# Jon Chu

> Jon Chu is a Partner at Khosla Ventures where he invests at the intersection of machine learning and enterprise infrastructure. A Carnegie Mellon computer science graduate, he has lived on both sides of the table - as a founder (sold his company to Docker), a principal engineer at Palantir during its hyper-growth phase, a product and engineering leader at Opendoor and Facebook/Meta, and now as one of Silicon Valley's most active early-stage AI/ML investors. In 2024, Business Insider named him one of 45 rising stars of the VC industry.

- **Role:** Partner at Khosla Ventures
- **Organizations:** Khosla Ventures, Palantir Technologies, Docker, Opendoor Technologies, Facebook/Meta, Microsoft, Koality/KoalityCode
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Computer Science, University Honors, Carnegie Mellon University
- **Known for:** Founded Koality and sold it to Docker (2014), Created and built Docker's enterprise division from scratch, Two IPO exits as early employee (Palantir, Opendoor)

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Joined Palantir Technologies as an early engineer, helped scale the company from 200 to 1,800 employees
- **2012** — Brief stint at Microsoft
- **2012** — Founded Koality (KoalityCode), a software testing company, and served as CEO
- **2014** — Sold Koality to Docker; joined Docker as Enterprise Group Lead & Principal Product Manager, created and led Docker's enterprise division
- **2017** — Joined Opendoor Technologies as Head of Engineering for Core Machine Learning
- **2019** — Moved to Head of Product for Growth at Opendoor; helped scale company toward IPO
- **2020** — Opendoor went public (NASDAQ: OPEN)
- **2021** — Joined Facebook/Meta, led international engineering organizations across VR and ML divisions
- **2023** — Joined Khosla Ventures as Partner (May 2023); focused on ML infrastructure, enterprise software, developer tools
- **2024** — Named one of Business Insider's '45 Rising Stars of the Venture Capital Industry'
- **2024** — Led Bun's Series A; Bun subsequently acquired by Anthropic
- **2025** — Served as judge at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025; continued building AI/ML portfolio

## Achievements

- Founded Koality and sold it to Docker (2014)
- Created and built Docker's enterprise division from scratch
- Two IPO exits as early employee (Palantir, Opendoor)
- Named one of Business Insider's 45 Rising Stars of VC Industry (2024)
- Lead investor in Sakana.ai (nature-inspired AI research lab)
- Led Series A for Loft Labs ($24M) - board member
- Led Bun's Series A - subsequently acquired by Anthropic
- Built AngelList syndicate for angel co-investments
- TechCrunch author and TechCrunch Disrupt judge (2025)

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Serving as judge at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
- **2024-12** — Led Bun's Series A; Bun subsequently acquired by Anthropic
- **2024-06** — Named one of Business Insider's 45 Rising Stars of VC Industry
- **2024-01** — Invested in Sakana.ai Seed round - nature-inspired AI foundation model research lab
- **2023-05** — Joined Khosla Ventures as Partner, focused on ML and enterprise infrastructure

## Links

- Website: https://khoslaventures.com/team/jon-chu
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jchu/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/heyjchu

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Last updated: 2026-05-09