Samir Kaul is a Founding Partner at Khosla Ventures who personally led the firm's very early, outsized bet on OpenAI, cutting what's been described as the first and largest check into the company at the time. He started his career in genomic sciences at Craig Venter's Institute for Genomic Research before moving into business, giving him hands-on genomics experience that he brings to evaluating complex biotech, health, and deep-tech companies. Samir Kaul is a Founding Partner at Khosla Ventures who personally led the firm's very early, outsized bet on OpenAI, cutting what's been described as the first and largest check into the company at the time. He started his career in genomic sciences at Craig Venter's Institute for Genomic Research before moving into business, giving him hands-on genomics experience that he brings to evaluating complex biotech, health, and deep-tech companies.