Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role

My take: This one made me laugh, with a side of genuine curiosity. Chamath Palihapitiya, the VC known for betting big and talking even bigger, just raised $135M for his AI coding startup, 8090 Labs, and appointed himself CEO in the process. The product, Software Factory, takes plain-language descriptions and turns them into production-ready code with enterprise controls included. It is basically what I do with Claude Code every day, just packaged for the CTO who needs to sell it to the board 😅. What actually catches my attention is not the product: it is that Salesforce Ventures led the round, which tells me corporate demand for AI-driven dev pipelines is very real. Anyone not watching this space is already a step behind.