigators of change”—the entrepreneurs who can almost single-handedly bring carbon-reducing tech to the mainstream. Fortune · Sep 28, 2023
A top venture capitalist says China's ability to take risks and make more mistakes with A.I. tech could give it an edge against the U.S. Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures, one of OpenAI's early investors, says that beyond the U.S.-China tech rivalry, it's also about the values each country represents. Fortune · May 5, 2023
OpenAI’s first VC backer weighs in on generative A.I. Founding general partner Samir Kaul is convinced A.I. could transform every sector of our lives. Fortune · Feb 2, 2023
This Carbon Solutions Firm Looks To Go Public Via $2.2B SPAC Merger With AMCI LanzaTech NZ Inc looks to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) AMCI Acquisition Corp II (NASDAQ:AMCIW), the Wall Street Journal reports. The SPAC deal values the carbon-capture and transformation company at ~$2.2 billion. LanzaTech traps carbon emitted during industrial processes and uses bacteria to convert the waste gas into sustainable… Benzinga · Mar 8, 2022