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Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose first startup, Bench, imploded
May 14, 2026
Khosla Ventures is investing $10M in Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping startup founded by Ian Crosby, previously of the collapsed Bench accounting platform. The bet signals VC confidence in agentic AI for financial workflows despite founder's prior high-profile failure.