Randy Komisar
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Randy Komisar is an American venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author known for his work with Silicon Valley startups and his role as a partner at Kleiner Perkins.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Randy Komisar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9827412 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Komisar Context triple: [Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, hasPartner, Randy Komisar]
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A.
John Case
John Case is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as literature, academia, or public life.
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B.
David Levien
David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer best known for co-writing crime and heist films as well as co-creating the television series "Billions."
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C.
Phil Schiller
Phil Schiller is a longtime Apple executive who has played a key role in the company’s product marketing and major keynote presentations.
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D.
Craig Kardon
Craig Kardon is an American tennis coach best known for working with top professional players, including multiple Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova.
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E.
Randy Page
Randy Page is a public figure whose name is notably associated with the surname Page, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are limited.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Randy Komisar Target entity description: Randy Komisar is an American venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author known for his work with Silicon Valley startups and his role as a partner at Kleiner Perkins.
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A.
John Case
John Case is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, such as literature, academia, or public life.
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B.
David Levien
David Levien is an American screenwriter, novelist, and producer best known for co-writing crime and heist films as well as co-creating the television series "Billions."
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C.
Phil Schiller
Phil Schiller is a longtime Apple executive who has played a key role in the company’s product marketing and major keynote presentations.
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D.
Craig Kardon
Craig Kardon is an American tennis coach best known for working with top professional players, including multiple Grand Slam champion Martina Navratilova.
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E.
Randy Page
Randy Page is a public figure whose name is notably associated with the surname Page, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are limited.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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venture capitalist ⓘ |
| advisorTo | early-stage startups ⓘ |
| basedIn | Silicon Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf |
Linden Lab
NERFINISHED
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TiVo NERFINISHED ⓘ WebTV Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coAuthor |
David Teten
NERFINISHED
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Jantoon Reigersman NERFINISHED ⓘ John Mullins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| degree |
Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School
ⓘ
bachelor's degree from Brown University ⓘ |
| education |
Brown University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harvard Law School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Kleiner Perkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
entrepreneurship
ⓘ
technology startups ⓘ venture capital ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
entrepreneurial risk management
ⓘ
innovation strategy ⓘ startup business models ⓘ |
| formerEmployer |
Apple
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Claris Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ LucasArts Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
business literature
ⓘ
entrepreneurship literature ⓘ |
| industry |
technology
ⓘ
venture capital ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early-stage company mentoring
ⓘ
thought leadership on entrepreneurship ⓘ work with Silicon Valley startups ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Getting to Plan B
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Straight Talk for Startups NERFINISHED ⓘ The Monk and the Riddle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
business executive ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ venture capitalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | partner at Kleiner Perkins ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| role | virtual CEO for several startups ⓘ |
| writesInLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Randy Komisar Description of subject: Randy Komisar is an American venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author known for his work with Silicon Valley startups and his role as a partner at Kleiner Perkins.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.