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Khosla Ventures split over Minneapolis ICE shooting
Apart from founder Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi also publicly opposed the views of the company's Managing director who had come in support of ICE.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Tue, 27, Jan 2026
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Billionaire Vinod Khosla and the Managing Director of Khosla's venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, Keith Rabois, llocked horns after Rabois backed federal immigration agencies after the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis that has led to a massive outrage in the country.
Rabois' comments came as a reaction to an X post by right-wing political analyst Richard Hanania who had asked, "Who has shot more people in Minneapolis over the last few months, federal agents or illegal immigrants?"
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The Khosla Ventures top exec chimed in saying, "no law enforcement has shot an innocent person. Illegals are committing violent crimes everyday."
The top-brass of the company quickly distanced itself from Rabois' views and also went on to label the ICE action as, "plain wrong."
Khosla Ventures partner Ethan Choi said, "I want to make it clear that Keith doesn’t represent everyone’s views here at @khoslaventures, at least not mine."
Choid added, "What happened in Minnesota is plain wrong. Don’t know how you could really see it differently. Sad to see a person’s life taken unnecessarily."
Choi also found support from the firm's founder Vinod Khosla. Khosla extended support to Choi and described ICE agents as "vigilantes running amuck empowered by a conscious-less administration"
Khosla also commented about the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, "The video was sickening to watch and the storytelling without facts or with invented fictitious facts by authorities almost unimaginable in a civilized society."
He continued, "ICE personnel must have ice water running thru their veins to treat other human beings this way. There is politics but humanity should transcend that."
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I agree with @EthanChoi7 . Macho ICE vigilantes running amuck empowered by a conscious-less administration. The video was sickening to watch and the storytelling without facts or with invented fictitious facts by authorities almost unimaginable in a civilized society. ICE… https://t.co/ASvjZQB0Gg
— Vinod Khosla (@vkhosla) January 26, 2026
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