Vinod Khosla predicts AI and quantum computers will break most encryption by 2030

Vinod Khosla says AI models and quantum computers together will break most of today's encryption before 2030, with cryptocurrency the most exposed.

He expects quantum computers to run Shor's algorithm well before 2030, and says China is collecting encrypted data now to decrypt later.

Khosla argues that post-quantum algorithms give only 6 to 12 months of protection and that lasting security will require quantum encoding. The claims come from a post by Rohan Paul on X summarizing Khosla's remarks; the report contains no independent evidence for the forecasts.