--- title: Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI... description: Chamath Palihapitiya's AI coding startup 8090 Labs has closed a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from notable investors... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/chamath-palihapitiya-raises-135m-series-a-for-his-ai-coding-startup-takes-ceo-role-u0uvem9yl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role | daily.dev og:description: Chamath Palihapitiya's AI coding startup 8090 Labs has closed a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from notable investors... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/chamath-palihapitiya-raises-135m-series-a-for-his-ai-coding-startup-takes-ceo-role-u0uvem9yl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/U0uVem9Yl.png og:image:alt: Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Chamath Palihapitiya's AI coding startup 8090 Labs has closed a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from notable investors including Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo, David Sacks' Craft Ventures, and fellow All-In podcast hosts. The company's product, Software Factory, targets enterprise programming teams with AI-assisted development focused on production-quality code rather than prototypes, including audit trails and enterprise controls. Palihapitiya is stepping up from board member to CEO, comparing the current AI moment to the early days of social media at Facebook. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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