AI software development startup 8090 nabs $135M funding round
Software development automation startup 8090 Solutions Inc. today announced that it has raised $135 million in funding.
Salesforce Ventures led the Series A round. It was joined by Palo Alto Networks Inc. Chief Executive Nikesh Arora, Quora Inc. co-founder Adam D’Angelo and more than a half-dozen others.
Menlo Park, California-based 8090 was launched in 2024 by prominent venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya. Its flagship product is an artificial intelligence platform called the Software Factory that helps companies speed up application projects. According to 8090, the platform can both modernize existing programs and create new ones from scratch.
Developers interact with the Software Factory by authoring natural language documents that describe the application they wish to build. According to 8090, projects start with documents called Requirements. They outline the high-level purpose of an application and list its features.
