OpenAI backer Vinod Khosla on why all the executive departures may be a good thing, taking on Elon Musk, and fixing AI's image problem

Erin Beach

Billionaire Vinod Khosla, 69, one of the most successful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley history, first blogged about the tremendous potential of AI in 2012. When OpenAI switched from a non-profit to a "capped-profit" company in 2018, he put his money where his mouth was when Khosla Ventures stepped forward with the first check.