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Kanu Gulati

Kanu Gulati

Investor atKhosla VenturesFirm active Oct 8California
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Kanu Gulati is a Partner at Khosla Ventures, investing in AI, enterprise applications, infrastructure, robotics, and autonomous systems. She has over 10 years of operating experience and has co-founded multiple companies.

What Kanu can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Khosla Ventures writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Khosla Ventures.

Career

  1. Intel · research scientist
  2. Cadence · research scientist
  3. Heavy.ai · founding / early engineer
  4. Spyglass · founding / early engineer
  5. Nascentric · founding / early engineer
  6. Khosla Ventures · Partner
    Now
  7. OmniSci · founding / early engineer
  8. Atrenta · founding / early engineer

Companies founded

Heavy.aiSpyglassNascentricOmniSciAtrenta

Investments named in public bios

PolyAIFieldAIAlephPoint One NavigationWindborneKognitosZendarNomagicWaabiGenesis AIZordiMimica

Focus

enterprise applicationsinfrastructureairoboticsautonomous systems

Education

Texas A&M University, Ph.D. and master’s degree in electrical and computer engineeringUniversity of Delhi, bachelor’s degree in computer engineeringHarvard Business School, MBA

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Who is Kanu Gulati?

Kanu Gulati is a Partner at Khosla Ventures, investing in AI, enterprise applications, infrastructure, robotics, and autonomous systems. She has over 10 years of operating experience and has co-founded multiple companies.

How much does Kanu Gulati invest?

Kanu Gulati invests through Khosla Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Kanu Gulati?

A warm intro from a founder Khosla Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.

What did Kanu Gulati do before Khosla Ventures?

research scientist at Intel; research scientist at Cadence; founding / early engineer at Heavy.ai; founding / early engineer at Spyglass; founding / early engineer at Nascentric; founding / early engineer at OmniSci; founding / early engineer at Atrenta.

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