Samir Kaul @SamirKaul1 Twitter profile

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

Ignore the haters…. @onepeloton kept so many physically and mentally fit during the pandemic. I’m forever a fan and grateful

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@scottmcnealy @elonmusk @vkhosla @realDonaldTrump Comparing the 2 on family values? Cmon Scott. @vkhosla married his high school sweetheart (50 years plus together), would die for his 4 kids while Trump has 5 kids from 3 different women, sleeps with porn stars and hung out w Jeffrey Epstein. Not even close

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

Heard @rabois is willing to move from Miami to work on @nikitabier new startup

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Samir Kaul

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4 years

Here we go ⁦ @khoslaventures ⁩

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@MonicaCrowley Yikes I guess I’m living in a simulation bc I’m pretty sure I’m in Chicago right now w @JoshShapiroPA …stop the lies

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

So many people throw mud at us but how many are willing to risk their own personal balance sheet to make payroll. This is leadership, entrepreneurship and the spirit of Silicon Valley personified.

Vinod Khosla

@vkhosla

2 years

We offer "no terms" by not using our LP's capital. Personal loans going at our borrowing cost to our companies. We are covering those firms that can't because of their structure or are small. Need other LARGE VC firms to also step up, especially those taking home millions in fees

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Samir Kaul

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2 years

First met @zebulgar when he was @rabois chief of staff now I’m funding his startup…couldn’t be prouder though I wish he wore matching shoes 😜

Varda Space Industries

@VardaSpace

2 years

Varda has been awarded a $60m Air Force STRATFI contract to advance our nation’s hypersonic capabilities The Air Force will utilize our re-entry vehicle as a hypersonic test-bed while flying back to Earth after microgravity production

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@rabois This is going to be lots of fun! Now @rabois has to actually listen to me!!!

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3 years

@rabois You moved to Miami?

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Samir Kaul

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9 months

What a great 24 hours.. @UMichFootball wins the championship and I get to make fun of my good friend @rabois on a weekly basis again!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Again!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

⁦ @ImpossibleFoods ⁩ thanks to the team for a great 10 years! Best is yet to come

Venture capital floods into food-tech

Growing consumer interest in sustainable food has not escaped early-stage investors

www.ft.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Thanks ⁦ @JoshuaKushner ⁩, Mario and the team ⁦ @OscarHealth ⁩ for an amazing ride. Best is yet to come!

Oscar Health prices IPO at $39 and secures a $9.5B valuation | TechCrunch

Late last night Oscar Health, a tech-enabled medical insurance provider, priced its IPO at $39 per share. The final price came in $1 per share above its

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

@justindross Sort of…haven’t seen a sale where there isn’t a management carve out.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 months

Thank the @POTUS for his lifelong service as a civil servant. Joining many leaders in support of @VP

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2 years

Puja and I are thrilled to endow this professorship to further the connection between 2 centers of innovation ⁦ @harvardmed ⁩ ⁦ @G_Q_Daley ⁩ and ⁦ @HarvardHBS ⁩. Look forward to more fruitful collaborations in the future!

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@DavidSacks Why? If it leads to weak management people can choose not to own that stock. Free markets at work

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Here we go

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Proud seed investor @khoslaventures another 10 year plus bet which will be a big win for the planet and shareholders

TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

4 years

Mainspring Energy launches its flexible fuel generator with a $150 million NextEra Energy contract by @jshieber

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Samir Kaul

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4 years

Incubated at ⁦ @khoslaventures ⁩ nearly 12 years ago...Sometimes patience pays off...congrats to the whole team

Did QuantumScape Just Solve a 40-Year-Old Battery Problem?

Earlier this year, the startup claimed to have a revolutionary solid-state lithium-ion cell that could change EVs forever. Now it has data to prove it.

www.wired.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

Impossible's new vegan chicken has arrived. Here's where to get the nuggets in the Bay Area!! Another amazing no compromise product!!! ⁦ @ImpossibleFoods ⁩

Impossible’s new vegan chicken has arrived. Here’s where to get the nuggets in the Bay Area

The crispy plant-based nuggets from Impossible Foods are currently available at two Bay...

www.sfchronicle.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

Role model couple, entrepreneurs and most importantly humans ⁦ @mlevchin ⁩ ⁦ @nlevchin ⁩

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

Leadership. Say what you want but peoples character are always clearest at times like this. Proud to be @vkhosla partner for nearly 2 decades

Vinod Khosla

@vkhosla

3 years

The Khosla Family is adding $10m to @GiveIndia to it's previous commitment as a match and hoping others will join in this urgent need. There is large and very urgent needs & a day's delay costs lives. One day at one hospital without oxygen had 8 people die gasping for breadth!

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

Puja and I are proud to donate another 100k to our dear friend @chefjoseandres and @WCKitchen as they continue to provide much needed aid to Ukrainian refugees. Truly heroes all of them!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

5 years

So proud! Started as an idea in our offices 8 years ago with an amazing founder, scientist and visionary Pat Brown!

Burger King

@BurgerKing

5 years

a big deal just became a bigger deal. the Impossible Whopper is available nationwide starting 8/8.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

7 years

So excited for @RocketLab on this tremendous success

Upstart Electron rocket has made it to orbit for the first time

Space flight is getting more affordable. The Electron rocket, smaller and cheaper than most of its commercial competitors, has put three satellites into orbit

www.newscientist.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

7 years

1 in 6 people smoke, 90% want to quit but can't. Proud investor here hoping to save lives and reduce health care costs

Christina Farr

@chrissyfarr

7 years

The latest FDA approval for a digital therapeutic ->

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

This has been a life saver especially with the heat this summer! @eightsleep @m_franceschetti

Matteo Franceschetti

@m_franceschetti

3 years

BREAKING NEWS We are proud to announce that @eightsleep has raised a $86M Series C. Sleep hasn't changed for 1000s of years, until the Pod. This funding will unlock development of cutting-edge tech that tracks more bio signals & maximizes recovery & rest

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

End of an error

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Impossible Foods' business booms as demand for plant-based meat grows

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

@chamath @vkhosla His best quality IMHO is that he strives maniacally to be successful even when he was wrong at the outset. Most in his position favor ego over winning, he never does and happily admits when he is wrong.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

So much winning! Who else got impeached twice?

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

My respiratory rate down 7% using @eightsleep

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

6 years

Yep. World is coming to an end @rabois is retweeting Kanye

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

9 months

#1 @UMich

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

@drmikegoetsch @onepeloton I agree but many people were taking delight in the stock price collapsing. That’s easy to do from the peanut gallery and shows no respect for the entrepreneurs working hard to make such amazing products

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

7 years

Finally a tweet of my partner @rabois I totally agree with 😀

Keith Rabois

@rabois

7 years

Oldest tactic in a incumbent playbook: Announce vapor ware in a press release when a better startup approach is finishing a financing round.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Tomorrow for the first time in 4 years I can tell my kids to emulate the leaders in the White House. Wow

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

@rabois @Traba_Work @mike_sheb Another excellent ceo choosing me to keep @rabois in line in the board room

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Love partnering w @rabois on this one…at least now he has to at least pretend to listen to me!

Keith Rabois

@rabois

2 years

Excited to launch a solution for all the challenges of building a Shopify brand:

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

After 4 days away from @eightsleep …first night back 100% recovery and 99% on @whoop

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

5 years

⁦ @HarryStebbings ⁩ really enjoyed this chat w my friend Harry. Look forward to drinks in London!

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Samir Kaul

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4 years

Vote. Decency and democracy on the line. This one isn’t hard

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Fourth company I’ve invested in w Gilad. Change medicine by enabling people to affordably sequence their genome at their annual physical!

Khosla Ventures

@khoslaventures

2 years

Thrilled to be the first check in and back Gilad Almogy for the fourth time. @UltimaGenomics emerges from stealth to deliver the $100 genome. @SamirKaul1 #bold #early #impactful

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

From incubation to commercialization been a great journey with @MainspringEnrgy @BillGates and many others

Axios Pro

@AxiosPro

2 years

Mainspring raises $100M for linear generators from Bill Gates and others

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 months

⁦ @rabois ⁩ ⁦ @levie ⁩ ?

Republican leaders denounce Trump's dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters that anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view "are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States."

www.npr.org

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Incubated this bc of the frustration of having a severely asthmatic child and tired of oral steroids as the only option! Hope this succeeds and saves parents the heartache we had

Clinical-Stage Biotech Company Siolta Therapeutics Raises $30 Million

Clinical-stage biotech company Siolta Therapeutics announced it raised $30 million in Series B funding to support the clinical development of its lead product STMC-103H.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

I think shaking hands will make a comeback this summer

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

Amazing science and can change quality of life of so many on dialysis and long waitlists for organ transplantation

eGenesis

@eGenesisBio

4 years

We are excited to announce the completion of our $125M Series C financing. This financing enables us to advance our programs focused on kidney failure and type 1 diabetes into first-in-human studies. Read more:

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

⁦ @khoslaventures ⁩ ⁦ @StephenQuake ⁩ ⁦ @MirvieDx ⁩ landmark paper for womens health!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 months

@rabois You really entering a lying contest with trump as your first round pick?

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

@rabois @rabois works for me 4 days a year. Love it!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Now I have all my holiday presents planned! Thanks @m_franceschetti

Matteo Franceschetti

@m_franceschetti

2 years

BREAKING NEWS We just launched Pod 3 It’s an honor to bring you @eightsleep ’s most powerful Pod yet 🛌 More comfortable 🌀 2x number of sensors 🫀 Better biometric tracking 🦾 10x more computational power 📱 5G Wi-Fi compatible The future is here 🚀

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Samir Kaul

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4 years

Proud of this and renewed interest in sustainable technologies...called rao 30 days in a row to convince him to be ceo here!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Anyone else feel a quake in Menlo Park?

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

6 months

Got to hand it to governor of South Dakota she’s done what no one thought possible in uniting the country…no one likes someone who shoots their dog

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

7 years

Important mission awesome team!

Heidi Krauel Patel

@HeidiPatelSF

7 years

Only 5% of women-led seed funded companies ever go on to raise a Series B. Here’s to bucking the trend @ellikaplan !!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

@avichal @ElectricCapital @avichal and @ElectricCapital have been great partners and generous in teaching me tons about crypto. Excited and honored to be a supporter

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

No other athlete I enjoy watching more than @NickKyrgios

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

AR is the next platform. All we need is a better form factor!! ⁦ @MojoVisionInc ⁩

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

Riding my @onepeloton while watching @CobraKaiSeries on @netflix in solidarity

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Loved my conversation with @RachelleAkuffo on current state of play

Yahoo Finance

@YahooFinance

2 years

Almost half of all VC-backed companies banked with SVB. @khoslaventures managing director @SamirKaul1 shares how the firm reacted when the news came down and where sees the space moving forward without SVB:

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Samir Kaul

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1 year

@johncoogan @mike_sheb @Traba_Work @rabois So proud to back @mike_sheb and partner with @rabois again

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

@khoslaventures we support our companies continuing their banking relationship w SVB who have been incredible partners for decades

Hemant Taneja

@htaneja

2 years

At @generalcatalyst we are continuing to work actively with Silicon Valley Bank as are a number of other venture firms: @BessemerVP @GreylockVC @lightspeedvp @Lux_Capital @MayfieldFund @Redpoint @svangel @upfrontvc . We ask the rest of the global VC community to join us.

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@zebulgar Impressive meeting. Can’t believe I’m not shitposting @rabois and complementing @zebulgar .

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

8 years

Very proud of my partner @Rabois and team @Opendoor

Keith Rabois

@rabois

8 years

Excellent reporting by Forbes on the Opendoor story:

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

7 years

So proud of this team!

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1 year

@zebulgar Cmon @zebulgar you are a believer in science you can support someone who is running on a climate change hoax strategy? Hurricanes and tornadoes in your home state as we speak

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

@rabois Agree. Great list

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 months

@pejmannozad You are the American dream my friend We are lucky to have you here

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Excited for the team and proud to have led the series A

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

5 years

Hope more people understand now how underpaid and appreciated health care professionals and teachers are!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

This is exciting and made sweeter because invested w a bunch of friends and mentors ⁦ @Benioff ⁩ ⁦ @BillGates ⁩ ⁦ @AMECloudVC ⁩ ⁦ @drorberman ⁩

Vicarious Surgical Business Combination Approved | Vicarious Surgical

Vicarious Surgical to debut on NYSE as a disruptive next-generation surgical robotics company. Read the full press release here.

www.vicarioussurgical.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

This has changed my behavior more than any other tactic I’ve tried. Sleep more, drink less, lots of water… @eightsleep @m_franceschetti

Terra API

@TerraAPI

3 years

New Video Podcast 🎉 The CEO of @eightsleep - @m_franceschetti - one of the most iconic startups in our industry, on a discussion with @kyriakosel and @raoufyousfi15 about business, health, data and sleep.

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@micahjay1 Often times initial forays in new areas are tough but lay the groundwork for future success. Successes like $QS, @LanzaTech , @ImpossibleFoods and others more than make up for the losses. Too important a mission not to try.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 years

Backed Gilad 4 times!

Khosla Ventures

@khoslaventures

2 years

"We're in." @SamirKaul1 👇 @UltimaGenomics @nytimes

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Samir Kaul

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2 years

@Katie_Roof The top top companies will still get multiple termsheets and great terms…just now the top 10% not the top third as it’s been for some time

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@vkhosla Completely agree especially given @AnandWrites went to an elite private school Sidwell. Tuition is 50k/year

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

9 years

Delicious @ImpossibleFoods burger... Better burger for you and the world!

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

8 years

May the best burger win @ImpossibleFoods Impossible Burgers taste test

I tried the plant-based meat that Google wanted to buy and I never want to eat a 'real' hamburger...

Plant burgers that look, smell, sizzle, and taste like beef.

www.businessinsider.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

1 year

If active duty military personnel don’t get paid why do congressman @SpeakerMcCarthy

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

4 years

@zebulgar Don’t forget quantamscape

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Samir Kaul

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1 year

@zebulgar Well deserved congrats

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

3 years

@shawnarchen @danprimack No symptoms and gets antibody on day 1! How many of his constituents will have that kind of access as he continues to ban mask mandates! #hypocrite

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

7 years

This company has persevered and is delivering on their mission of providing better quality more affordable health care to the people. So proud of all they have accomplished

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@RocketLab When we seeded @RocketLab it was a super ambitious founder and paper prints, couldn’t be prouder of what this team has accomplished.

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

2 months

@rabois @growing_daniel @zebulgar Then most sure but not our guy David Weiden

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

8 years

Finally awesome Indian in Manhattan @IndianAccentNYC From Delhi to NYC: Midtown's Newest Restaurant

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Samir Kaul

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4 years

Congrats @sriramk look forward to working together on new opportunities

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

Waited over a year for my model X with the new steering wheel. Was well worth the wait Couldn’t be happier thanks @elonmusk @Tesla

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@zebulgar Thought you would do it in space?? Congrats

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Samir Kaul

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9 years

Great food, service and atmosphere...desperately needed and long overdue @BirdDogPaloAlto congrats @chamath

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

So excited for ⁦ @iorahealth ⁩!

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Samir Kaul

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4 years

@TechCrunch @khoslaventures @bayareawriter @paulaaron so happy to be in business w him a third time after successful runs @Square and @OscarHealth . We are users and big fans of the product, game changer

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

5 years

Proud to have seeded this. $1m a day lost plus delay to treatment for patients. Lightship plans to solve this for patients, providers and pharma!

Lightship Closes $20M Series B Financing Led by McKesson Ventures and Define Ventures and Appoints...

David MacMurchy, Dave Schulte, and Lynne O’Keefe join the board of directors. Tom Pike appointed Executive Chair

www.businesswire.com

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Samir Kaul

@SamirKaul1

9 months

@joshpacini @alexrkonrad @rabois @vkhosla @sama @eglyman @Forbes @ForbesTech It also doesn’t mean I signed up to do a @BarrysBootcamp

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Samir Kaul

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2 years

@rabois @zebulgar Great example of the advantage of accumulating knowledge in deep tech. @SpaceX for you @RocketLab for us as space travel becomes closer to free what companies all of a sudden become viable…next up what is possible w a $50 genome?

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Samir Kaul

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2 years

@zebulgar So nice to be able to agree with you again…

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Samir Kaul

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1 year

@zebulgar @margauxmaccoll Great article so fired up for the @VardaSpace launch!!!…though first time @khoslaventures has been referred to as traditional VC

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Samir Kaul

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3 years

@arrington @vkhosla @Brett603 Well he lied to his teammates about being vaccinated, that’s pretty clear. We can argue the safety or risk he created but he lied, hard to regain credibility after that

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