OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla, a vocal Trump critic, agrees with the president on AI and China: ‘We are in a techno-economic war’

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has not been shy in criticizing Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, climate change and diplomacy. In 2024, he said the then presidential-candidate had “depraved values.” 

But the billionaire Khosla, who acknowledges he is on the president’s “sh-tlist,” places himself in Trump’s corner on one key issue: AI policy and China.

“We are in a techno-economic war with China,” Khosla, who founded both Sun Microsystems and Khosla Ventures, said to...