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Khosla Ventures

Investor www.khoslaventures.com ● Covered in 13 stories + Follow ✴ AI Graph

Khosla Ventures is an investor that has backed multiple early-stage AI companies across areas including software development agents, security, and compliance. In recent coverage, it led Mara’s $7M pre-seed round for an autonomous counter-drone system and backed Dili’s $15M Series A for applying AI to infrastructure compliance, as well as co-leading funding for Discovery Loop and contributing to Corma’s $60M seed round focused on AI-trained cyber defenses.

Updated 17 September 2026

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9 investments

Investment activity

As of 17 Sep 2026 · Source-backed invests-in relationships tracked from this investor.

Jul 2026 → Sep 2026

Coverage span

As of 17 Sep 2026 · First to most recent month of TLDRocket coverage of this entity.

Management

updated 5 Aug 2026

+ 28 more tracked

Portfolio

Sakana AI Discovery Loop Factory Profound Corma Mara Mariana Minerals Dili Norm Ai

Latest developments

Factory raises $200M for its self-improving software development platform SiliconANGLE · 1 day ago · 50
Profound raises $180M to boost brands’ visibility in AI services SiliconANGLE · 1 day ago · 29 Mara raises $7M to stop ongoing FPV-drone nightmare Startups Magazine · 19
Mara raises $7 million for autonomous defense against FPV drones Trending Topics · 3 weeks ago · 26
Sanja Fidler’s world model startup Veeda AI raises $90M in seed funding SiliconANGLE · 4 weeks ago · 37 Exclusive: Corma raises $60M from Sequoia, Khosla Ventures for AI trained to defend against cyberattacks Fortune · 37
Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup TechCrunch · 1 month ago · 45 To power AI, Khosla and a16z bet this startup can reinvent mining Fortune · 7

Timeline

Month Quarter Year

September 2026

Khosla Ventures invests in Factory Funding

Khosla Ventures invests in Profound Funding

Profound raises a $180 million Series D at a $1.8 billion valuation led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Funding

Factory raised $200 million in funding to expand its AI agent platform for end-to-end software development workflows Funding

August 2026

Khosla Ventures invests in Mara Funding

Mara raises a $7 million pre-seed round to develop and deploy an autonomous system for intercepting small FPV drones Funding

Corma raised $60 million from Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures to develop and deploy AI security agents for defensive cybersecurity Funding

Google announced a restructuring of its AI leadership, with Demis Hassabis stepping back from day-to-day DeepMind leadership and Jeff Dean and other senior researchers leaving to launch Discovery Loop Executive move

Khosla Ventures invests in Mariana Minerals Funding

July 2026

Sakana AI raises $200 million Series A funding led by NEA, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital Funding

Construction robotics companies Monumental and Hyperion Robotics secure funding to expand autonomous building automation Funding

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