Khosla stated his agency, Khosla Ventures, inspired founders of its portfolio corporations to depart all the pieces however three months of funds in Silicon Valley Financial institution. “We didn’t need to trigger a financial institution run,” he stated in an interview on Bloomberg Tv on Friday. “Sadly, all our friends didn’t do the identical.”
US authorities have opened investigations into the financial institution’s collapse. Khosla stated he’s encouraging corporations to place their a refund into SVB as a result of “cash is protected” there, with the establishment underneath authorities management.
Khosla was talking days earlier than he heads to Washington for a dinner with lawmakers to debate “our expertise race and financial conflict with China.” He stated the occasion was arrange “lengthy earlier than present occasions” and “it’s not likely associated to TikTok.” TikTok, owned by Chinese language mother or father firm ByteDance Ltd., is underneath growing strain from US lawmakers, who’ve mentioned banning the app within the US altogether.
The dinner, earlier reported by the Wall Avenue Journal, known as the Hill & Valley Discussion board, and will likely be attended by different tech leaders, together with Peter Thiel.
“It’s associated to the bigger technological race we have now for international expertise energy,” Khosla stated. “Many people really feel the US, and the Western world normally, ought to put money into expertise.”
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