Sven Strohband is a Partner at Khosla Ventures who was the lead engineer on Stanford's "Stanley" autonomous vehicle team that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, giving him deep hands-on experience in robotics and autonomous systems that most VCs lack. He serves as Khosla Ventures' internal CTO and technical lead, helping founding teams think through complex engineering problems like architecture and simulation frameworks rather than focusing only on business strategy. Sven Strohband is a Partner at Khosla Ventures who was the lead engineer on Stanford's "Stanley" autonomous vehicle team that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge, giving him deep hands-on experience in robotics and autonomous systems that most VCs lack. He serves as Khosla Ventures' internal CTO and technical lead, helping founding teams think through complex engineering problems like architecture and simulation frameworks rather than focusing only on business strategy.