Khosla Ventures portfolio in San Francisco

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DoorDash· San Francisco, California, United States
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly and always learn and reiterate to support merchants, Dashers and the communities we serve. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. Our leaders seek the truth and welcome big, hairy, audacious questions. We are grounded in our company values, and we make intentional decisions that are both logical and display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to Merchants to Customers.
- Post-IPO debt
- 83.2k employees
- Founded 2013
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Instacart· San Francisco, California, United States
Instacart is a leading grocery technology company that partners with more than 2,200 retail banners – representing nearly 100,000 stores – to transform how people shop for the groceries they need from the retailers they trust, while creating flexible earning opportunities for shoppers. Through the Instacart Marketplace, Instacart Enterprise platform, and Instacart Ads ecosystem, the company powers ecommerce, fulfillment, in-store technology, AI offerings, and advertising for partners. With Instacart Health, the company is providing tools to increase nutrition security, make healthy choices easier for consumers, and expand the role that food can play in improving health outcomes. For more information, visit www.instacart.com/company.
- Private equity
- 25.3k employees
- Founded 2012
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Stripe· South San Francisco, California, United States
Stripe builds programmable financial services. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, the company aims to increase the GDP of the internet.
- Secondary
- 17.1k employees
- Founded 2010
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Faire· San Francisco, California, United States
Faire is a wholesale technology platform empowering brands and retailers to strengthen the unique character of local communities.
- Secondary
- 10.9k employees
- Founded 2017
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OpenAI· San Francisco, California, United States
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
- Series unknown
- 10.7k employees
- Founded 2015

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Okta· San Francisco, California, United States
Okta, Inc. is The World’s Identity CompanyTM. We secure identity, so everyone is free to safely use any technology. Our customer and workforce solutions empower businesses and developers to use the power of Identity to drive security, efficiencies, and success — all while protecting their users, employees, and partners. Learn why the world’s leading brands trust Okta.
- Post-IPO equity
- 7.9k employees
- Founded 2009
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GitLab· San Francisco, California, United States
GitLab is the Intelligent Orchestration Platform where software teams and their AI agents stay in flow to amplify their capacity for innovation. Together, they automate repetitive tasks to plan, build, secure, test, deploy and maintain software. With GitLab, software teams spend less time on coordination overhead and more time on the next big idea.GitLab Duo Agent Platform provides AI agents that automate tasks across the software lifecycle. Agents handle code generation, security analysis, code review, CI/CD troubleshooting, and custom workflows — while teams maintain control through enterprise governance.Build what's next with us. Explore open roles and join our talent community: https://about.gitlab.com/jobs/
- Series E
- 3.4k employees
- Founded 2014
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Affirm· San Francisco, California, United States
At Affirm, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products. We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more.A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either “@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email. Affirm is also proud to be a remote-first company! Attracting great people starts by finding talent in different places. That's why we built remote work into the DNA of how we do business—but if an office space is more your style, we have offices in Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Warsaw, Madrid and London.Not to mention we have comprehensive and award-winning benefits that were made for you.Interested in learning more? Check out our careers page and apply today!Visit affirm.com/careers for more information.
- Post-IPO debt
- 3.2k employees
- Founded 2012
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Homebase· San Francisco, California, United States
The everything app for hourly teams with scheduling, time clocks, payroll, messaging, and HR—built for small businesses. Unstoppable teams start here.Best Time Clock 2023 - The Motley FoolBest Scheduling 2023 - InvestopediaAmerica's Best Startup Employers 2024 - ForbesBrands That Matter Winner 2024 - Fast Company Best HR & Employee App 2023, 2024, & 2025 - The Webby AwardsBest employee communication tool ever! - Theresa Fouquette, Owner, Bliss Small Batch Creamery
- Series D
- 2k employees
- Founded 2014
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Go· San Francisco, California, United States
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- Series unknown
- 1.8k employees
- Founded 2014

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Khosla Ventures portfolio companies in San Francisco

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