# 8090 Solutions raises $135M Series A for AI-native software factory

> 8090 Solutions, an AI coding company founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, has raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures. The startup pitches itself as an AI-native software factory, feed it business requirements and data, and it generates modular code that teams can validate and ship, compressing the path from spec to working system. The raise plants 8090 in one of the hottest and most contested corners of AI, where a wave of startups is trying to automate large chunks of software development. Salesforce Ventures leading the round, and Palihapitiya's high-profile involvement, signal continued investor appetite for tools that promise to turn requirements directly into product. The open question is differentiation. Coding assistants and autonomous agents are multiplying fast, and enterprises are still figuring out how much generated code they can trust in production. 8090's bet is that a factory framed around business requirements, rather than developer prompts, is the angle that wins skeptical buyers, and $135 million buys it a real shot to prove that thesis.

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## Wortins' read

8090 Solutions, an AI coding company founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, has raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures. The startup pitches itself as an AI-native software factory, feed it business requirements and data, and it generates modular code that teams can validate and ship, compressing the path from spec to working system. The raise plants 8090 in one of the hottest and most contested corners of AI, where a wave of startups is trying to automate large chunks of software development. Salesforce Ventures leading the round, and Palihapitiya's high-profile involvement, signal continued investor appetite for tools that promise to turn requirements directly into product. The open question is differentiation. Coding assistants and autonomous agents are multiplying fast, and enterprises are still figuring out how much generated code they can trust in production. 8090's bet is that a factory framed around business requirements, rather than developer prompts, is the angle that wins skeptical buyers, and $135 million buys it a real shot to prove that thesis.

## Source

[Read the full story at Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/8090-solutions)

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