Vinod Khosla trashed a portfolio company — and the startup world has thoughts
Source: Business Insider ·
Vinod Khosla's blunt comments about Factory drew backlash from some founders and tech VCs as the AI coding startup feuds with rival Cognition.
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Vinod Khosla has got some heat from the startup world over his comments about Factory AI.Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX ConferenceVinod Khosla bashed Factory AI, a startup that his VC firm has invested in. Khosla's comments about Factory drew backlash from some founders and tech VCs.Khosla Ventures is an investor in two software development startups that are feuding.In Silicon Valley, investing in competitors is increasingly standard practice. Publicly trashing one of them is not.Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures, sparked a wave of criticism on Wednesday after publicly taking sides in a spat between Factory AI and Cognition — two rival AI coding startups — even though his firm has invested in both of them. Khosla sided emphatically with Cognition, calling Factory a “struggling second tier competitor” and accusing its founder of lying out of "desperation."Khosla's comments came after Factory CEO Matan Grinberg said the company was terminating Chris Degnan, its…