Khosla Ventures, known for its home in Menlo Park, California, is expanding its horizons. Speaking at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in New York, Keith Rabois confirmed the opening of the firm's first office outside the traditional Sand Hill Road corridor, in New York’s West Village. The move is significant, Rabois noted, as his firm doesn’t even have an office in San Francisco, making this a “very big step.”

The new office will feature an “executive briefing center,” hosting portfolio companies four days a week to meet with Fortune 500 firms. Rabois explained that this would bring “pilots and customers” to the portfolio companies, making the office a vibrant hub.

Rabois has relocated to New York to be closer to his family, prompting the question: does New York have the talent density the Bay Area has long offered? At the junior level, he believes it does, with companies like Ramp as proof. However, senior technical talent is more challenging to find, and the commute is a significant pain point for senior executives.

The move reflects a broader trend, as New York’s tech talent headcount has overtaken the Bay Area for the first time in 13 years, driven by finance firms hiring aggressively for AI talent. Whether this signals a shift in tech talent geography remains to be seen, but Rabois’s move puts Khosla Ventures in a small but potentially growing club of Bay Area firms with a New York presence.