Speaker Profile
M.D., Founder, Khosla Ventures
Biography
Vinod Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor, and technology fan. He is the founder of KhoslaVentures, focused on impactful technology investments in software, AI, robotics, 3Dprinting, healthcare and more. Mr. Khosla was a co-founder of Daisy systems and foundingCEO of Sun Microsystems where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISCprocessors. One of Mr. Khoslas greatest passions is being a mentor to entrepreneurs,assisting entrepreneurs and helping them build technology-basedbusinesses. Mr. Khosla isdriven by the desire to make a positive impact through technology to reinvent societalinfrastructure and multiply resources. He is also passionate about Social Entrepreneurship.Vinod holds a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from IIT, New Delhi, aMaster's in Biomedical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from theStanford Graduate School of Business.
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Session Abstract – PMWC 2026 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Gad Getz, Broad Institute
Alex Morgan, Khosla Ventures
PMWC Award Ceremony Honoree
• Greg Brockman, President & Co-Founder, OpenAI
• Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple
Keynote
• Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
Target Discovery: Beyond Genomics – Revealing Hidden Layers of Biology with AI
• Keynote: Stephen Quake, CZ Biohub
• Aritro Nath, City of Hope
• Massa Shoura, Phinomics
• Omar Serang, DNAnexus
Illuminating Drug Discovery: AI Models That Learn From Biology
• Erwin Estigarribia, HEADLAMP Health
Harmonizing the Data Economy: Enabling AI Across Institutions and Therapeutic Areas
• Noah Nasser, Datma
Can AI Really Create the Next Blockbuster Drug?
• James Zou, Stanford
Interpretable AI for Biomarker Discovery: Accelerating Drug Development
• Chair: Rajat Roy, PATHOMIQ INC
Closing the Loop: AI in the Messy Middle of Drug Development
• Ari Caroline, Weave Bio
• Dina Katabi, Emerald / MIT
Is AI the New Drug?
• Michael J. Kahana, Nia Therapeutics
