Vinod Khosla to Factory's CEO: 'You are a struggling second tier competitor'
Vinod Khosla @vkhosla · x · 2026-09-30 · ★★ · archived
A prominent investor sides with Cognition in the Factory–Cognition dispute; ~3.9M views (fxtwitter, Oct 5).
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Quote-posting Grinberg's announcement, Khosla accuses Factory of lying about Degnan being fired and calls it 'a struggling second tier competitor'.
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You are a struggling second tier competitor that is more unethical and lying just because you have no decency or sense of proper behavior and shows your desperation. Straight out lying about if Chris being fired I thought would be below even you.
Quoting @matanSF: We are terminating Chris Degnan for unethical conduct involving Cognition.
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