Kanu Gulati

Partner at Khosla Ventures

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 20 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Mar 2026
Building the verification layer of AI for accelerated trust and super-intelligence.
Investor
Jun 2025
Genesis AI is a global full-stack robotics company building general-purpose robots with human-level intelligence and capabilities. Led by a world-class team obsessed with excellence at every level, Genesis AI is pushing the boundaries of robotics and AI to unlock a new era of human productivity. We are a new generation of robotics builders, united by a shared mission to push the boundaries of physical AI. Our team brings together the minds behind many of the most significant advances in robotics and AI in recent years — spanning the full stack. We introduced generative simulation, created foundational platforms such as Genesis, Jiminy, Flightmare, GVBD Voxels, and invented the IPC algorithm. We led the development of the first multimodal models at Mistral AI and Apple Intelligence. We co-created UMI and Diffusion Policy, pioneered reinforcement learning frameworks for superhuman drone racing, and scaled robotic data systems at NVIDIA GR00T. We built cross-platform GPU compilers such as VeriGPU, DeepCL, Coriander, and the original PyTorch. We also built industry-leading rendering engines at Google, Epic and Unity. Now, we’ve come together at Genesis AI to close the loop, and build what’s next.
Investor
Jan 2025
At Viven, we believe the future of work isn’t just powered by AI — it’s preserved, accelerated, and scaled through Digital Twins. Viven creates intelligent, personalized models of every employee — living digital counterparts that capture knowledge, reason with context, and act with your voice. These Digital Twins go far beyond avatars or assistants: they brief you before meetings, distill conversations across channels, and even collaborate when you’re away. For enterprises, this means: * Knowledge that never disappears — even across transitions or turnover. * Decisions made faster — with clarity at every level. * Collaboration without friction — across time zones, silos, and teams. Built with enterprise-grade security and privacy-first design, Viven operates in your own cloud or on-premise environment. Our pairwise privacy framework, RBAC controls, and full audit trails ensure trust from day one. Viven is led by repeat entrepreneurs Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, who previously founded unicorns like Eightfold.ai. Backed by $35M from Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital, Viven is already powering leading enterprises such as Genpact, Josh Bersin Company, Prodapt, and Eightfold. Our mission: To preserve knowledge, accelerate decisions, and scale human potential — starting in the enterprise, and eventually, for everyone.
Investor / Board Observer
Dec 2024
Everything our civilization depends on is either mined, dug, or grown. AIM transforms heavy machines into AI-powered fleets that turbocharge earthmoving. AIM’s platform has been running autonomous mines, construction sites, and building infrastructure around the world. Powered by physical AI, the AIM solution transforms bulldozers, loaders, excavators into autonomous fleets. From resource extraction to critical infrastructure, the global economy is reliant on the efficient movement of earth. Safe autonomous earthmoving is the linchpin of our civilization. AIM runs large-scale earthworks and defense operations as a TRL9 hardened system, not a science experiment. Built by engineers with deep expertise in mining, construction and AI tech, AIM enables scalable earthmoving, turbocharging the global economy’s physical foundation. AIM is backed by some of the most sophisticated capital in the world, including General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Elad Gil, Human Capital, Ironspring Ventures, Mantis, DCVC.
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Dec 2023
At Sarvam, were on a mission to build the bedrock of Sovereign AI for India. We’re working toward creating a sovereign AI ecosystem that empowers governments, enterprises, and nonprofits to use GenAI solutions. We are a full-stack Generative AI platform built with sovereign models that deeply understand India’s culture and diversity, enabling AI agents and applications tailored for the nation. Today, Sarvam is backed by top investors, including Lightspeed, Peak XV, and Khosla Ventures. Indus is live in beta. Try now: https://indus.sarvam.ai
Investor
2023
rabbit inc. is an AI startup developing a personalized operating system (OS) through a natural language interface and dedicated, affordable consumer hardware to host the OS. rabbit OS is capable of understanding complex user intentions, operating user interfaces, and performing actions on behalf of the user. The key technology powering rabbit OS is the Large Action Model (LAM), a new type of foundation model that understands human intentions on computers. We are a small, fast-moving team based in Los Angeles. We are well-funded and backed by Khosla Ventures, led by Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems.
Investor / Board
2023
Point One is the first centimeter-accurate positioning API designed for today’s most demanding applications Precision location within minutes of setup. 100x more accurate than GPS with coverage in the United States, EU, UK, Australia, South Korea, and more.
Investor
2023
FieldAI is the general-purpose brain making robots autonomous in complex, risky, real-world environments. We combine data-driven and physics-based methods to create the Field Foundation Model (FFM), the first risk-aware, physics-first foundation model for general-purpose robots across any robot type. The FFM works through a virtuous data flywheel that receives input, assesses uncertainty, establishes risk, and takes action based on that risk. Each deployment increases reliability and continuously enhances the capabilities of the global fleet, all without pre-trained data, GPS, maps, or pre-programmed routes. Our mission is to deploy autonomous robots at scale in any unstructured environment.
Investor / Board
2023
Kognitos automates business operations with the first neurosymbolic AI platform engineered for robust governance and tool consolidation. Uniquely turning tribal and system knowledge into documented, AI-refined automations using English as code, Kognitos creates a dynamic system of record for enhanced productivity and decision-making. Its unified platform supports hundreds of use cases, free from the risks of brittle bots or black-box AI. With a patented Process Refinement Engine, Kognitos delivers faster ROI, lower costs and empowered teams. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Kognitos is backed by leading investors including Prosperty7, Khosla Ventures and Wipro Ventures. For more information, visit https://www.kognitos.com/.
Investor / Board observer
2022
Meet the worlds first AI-native sales engagement platform. RegieOne is the only all-in-one prospecting platform —where predictable rep outreach meets AI Agents. With RegieOne, the orchestration of tasks for both AI Agents and human reps happens in a single workflow, creating a prospecting experience that’s easier for reps to manage, more cost-effective for the business, and genuinely better for buyers. With RegieOne, every lead is matched to the right level of engagement — from high-converting inbounds that get a personal, rep-driven approach, to lower-tier audiences that receive thoughtful, Agent-led outreach until theyre ready. Are you ready for the next generation of sales prospecting? #AISEP
Investor / Board
2021
Lexion is now part of Docusign! Our simple and powerful contract management system helps you scale legal and accelerate contracting with email-driven workflows and an AI-powered repository. If you care about actual adoption, minimal change management, and ease-of-use, we’re the solution for you. In a single platform, we make it easier to achieve improved: 1) Legal Ticketing: manage the intake of requests (contract reviews, legal/privacy/compliance questions, marketing content review, and more) 2) Contract Generation: empower your business to create template contracts on their own 3) Status Tracking: track/report on the status of projects 4) KPI Reporting: analyze/report on key performance metrics 5) Contract Analysis & Powerful Repository: find and analyze/report about what’s in your contracts with great search and AI All while the rest of the business can stay in email and chat (Slack or Teams) so they dont have to learn another tool. About us: Lexion was founded at a prestigious artificial intelligence research institute (AI2) and we’re backed by the same investors that funded OpenAI (Khosla Ventures), helped launch Amazon (Madrona Venture Group), and have advised Google (Wilson Sonsini). With a top notch and experienced team from Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and Amazon, we built the only contract management system that CB Insights ranked the #1 most promising AI legal tech startup in the world two years in a row (2020, 2021). More importantly, fantastic brands trust Lexion to manage their contracts: Brooks Running, Outreach, RetailNext, OfferUp, Blue Nile, and many more.
Investor / Board Observer
2021
Waabi is pioneering Physical AI – starting with autonomous trucks. Press: press@waabi.ai Business: partnership@waabi.ai
Investor / Board
2020
At Zordi, we're committed to feeding the world with sustainably grown, superb fresh produce. To achieve our mission, we are developing the world’s first fully autonomous greenhouse operated by intelligent robots. Our challenges are often solved from several directions: agriculture, technology & operation. This collaboration makes our solution robust and efficient. It also makes our team so unique — world-class growers, engineers, and an executive team across robotics, AI, and indoor ag (ex-Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Snapchat, Plenty, Square Roots, AppHarvest, etc.).
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2020
The leading provider of enterprise AI agents for customer service. PolyAI resolves millions of customer service inquiries on behalf of the worlds most trusted brands, providing engaging and lifelike experiences that feel like talking to a real person.
Investor / Board
Nov 2019
Nomagic delivers AI powered robotic picking solutions that transform how warehouses operate. Our advanced vision systems and machine learning algorithms enable robots to handle millions of different items with speed and precision, helping e-commerce, retail and logistics leaders achieve new levels of efficiency, accuracy and scalability. From piece-picking automation to seamless integration with warehouse management systems (WMS), Nomagic’s technology is designed to reduce operational costs, solve labour shortages and meet ever growing customer expectations. We work with leading brands and fulfilment providers worldwide to optimise their order fulfilment, returns processing and inventory management, all while delivering a faster, more reliable supply chain. Specialties: AI robotics, warehouse automation, robotic picking, computer vision, machine learning, fulfilment optimisation, e-commerce logistics, retail supply chain solutions. Mission: To make warehouses smarter, more flexible and more sustainable through cutting-edge robotics and AI.
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2026
Investor
Mar 2026
Building the verification layer of AI for accelerated trust and super-intelligence.
2025
Investor
Jun 2025
Genesis AI is a global full-stack robotics company building general-purpose robots with human-level intelligence and capabilities. Led by a world-class team obsessed with excellence at every level, Genesis AI is pushing the boundaries of robotics and AI to unlock a new era of human productivity. We are a new generation of robotics builders, united by a shared mission to push the boundaries of physical AI. Our team brings together the minds behind many of the most significant advances in robotics and AI in recent years — spanning the full stack. We introduced generative simulation, created foundational platforms such as Genesis, Jiminy, Flightmare, GVBD Voxels, and invented the IPC algorithm. We led the development of the first multimodal models at Mistral AI and Apple Intelligence. We co-created UMI and Diffusion Policy, pioneered reinforcement learning frameworks for superhuman drone racing, and scaled robotic data systems at NVIDIA GR00T. We built cross-platform GPU compilers such as VeriGPU, DeepCL, Coriander, and the original PyTorch. We also built industry-leading rendering engines at Google, Epic and Unity. Now, we’ve come together at Genesis AI to close the loop, and build what’s next.
Investor
Jan 2025
At Viven, we believe the future of work isn’t just powered by AI — it’s preserved, accelerated, and scaled through Digital Twins. Viven creates intelligent, personalized models of every employee — living digital counterparts that capture knowledge, reason with context, and act with your voice. These Digital Twins go far beyond avatars or assistants: they brief you before meetings, distill conversations across channels, and even collaborate when you’re away. For enterprises, this means: * Knowledge that never disappears — even across transitions or turnover. * Decisions made faster — with clarity at every level. * Collaboration without friction — across time zones, silos, and teams. Built with enterprise-grade security and privacy-first design, Viven operates in your own cloud or on-premise environment. Our pairwise privacy framework, RBAC controls, and full audit trails ensure trust from day one. Viven is led by repeat entrepreneurs Ashutosh Garg and Varun Kacholia, who previously founded unicorns like Eightfold.ai. Backed by $35M from Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital, Viven is already powering leading enterprises such as Genpact, Josh Bersin Company, Prodapt, and Eightfold. Our mission: To preserve knowledge, accelerate decisions, and scale human potential — starting in the enterprise, and eventually, for everyone.
2024
Investor / Board Observer
Dec 2024
Everything our civilization depends on is either mined, dug, or grown. AIM transforms heavy machines into AI-powered fleets that turbocharge earthmoving. AIM’s platform has been running autonomous mines, construction sites, and building infrastructure around the world. Powered by physical AI, the AIM solution transforms bulldozers, loaders, excavators into autonomous fleets. From resource extraction to critical infrastructure, the global economy is reliant on the efficient movement of earth. Safe autonomous earthmoving is the linchpin of our civilization. AIM runs large-scale earthworks and defense operations as a TRL9 hardened system, not a science experiment. Built by engineers with deep expertise in mining, construction and AI tech, AIM enables scalable earthmoving, turbocharging the global economy’s physical foundation. AIM is backed by some of the most sophisticated capital in the world, including General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Elad Gil, Human Capital, Ironspring Ventures, Mantis, DCVC.
2023
Investor
Dec 2023
At Sarvam, were on a mission to build the bedrock of Sovereign AI for India. We’re working toward creating a sovereign AI ecosystem that empowers governments, enterprises, and nonprofits to use GenAI solutions. We are a full-stack Generative AI platform built with sovereign models that deeply understand India’s culture and diversity, enabling AI agents and applications tailored for the nation. Today, Sarvam is backed by top investors, including Lightspeed, Peak XV, and Khosla Ventures. Indus is live in beta. Try now: https://indus.sarvam.ai
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