Mar 19, 2026
Interview with Vinod Khosla
A panel-style conversation on founder agency, AI-driven entrepreneurship, and why the right investors should act as venture assistants rather than passive capital providers.
Session overview
Max Keller speaks with Vinod Khosla about the traits that endure across platform shifts: agency, persistence, curiosity, strong first-principles thinking, and openness to challenge. The conversation then widens into AI's effect on company formation, the rise of micro-entrepreneurs, and the importance of surrounding founders with people who expand their thinking rather than reduce ambition.
Centers on agency, persistence, and curiosity as recurring traits of exceptional founders.
Explores how AI could enable far smaller teams to build companies with outsized revenue and leverage.
Makes the case that the best investors are venture assistants who challenge founders and sharpen their judgment.
Speakers
- Vinod Khosla
- Max Keller
- Simon Schminke
- Tom Henriksen