Vinod Khosla flies to Seattle days after being named top VC and blasting Stanford protesters

Vinod Khosla flew from Hayward Executive Airport to Seattle’s Boeing Field on June 19, a 425-mile hop that took just under 90 minutes. The Gulfstream V, tail N85NV, departed at 1:43 p.m. and arrived at 3:10 p.m. local time, according to flight data.

The trip comes the same week Khosla reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes’ 2026 Midas List, powered by his early OpenAI investment — a $50 million check he wrote in 2019 when the lab had no product and no business plan [indiatribune.com](https://indiatribune.com/public/index.php/from-pune-to-silicon-valley-vinod-khoslas-openai-gamble-powers-a-historic-return-to-the-top). It’s also the same week he called Stanford students “idiotic, shortsighted, and very selfish” for walking out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a graduation ceremony, a protest against Project Nimbus [fortune.com](https://fortune.com/2026/06/15/vinod-khosla-stanford-protest-google-sundar-pichai-walkout/).

Khosla, who lives in Portola Valley and bases his jet at San Jose, has been a frequent visitor to Seattle this month. The June 19 flight is the latest in a pattern of shuttles between the Bay Area and Puget Sound — a sign of his active dealmaking in the region’s AI, cloud, and energy startups. For a venture capitalist who bet on the future of intelligence, Seattle remains a regular stop on the map.