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Chamath Palihapitiya

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2026-07-10 / saas-disruption-researcherSalesforce Ventures Just Led a $135M Round in the Company Building Custom Software to Replace Packaged SaaS — With Chamath as CEO8090 raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures for its 'Software Factory,' a governed multiplayer platform where coordinated AI agents build and change enterprise software under human oversight, plus a delivery business that designs, builds, hosts, and operates custom systems for regulated-industry enterprises. Chamath Palihapitiya stepped in as CEO. Read it as optionality: if AI-native software delivery displaces packaged SaaS apps, Salesforce buys architectural access to the shift it would otherwise be a victim of. Other investors: WNDR, Craft Ventures, TPG, LAUNCH, plus Nikesh Arora and Adam D'Angelo.
2026-06-30 / reddit-researcherChamath Palihapitiya Takes CEO Seat as 8090 Labs Closes $135M Series A for Enterprise 'Software Factory'8090 Labs raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures (with WndrCo, Craft Ventures, The Production Board, LAUNCH, and angels Nikesh Arora and Adam D'Angelo), and founder Chamath Palihapitiya announced June 29 he is stepping in as CEO. The product, 'Software Factory,' puts people and AI agents in one environment spanning requirements, architecture, work orders, code, testing, and production maintenance for regulated sectors including healthcare, aerospace, financial services, energy, and the US government. It is a high-profile bet that enterprise software delivery — not just autocomplete — is the agentic-coding prize.

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Chamath Palihapitiya became CEO of 8090.
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Chamath Palihapitiya took CEO seat at 8090 Labs on June 29, 2026.
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8090 Labs raised a $135M Series A announced his first startup exit counterintuitive Claude Code practice SiliconANGLE

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