Khosla Partner Reflects on Investing in Cognition: Betting on Team Building
JohnnyNi13 · x · 2026-08-06
Nikita Bier of Khosla Ventures reshared news of AI coding company Cognition bringing on a new executive, reflecting on Khosla's original investment thesis. He noted that partner Jon Chu wrote the first check primarily because of his belief in founder Scott Wu's ability to assemble an 'Avengers' level team.
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