Khosla Ventures привлекает $5,5 млрд — рекордный фонд раннего инвестора OpenAI

Venture firm Khosla Ventures — one of OpenAI's early investors — is, as of July 23, 2026, in talks to raise up to $5.5 billion for a new lineup of venture funds. According to Bloomberg, this would be the largest fundraise in the firm's two-decade history.

How much is Khosla Ventures raising

Khosla Ventures is discussing raising up to $5.5 billion for a new group of funds, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. The amount would surpass any previous round raised by the firm, which was founded in 2004 by Indian-American investor Vinod Khosla. This isn't a single fund but a set of investment vehicles the firm is raising simultaneously.

• Target amount — up to $5.5 billion
• The largest fundraise in Khosla Ventures' twenty-year history
• The firm was founded in 2004 by Vinod Khosla
• One of the first institutional investors in OpenAI (2019)
• Source — Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter; date — July 23, 2026

Khosla Ventures is no newcomer to artificial intelligence. The firm invested in OpenAI back in 2019, long before ChatGPT made the AI developer one of the most valuable private companies in the world. That early bet largely accounts for the firm's weight in today's market.

Why this matters for the AI market

Khosla Ventures' record fund reflects the inflow of capital into the venture industry amid the artificial intelligence boom. Investors who made early bets on OpenAI and other AI labs are now raising ever-larger funds — and institutional backers are willing to hand money to those who have already delivered returns on the AI wave.

The $5.5 billion figure notably exceeds the typical size of Khosla Ventures' previous funds and shows how much the market's appetite has grown. To put the scale in perspective: this single fundraise would be larger than everything the firm has raised over two decades of working with technology startups.

Raising up to $5.5 billion would be the largest fundraise in the firm's twenty-year history — according to people familiar with the matter, as cited by

Bloomberg.

What it means

Khosla Ventures' ability to raise a record fund signals that venture money keeps concentrating around artificial intelligence and around firms with early bets on OpenAI. The final terms and total amount are not yet settled: negotiations are ongoing, and the $5.5 billion figure remains the upper end of the range under discussion.