Venture capitalist and entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya has raised $135 million in Series A funding for his AI coding startup 8090 Labs, marking one of the significant early-stage funding rounds in the rapidly growing enterprise AI software development space.
The funding round was led by Salesforce Ventures and included participation from WndrCo, Craft Ventures, David Friedberg, Jason Calacanis, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo.
Alongside the funding announcement, Palihapitiya confirmed that he will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer at 8090 Labs, returning to a full-time operating leadership position for the first time since leaving Facebook.
In a statement shared on X, Palihapitiya said, “Since I left Facebook, I was waiting for a moment like this to return to a full-time operating role,” adding that “there was no decision to make except to be all in.”
Founded in January 2024, 8090 Labs is building “Software Factory,” an AI-powered coding agent designed to help enterprise software development teams create production-grade software with enterprise-level governance and operational controls.
The platform focuses on combining AI-assisted software generation with features required by large organizations, including audit trails, compliance oversight, workflow controls, and enterprise-grade software management capabilities.
The investment comes amid surging global demand for AI-powered coding tools and autonomous software engineering platforms as enterprises increasingly adopt generative AI to improve developer productivity, reduce software development cycles, automate repetitive coding tasks, and accelerate digital transformation initiatives.
The AI coding and developer tools market has become one of the fastest-growing segments within enterprise AI, attracting significant investments from venture capital firms and major technology companies competing to shape the next generation of AI-assisted software development platforms.
Industry analysts believe enterprise-focused AI coding platforms are evolving beyond basic code generation toward full-stack software orchestration, agentic development workflows, testing automation, security governance, and enterprise deployment management.
The latest funding round positions 8090 Labs among a growing group of AI infrastructure and developer platform companies seeking to capitalize on rising enterprise adoption of generative AI technologies across engineering and software operations.
8090 Labs is an AI software company focused on building enterprise-grade AI coding and software engineering platforms. Its flagship platform, Software Factory, is designed to help enterprise development teams build, manage, and deploy production-quality software using AI-powered automation, governance, and workflow orchestration capabilities.
