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8VC is a leading technology and life sciences investment firm based in Austin, Texas.
Austin, Texas
Joined September 2010
We just wrapped our annual LP meeting. Here's a glimpse of what we've been up to.
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Coming soon 🤫🤫🤫. Drop a message if you want one and we’ll send some to 5 random people
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At 8VC, we love walking into startup offices and seeing massive American flags hanging proudly. We wanted to expand our flags as a service offering, so leave a comment on what your startup is working on below, and we’ll choose a few randomly to send you one for free. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.
I hand-delivered a 600sq ft USA flag to @Saronic today, a gift from @8vc. Big enough to make sure our adversaries tremble. 🇺🇸 🚀 cc @Vbob202
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Absolutely packed house of @ycombinator alums tonight to see @JTLonsdale and the unofficial mayor of San Francisco @garrytan swapping war stories from back in their @PalantirTech days.
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Come talk to us if you are building in defense.
"you need to talk to @foundersfund, @generalcatalyst, valor, @8vc. those guys are doing investment in defense stuff. they think that . this silicon valley bubble is going to collapse and that left behind are going to be the industries that actually create value." - @palmerluckey
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"Only a small fraction of our defense spending goes towards those things which terrify our enemies." . The next war will include systems of attritable mass - harnessing and defending against smart swarms is essential. Our companies @anduriltech, @epirus, @ChaosDefense and
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Here’s a recap of 2024 from 8VC’s Design Lab. If you’re an ambitious and driven CS or design student, consider applying to our fellowship—applications are now open! (link below)
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We’re often asked how AI has affected our investment thesis. Our new post, “The AI Services Wave: Lessons from Palantir in The New Age of AI”, by @jtlonsdale @andrewoetting @sebastiancaliri @jack_moshkovich, is our most extensive answer to date. (1/7)
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We're excited to unveil a fresh identity for @epirus, produced by 8VC's Design Lab in close collaboration with the Epirus team. This reflects Epirus’ remarkable strides in a world where drones and other forms of asymmetric warfare are now a defining threat.
Today, we take a monumental step forward as a company with the unveiling of our new website and brand refresh. We are reintroducing ourselves, more committed than ever to our mission of overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. We have
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From idea to IPO. Congratulations @8VC Co-Founder and Partner @JTLonsdale on the @PalantirTech public offering. Read Joe's op-ed on why he helped start Palantir ~17 years ago:
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The new generation of builders is something else (as is the energy in El Segundo). From zero to navigation, perception, design, & manufacture in 24 hours.
we designed, 3d printed and built a <$500 drone with that calculates GPS coordinates without a signal using a camera + google maps. in 24h
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We are proud to announce 8VC Fund V, with $880 million in new capital. The world is broken. Let's fix it.
Today, we announce our 5th @8VC flagship venture fund: 8VC Fund V, with $880 million to back the best entrepreneurs tackling complex problems for our civilization, with innovation and grit. The world is broken. Let's fix it.
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Standing room only for @JTLonsdale’s conversation on American Optimism today at the @upfrontvc Summit. Always a pleasure to chat on the importance of building in America, and why we should be especially optimistic right now. Thanks for the beanie @msuster
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Last night, Chat8VC returned for the beginning of fall, with an appropriately crisp program, headlined by our partners at Palantir. (1/7)
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Congratulations to the @ChaosDefense team on adding one of our finest public servants and national security minds, @WillHurd. Onward!.
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Our newest Build co, @WithPantheon, empowers architects with AI to bring speed, visibility, and new creative options to a time-honored craft. Enjoy today’s blog from @austingiraffe and @vvkgopalan, and watch a building come to life in our Pantheon reel!:
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Was great getting to host the defense panel for Deep Tech Week at our offices. Thanks to @andrewcote for putting it all together 💪🏽🇺🇸
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It’s been an honor working with Dino, Vib, and the rest of the @Saronic team from the very beginning to help support US naval and maritime forces. Incredibly well deserved.
Big news: We have raised $175M in Series B funding, putting Saronic’s valuation at $1B. Redefining maritime superiority requires the tech of tomorrow, with the resources of today - thanks to our investors, including @a16z, @8VC, @caffeinatedcap, @eladgil & @nightdragon we’re able
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Congratulations to @ChaosDefense on their $145 million Series B led by @Accel. This war chest will accelerate development of Coherent Distributed Networks™, a decisive advantage on the battlefield of sensors and effectors. Proud to renew our support:
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Proud to support America and its innovators 🫡🇺🇸.
Proud to fly the American flag in @FirehawkAero's Texas manufacturing facility! Thank you @8vc for the gift in support of our mission to innovate and defend.
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June’s edition of Chat8VC was one for the books, capped by a fireside chat with @DennisHXu of @memdotai & @startupandrew of @Shortwave about how they’re implementing, prioritizing, and experimenting in an ever-changing field. Enjoy the full transcript:
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"@OneLineage is one of the most impressive and forward-thinking companies I have come across in my career." – @JakeMedwell . @8vc is thrilled to announce we're partnering with Lineage Logistics to help accelerate innovation in supply chain logistics.
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New merch at the 8VC offices - make sure to ask for some if you’re around!.
I love @8VC so much. It gives me: . - brilliant, honorable colleagues.- work that matters for our country.- literally an entire wardrobe of megabased apparel to spread the gospel . Thinking we need 8VC neckties. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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In recent months, a world-class team has assembled to shape the future of electromagnetic spectrum dominance on the battlefield. 8VC's Design Lab had the privilege of collaborating with @CX2_Industries to craft their brand's look and feel. Here's a sneak peek of the work:
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Applications for the 8VC Bio-IT Fellowship are now open! Calling all graduate students in the life sciences to apply. Fellows have a chance to work with the bio team at 8VC to learn about venture and identify new investment opportunities. Apply today at
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Last week, we returned to @tryramp HQ for our 2nd NYC edition of Chat8VC focused on the future of frontend, with an incredible fireside chat lineup: @rauchg + @leeerob (@vercel) and @koblovinamerica + @nzgb (Ramp), moderated by 8VC’s @BGmusings (1/4)
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If you're a graduate student in the life sciences with an entrepreneurial interest, join us this Spring to learn everything about biotech and help invest in & start companies with us. Read our recap of the program at and apply here
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We are now accepting applications for the 8VC Engineering Fellowship’s 2025 cohort! Now in our lucky 8th year, the 8VC Fellowship has been an immersion in startup life, and a force multiplier for engineering and design chops, for hundreds of undergrads:
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Ladies, if he.- is giving out $32k in cash prizes.- is judged by @aplusk, @AshtonJEaton, Jerry Yang and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins.- is funding student ideas that increase access to opportunity.He’s not your man. He’s the 8VC Social Innovator’s Cup
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8VC portfolio company @jobyaviation just published the first in-flight video of their VTOL aircraft for the world to see. It's incredibly inspiring to see the future of mobility playing out in front of our eyes.
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We are now accepting applications for the summer 2023 cohort of the 8VC Fellowship Program! All software engineers and designers looking internships at an early-stage startup for summer 2023 are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply.
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One of the coolest moments ever from @JTLonsdale’s @AmOptimistShow.
Saturday night and I’m just thinking about that time when $PLTR founders Alex Karp and @JTLonsdale saw a bobcat on @AmOptimistShow
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Great to see @JTLonsdale on @twentyminutevc. He talks about his love for history, what he learned from his dad, what “contrarian” thinking really means, and a few things we are excited about funding/building at 8VC.
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We're honored to support such exceptional teams as @palantirtech, @anduriltech, @epirus, @saronic, @chaosdefense - and look forward to partnering with the growing cohort of bold, ambitious leaders innovating in defense tech.
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Kicking off our NY Chat 8VC with the legend @BGMusings moderating a stacked panel discussing the future of front end alongside @rauchg + @leeerob (Vercel) and @koblovinamerica + @nzgb (Ramp).
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Immensely proud to back @rebekahgeemd & @nestfamilycare and tackle the challenge of providing quality primary care to Medicaid families. Nest combines innovative, prevention-focused care with the tried and true house call for better outcomes and big savings, as Dr. Gee explains:
1/ US healthcare is a disaster for low-income families. Half of kids on Medicaid skip checkups. Moms fall through the cracks between pregnancy and parenting. Families get left behind.
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The 8VC team is thrilled to announce our partnership with Rocketlane to build a category-creating SaaS company in the emerging area of Customer Onboarding — and our first significant investment in India’s SaaS ecosystem. Read more here:.
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We're back stateside from @icmlconf 2024 in beautiful, historic Vienna (any excuse to get out there is welcome)! Exciting week with the @8VC team (@BGmusings @bela_becerra @vvkgopalan @kevinniechen). Key takeaways (1/9):
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Last week we debuted Chat8VC, a new monthly series hosted at our SF offices at Pier 5. Chat8VC brings together founders and early-phase operators excited about the future of foundation models, agnostic to any one part of the emerging foundation model stack. (1/10)
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Terminal Industries, co-founded by 8VC Build, @Prologis Ventures, and a stellar team of repeat AI entrepreneurs, is out of stealth and tackling one of the great frontiers in logistics: the yard. Thoughts from @JakeMedwell and Wesley Friedman:
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On Thursday, over 100 builders convened for the May edition of Chat8VC, focused on the intersection of healthcare and AI. This is one of the most exciting areas for AI-enhanced productivity, as reflected by our lineup. (1/5).
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It’s an honor to support our very own @mualphaxi on his journey to restore technology media back to what it once was.
Introducing: Arena Magazine. It’s a print & digital magazine about tech, capitalism, and the USA – that’s actually on the side of tech, capitalism, and the USA! Subscribe: . Let me tell you about Arena and our vision 🧵.
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Generational companies are a product of the effort of their top talent. We at @8vc are highlighting Emerging Builders like Acryl Data’s @_HarshalSheth (once our very own) in the first of a series of many! Read more about him and his work here: .
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On Tuesday night, we co-hosted a special Chat8VC with our friends at Cerebral Valley. A big thank you to our AI builder community, who packed the house for this memorable evening! (1/8).
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Incredible news out of @IncResilience this morning, with them being awarded a DoD contract worth up to $250m to protect US warfighters from botulinum neurotoxins.
We are excited to announce the Department of Defense has awarded us a contract to develop a treatment for botulinum neurotoxins. Read more about this news here: .#USDeptofDefense #Resilience #Alachua and #Botulinum
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Tues marked the season finale of Chat8VC. A generative time was had by all - special thanks to our cohost @tnachen (@EssenceVenture), fireside guests @spirinus (@nvidia) + @tristanzajonc (@Continual_AI), & the @AutomorphicAI team. Here’s to a big first year and bigger 2024! (1/5)
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Read 8VC founding partner @JTLonsdale's op-ed in @statnews concerning the FTC's challenge to @illumina's vertical merger with @GrailBio. This challenge threatens American innovation, and more importantly, American lives.
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8VC is thrilled to renew our support for @boringcompany's mission to reimagine urban landscapes, fix traffic and transportation, and fundamentally improve the quality of city life. Congratulations @elonmusk & team!.
The Boring Company just raised $675M at a $5.675B valuation from A-list investors. Purpose is to recruit amazing people, scale up boring machine production & build thousands of miles of tunnels.
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We are delighted to welcome Karen White to 8VC as Executive Partner. Karen will be working with 8VC founders and executives to scale their businesses, accelerate growth, and level up their strategy, execution, and everything in between!
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Global Benchmarking is a breakthrough offering that will bring welcome clarity and rigor to building and investing - and we are already reaping new insights. Congratulations to @jmelaskyriazi and the entire @metrics_co team!.
Today, we’re introducing a new product: Global Benchmarking on @metrics_co! 🎉. Investors and portfolio companies can now get real-time insights into private company performance with powerful market benchmarks on our platform. Let me know what you think!
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Chat 8VC, our monthly SF event series celebrating builders in generative AI, returned with gusto on Wednesday, featuring a fireside chat between @amasad of @replit and founding 8VC Partner @AlexKolicich, plus an outstanding lineup of demos: (1/7)
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"In the wake of the attack in Jordan, @jtlonsdale is confident that the pace of EMP deployment will accelerate: “This is a time for great leaders to do great things…lives are on the line.”” This is @epirus’ mission: readying the West for a new battlefield.
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Don’t miss this episode feat. @srikrishnang, CEO of @RocketlaneHQ, on the lessons of @FreshworksInc, building a professional services automation leader in the India-US corridor, India’s thriving startup scene, and a visitor’s guide to its tech hubs!.
In recent years, India tech has evolved from an IT services nation to a product nation, with its own software giants & startup scene. This week on AO, we discuss a new era of possibilities w/ a key leader building in India & US:. @srikrishnang, Co-Founder & CEO of @RocketlaneHQ
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Today, Luminary, the latest company from our Build program, announced their funding. @jtlonsdale on the massive needs Luminary is addressing, and why he decided to serve as a co-founder:.
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One thing that hasn’t changed: this new wave will require exceptional leaders and teams. If you’re working on an AI-services company, or have ideas around best practices, drop us a line (read on to find out how):
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Tome is the fastest-growing productivity app ever - thanks largely to their grasp of “how presentations should be made from first principles”, per 8VC Partner @JakeMedwell. Check out the outstanding feature on @magicaltome from @why2join:
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Last night’s Serverless Social at 8VC’s SF offices was a great success, featuring a thought-provoking fireside chat with @vercel CEO @rauchg & VP Dev Experience @leeerob, moderated by @BGMusings, plus product demos from @seaplane_io and @TigrisData. A few photo highlights:
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August’s Chat8VC edition featured a fireside chat between @Replit CEO @amasad and 8VC Founding GP @AlexKolicich, touching on some of the burning questions that will determine the future of software. Enjoy the full transcript!
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Chat8VC, our monthly GAI series, returns to SF this Thurs. Our theme is Healthcare x AI, feat. a talk/demo by the great @anothercohen (moderated by @SebastianCaliri) + demos from Ambience Healthcare, & 8VC cos @candid_health & @notablehealth. RSVP:.
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Today, @NileSecure emerges from stealth with $125M+ in total funding. We’re proud to be a part of the journey along with @JC2Ventures @MarchCPs @ICONIQGrowth, and support Nile’s vast ambition to make networking effortless, constant, economical, and secure:.
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8VC's founder @JTLonsdale launched his podcast today, where he sits down with America's leading thinkers and entrepreneurs to discuss solving our country's most pressing challenges with a spirit of optimism.
I’m excited to launch my new podcast American Optimist today. We're sitting down with the entrepreneurs, investors, and thinkers pushing our country to new heights. [. I've started a lot of companies, but never a show; I think I nailed it .
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8VC portfolio company Oscar Health went public today. Read @JTLonsdale thoughts on Oscar's mission to transform healthcare.
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“Ontology” may sound esoteric, but it’s fundamentally a form of mapping, which is especially important for tech-services companies that need to understand the complex relationship between their customers, employees, and systems. (6/7).
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Chat8VC is back for fall 🍂, and a few spots remain for this Wednesday’s special edition, featuring Palantir commercial AIP lead Jack Dobson, demos of startup AIP use cases, and cocktails & conversations with the vibrant Chat8VC crowd. RSVP:
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Logistics innovations are transforming supply chains, an industry worth trillions of dollars globally. @8vc Partner @JakeMedwell writes in @FortuneMagazine about the trends in the space and where the world of logistics is headed in 2022.
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Check out our new initiative the 8VC Social Innovators Cup. A competition for the best teams of student entrepreneurs working on radical philanthropic projects which expand social opportunity, raise living standards and strengthen civic bonds.
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Last night we had the pleasure of hosting over 70 designers at our ATX HQ for our SXSW Design Meetup, and this time around we had the pleasure of co-hosting with our friends at @designerfund. We heard from the talented folks at @womp3D, @craighillco, as well as @highlydoctored
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@seaplane_io is bringing applications and data services within 10 milliseconds of every end user on the planet, and we’re excited to announce our partnership with them as they come out of stealth today.
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We love building healthcare companies @8vc.
Cool milestone: with Hopscotch Health's $50M Series C, healthcare companies we have launched at 8VC have raised over $200M in aggregate, over just 3 short years. More is on the way 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.
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Big news from auspiciously-named portfolio company @eightsleep!.
NEW: Introducing Pod 4 Ultra. It’s not a bed, it's a revolution in the sleep game. It cools. It heats. And now, it elevates. Automatically. Clinically proven to give you up to one hour more of quality sleep per night. Shop now at
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We have had the honor of getting to use Devin for a few months, and it has been an absolute game changer for us. As of today, now everyone can see how powerful @cognition_labs is.
Devin is generally available today! . Just tag Devin to fix frontend bugs, create first-draft PRs for backlog tasks, make refactors, and more. Start building with Devin below:
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@florian_jue shared AskMerlin, which uses optimized hypothetical document embeddings to improve text results. (4/8)
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Off-road autonomy will help define the next era of conflict. @Overland_AI_X is charting the way, and we’re proud to be in their corner, leading their $32 mm Series A. For more on our partnership, see our latest piece, from @jtlonsdale and Zach White:
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8VC is incredibly proud to support @anduriltech in their patriotic mission to bring the best talent and technology to American defense. We’re excited for what’s ahead:
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@RocketlaneHQ, this has got to be one of the best funding announcements of all time. @8vc is thrilled to be part of your journey! @srikrishnang @vignesh_giri @BGMusings.
We hear you're all loving the song. Here's a version that's Twitter-friendly. Keep the love coming! 🎉. #StoryofRocketlane #SaaS #Funding
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After using a highly scientific method (pictured below) we have our winners:. -@Leland2222 .-@1stPrincipled .-@AllenHinkelman .-@andrewwqiao .-@ChrisJBakke . Please DM your size + best address. P.S. If you know someone @8VC directly and still want one, reach out, I got you.
Have a few of these shirts left over from the @8VC El Segundo hackathon the other week. Like this post and we’ll choose five people at random to send you one of them for free!
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A great day for @OpenGovInc, which helps 1000s of state & local govts function effectively and transparently. Congrats @ZacBookman & friends, and thank you to a legion of supporters. Enjoy @jtlonsdale’s reflections on an incredible (and ongoing!) journey:
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"There are two key things in VC you want to do:.1) Bet on the very best talent in the world in a given space. 2) Answer the question of what's possible now that wasn't possible before. " .@JTLonsdale .
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Read 8VC partner Francisco Gimenez @fjeg1987 latest article in @medcitynews on how radiologists in conjunction with #AI are able to transform workflow and improve real-time medical imaging @Sirona_Medical.
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Thank you everyone for coming to “Zero to One In The Big City” and for making this an incredible evening! A big thank you to our wonderful speakers, sponsors, and of course our guests. Hope to see you all in NY again soon!
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Still a few spots left for our Serverless Social tomorrow evening at 8VC SF, featuring @vercel CEO @rauchg and VP Dev Experience @leeerob along with our own @BGMusings. Join us for a fireside chat, lightning demos, and good times with fellow builders:
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These rules recall another manifesto, 2013’s "The Smart Enterprise Wave", which has informed our investment strategy from inception: (4/7).
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Palantir AIP Commercial lead Jack Dobson joined 8VC partner (& Palantir alum) @SebastianCaliri for a fireside chat about builder culture, finding your unique role, enabling decision-makers, and expanding Foundry/AIP from the F500 to startups. (2/7)
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Healthcare is one of the great tests of 8VC’s motto, “The world is broken. Let’s fix it”. As our recent survey revealed, health innovators are already making inspiring progress applying LLMs to a host of challenges. More from @SebastianCaliri @baygross .
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We had a wonderful time last night hosting over 50 designers in SF. We had the privilege of hearing from @brian_lovin founder @trycampsite and @designdetailsfm, as well as the design team from 8VC portfolio company @TwingateHQ (@zach__johnston & @ScheuerCharles).
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We're thrilled to be leading the Series A for @metrics_co, and even more excited about what the future holds. Congrats @jmelaskyriazi @denykhoung @kevinleehsu and the whole team!. Find out more here:.
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@SebastianCaliri Next, Jack walked us through an AIP supply chain demo, showing how AIP’s pipelines, ontology, logic, transforms, actions, and agent-driven workflows fit together to enable global and local decisions and power many enterprise automations at once. (3/7)
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The latest Chat8VC takes place 12/5, cohosted w/ @EssenceVenture’s @tnachen & featuring @nvidia GAI platform director @spirinus + @Continual_AI cofounder/CEO @tristanzajonc. And now, you can feel the vibes in advance with our new teaser vid!
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Fieldguide's growth has been remarkable, and this round marks an exciting new chapter in their drive to modernize audit & advisory. Excited to renew our support. Congrats @jinwchang, @cszy, and the whole @fieldguide team! CC: @AlexKolicich @AustinGiraffe @jack_moshkovich.
🎉 We are thrilled to announce Fieldguide's $30 Million Series B! We thank our customers, team, and investors for their enthusiasm for solving the CPA talent shortage with Fieldguide. Read the full announcement from our CEO, Jin W. Chang here:
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Today, we’re catching up with @SpartanRadar, including their recent Series B (led by 8VC), rapidly accelerating growth, a key leadership addition, and exciting breakthroughs in automotive safety: .
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A no-holds-barred piece on the future of warfare and the stakes of defining it - as well as a preview of the thinking behind our newest defense co. From 3x 8VC founder @mintz4assembly & @_portersmith:.
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Excited to back an outstanding team and product in bringing fast, high-quality, cost-effective data movement to Postgres enterprises!.
Today, we are excited to announce our seed funding round of $3.6M, led by @8vc and includes @ycombinator , @WayfinderVC, @WINFunding , @flexcapital, @roguecapital, @pioneer_fund, @orangecollectv, and several angel investors. We extend our gratitude to.
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Tome is reinventing presentations, replacing snoozefest slide decks with tools to supercharge creativity and automate busy work. It’s a brave new world for presenters and audiences. In this epic thread, our friends at @why2join explore @magicaltome in depth:.
For deeper analysis (and memes) click the link 👇🏼. Trust us, you’re not gonna want to miss this one ;).
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