Private American venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, backing early-stage tech startups
NFL owners approve the Seattle Seahawks sale to a Vinod Khosla-led group for $9.612 billion, a record franchise deal. The estate of Paul Allan arranged terms in July following the late owner’s wishes. The move cements Khosla’s long-term plans: keep winning, pursue another Super Bowl, and learn from management as the new stewardship begins.
Apple has introduced Reference Image, a feature for the iPhone 18 Pro that signs sensor data to produce an unalterable reference image. The tool lets users compare the original photo with later edits to verify authenticity, and will support Google SynthID in a software update later this year.
A wave of new AI-focused funding signals a shift toward enterprise-ready solutions. BAG Ventures raises a new fund to back AI-native startups, Dorm Room Fund expands with a $50 million AI-aligned pool, and Ema secures growth funding to expand multi-agent workflows. Spellbook appoints a new CMO as the legal AI space grows. Together, these moves indicate a push toward integrated, outcome-driven AI in businesses.
Factory AI and Cognition remain at odds over confidential information and board-level conflicts. Vinod Khosla has publicly criticized Factory while investors debate the implications for valuations and competitive dynamics in AI coding tools.
A wave of multi-million-dollar rounds in robotics and AI-enabled hardware signals a push to bring ‘physical AI’ into real-world production. Companies from Multiply Labs to FieldAI and SiMa.ai are racing to scale their robot-centric platforms, with strategic rounds aimed at forging scalable, cost-effective manufacturing and autonomous systems.
Amazon has appointed Pedram Rezaei, a former Microsoft executive who spent two decades on training foundation models, as a Distinguished Engineer for its Agentic AI and Emerging Technologies group. Rezaei will focus on Quick and Kiro, respectively AWS’s AI assistant and an AI-powered coding tool, as Amazon accelerates its AI strategy.