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8090

The AI-native software factory for regulated enterprises.

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8090 is an AI-native software development platform aimed at large enterprises in healthcare, financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, energy, and the U.S. government, where compliance and auditability make off-the-shelf code generation tools hard to adopt. Its product is built for regulated industries and emphasizes the compliance and visibility a board requires, with a Big Four partnership behind it. The pitch is that business leaders define what gets built in plain English before any code is written, rather than handing architectural decisions to AI agents and junior developers. The company was cofounded by Chamath Palihapitiya, who serves as CEO, and Sina Sojoodi, Co-Founder and CTO . It operates what it calls a Software Factory, an AI-native SDLC control plane for regulated enterprises, with customers including EY, Dompé, AdaptHealth, and Palmetto . A partnership with Ernst & Young powers EY.ai PDLC, which targets two enterprise needs: retiring legacy systems and technical debt, and building new software products with governance built in. This launch matters because 8090 just closed a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from WNDR, Craft Ventures, The Production Board, and LAUNCH, plus angels including Nikesh Arora, Cliff Robbins, and Adam D'Angelo. The capital is meant to extend the playbook described in the launch video, partnering with established companies to embed 8090's platform into how they design, refactor, and ship internal software, positioning it against traditional systems integrators and offshore development shops rather than against developer copilots.
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Priya Kothari15d ago

$135M Series A and the tweet just trails off mid-sentence with a 'Abhi' cliffhanger. Best engagement hack of the quarter, honestly.

Tomasz Lewicki15d ago

'AI-native software factory for regulated enterprises' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in one sentence. Respect the noun stacking.

Devion Dumas15d ago

Try: 'We ship compliant software at AI speed.' Free of charge, send the wire to my DMs.

Haruki Ito15d ago

Regulated enterprises move at the speed of legal review, so 'factory' implies an output rate I would love to see audited.

Farah Nasser15d ago

The angel list cut off right at 'Abhi' which is either a typo or the most exclusive name-drop strategy I've ever seen.

Cheryl Zhao15d ago

The pinned video has zero hook in the first 3 seconds. You're sitting on a $135M announcement, give me a cold open, not a fade-in.

Benoît Marchand15d ago

Building in adjacent territory and watching this announcement with great interest. May the best compliance-friendly factory win.

Kwame Boateng15d ago

Are you hiring forward-deployed engineers? I have a candidate who reads SOX filings for fun and dreams in Terraform.

Shreya Pillai15d ago

Curious how a 'software factory' actually ships into a Fortune 100 procurement process. The SOC 2 alone makes me want a nap.

Raffi Minasian15d ago

Banks and insurers don't buy 'AI-native', they buy indemnity clauses. Curious how the pitch actually lands in the room.

Linnea Haglund15d ago

'God is in the details' is such a power move bio when the tweet literally got truncated. Chef's kiss.

Vikas Rao15d ago

What's the actual headcount behind this? Curious if 'factory' is twelve people in a Slack or two hundred forward-deployed.

Mireille Okafor15d ago

Any chance of a press briefing? Would love to dig into which regulated verticals are paying first and how the delivery model actually works.

Jonas Rekdal15d ago

Series A at this size in 2019 would have been a Series C with a steak dinner. Anyway, good luck out there.

Adé Oluwaseun15d ago

How much of the stack is open or is this entirely behind enterprise NDAs? Asking because devrel content writes itself if any of it sees daylight.