{"id":39103,"date":"2025-09-23T16:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/39103\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:29:08","slug":"vinod-khosla-at-disrupt-2025-ai-moonshots-and-startup-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/39103\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinod Khosla at Disrupt 2025: AI, Moonshots, and Startup Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few investors speak as bluntly \u2014 or think as big \u2014 as Vinod Khosla. The Khosla Ventures\u2019<\/a> founder has never shied away from calling out hype, doubling down on ambitious bets, and pushing founders to look beyond incremental progress.<\/p>\n

\"TechCrunch<\/a><\/p>\n

This October at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/a>, happening October 27-29 at San Francisco\u2019s Moscone West, Khosla will return to the Disrupt Stage<\/a> for a fireside chat that promises insight, provocation, and inspiration. In a session overflowing with experience and hard-won lessons, he will share his unvarnished take on the world 15 years from now \u2014 a future he believes will be defined by unprecedented abundance, massive job displacement, and transformational change across every sector. This is advice entrepreneurs need to hear \u2014 not just what they want to hear \u2014 to build enduring companies in turbulent times.<\/p>\n

Seats at the Disrupt Stage will fill fast \u2014 don\u2019t get stuck outside. This is a can\u2019t-miss session, and you can still lock in your savings. Register by September 26<\/a> at 11:59 p.m. PT to save up to $668.<\/p>\n

Vinod Khosla returns to Disrupt with candid insights and bold predictions<\/p>\n

At last year\u2019s Disrupt, Khosla\u2019s session<\/a> drew a packed audience and sparked headlines, reflecting his rare ability to combine candid critique with visionary thinking. From evaluating ideas to navigating real-world challenges, Khosla will leave founders and investors alike with actionable insights that can\u2019t be found in a pitch deck or a startup handbook.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Image Credits:Kimberly White \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

About Vinod Khosla<\/p>\n

Vinod Khosla<\/a> is the founder of Khosla Ventures, which invests across AI, climate, healthcare, and frontier technologies. He has backed transformational companies while challenging founders to think bigger and bolder than anyone else. His past sessions at Disrupt sparked widely-read TechCrunch stories:<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll walk away with insights from the VC legend<\/p>\n

How AI is reshaping everything (and why there is still plenty of opportunity to seize)<\/p>\n

What it takes to think and build beyond incremental gains<\/p>\n

How transformational founders navigate turbulence and scale for impact<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss Vinod Khosla live, and your last chance to save $668<\/p>\n

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 brings together over 10,000 startup founders, investors, and innovators. Don\u2019t miss this chance to hear directly from one of tech\u2019s most legendary investors. Register now for Disrupt 2025<\/a> and save up to $668 before savings ends September 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few investors speak as bluntly \u2014 or think as big \u2014 as Vinod Khosla. The Khosla Ventures\u2019 founder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,35696,111,139,69,35694,35695,10629,145],"class_list":["post-39103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-disrupt2025","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tech-crunch","tag-tech-crunch-disrupt","tag-techcrunch-disrupt-2025","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}