FUNDING· Jul 24, 2026
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newest first- Jul 24, 2026FUNDINGVA Signs $1.6B Deal for Salesforce AI Agents$1.6B Contract→
- Jul 19, 2026AICurrent AI's Bid to Build a Public Alternative to Big Tech→
- Jul 8, 2026FUNDINGChamath's 8090 Raises $135M Led by Salesforce$135M Series A→
- Jun 30, 2026FUNDINGChamath's 8090 Labs Raises $135M Series A Led by Salesforce Ventures$135M Series A→
- Jun 29, 2026FUNDINGChamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role$135M→
- Jun 29, 2026FUNDINGChamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role$135M→
- Jun 29, 2026FUNDINGChamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Returns as CEO$135M Series A→
- Jun 29, 2026FUNDINGChamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for 8090 Labs, Takes the CEO Role$135M→
- Jun 18, 2026FUNDINGGradial Raises $65M at $675M to Build an 'Operating System for Marketing'$65M→
- Jun 17, 2026FUNDINGSierra Raises $350M at $10B -- Bret Taylor's Agent Company Triples in a Year$350M→
- Jun 16, 2026BIG TECHSalesforce Buys Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B to Supercharge Agentforce$3.6B→
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FUNDING$1.6B Contract
VA Signs $1.6B Deal for Salesforce AI Agents
The Department of Veterans Affairs signed a three-year, $1.6 billion Agentic Enterprise License Agreement with Salesforce to deploy AI agents across veteran care and administrative workflows.
Jul 24, 2026AI· Jul 19, 2026
Current AI's Bid to Build a Public Alternative to Big Tech
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Current AI's Bid to Build a Public Alternative to Big Tech
Current AI, a nonprofit with $400 million in committed funding from France's government, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, DeepMind and Salesforce, is building open AI infrastructure -- starting with an offline device serving 22 Indian languages.
Jul 19, 2026FUNDING· Jul 8, 2026
Chamath's 8090 Raises $135M Led by Salesforce
FUNDING$135M Series A
Chamath's 8090 Raises $135M Led by Salesforce
8090, the enterprise AI-agent software company founded by Chamath Palihapitiya, closed a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce, with Palihapitiya stepping down from the board to become full-time CEO.
Jul 8, 2026FUNDING· Jun 30, 2026
Chamath's 8090 Labs Raises $135M Series A Led by Salesforce Ventures
FUNDING$135M Series A
Chamath's 8090 Labs Raises $135M Series A Led by Salesforce Ventures
8090, the AI-native 'software factory' co-founded by Chamath Palihapitiya, raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with Palihapitiya stepping down from the board to become full-time CEO the same week the round closed.
Jun 30, 2026FUNDING· Jun 29, 2026
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role
FUNDING$135M
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role
8090 Labs, the enterprise AI-coding startup Chamath Palihapitiya founded in January 2024, raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with Palihapitiya stepping in as full-time CEO for the first time since leaving Facebook. The company's Software Factory product helps corporate engineering teams use AI to build production-grade software with the audit trails and controls large enterprises require, rather than the vibe-coded prototypes most AI coding tools produce.
Jun 29, 2026FUNDING· Jun 29, 2026
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role
FUNDING$135M
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Takes CEO Role
8090 Labs, the enterprise AI coding startup founded by Chamath Palihapitiya, closed a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures on June 29, with Chamath stepping into the CEO seat — his first full-time operating role since leaving Facebook. The company's Software Factory product helps corporate engineering teams ship production-quality software with AI agents rather than vibe-coded prototypes.
Jun 29, 2026FUNDING· Jun 29, 2026
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Returns as CEO
FUNDING$135M Series A
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M for AI Coding Startup 8090 Labs, Returns as CEO
Chamath Palihapitiya's 8090 Labs raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures, with Palihapitiya taking the CEO role -- his first full-time operating job since leaving Facebook -- to scale Software Factory, an AI coding platform built for regulated industries including healthcare, insurance, aerospace and government, TechCrunch reported June 29.
Jun 29, 2026FUNDING· Jun 29, 2026
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for 8090 Labs, Takes the CEO Role
FUNDING$135M
Chamath Palihapitiya Raises $135M Series A for 8090 Labs, Takes the CEO Role
8090 Labs, the enterprise AI coding startup Chamath Palihapitiya founded in early 2024, raised a $135 million Series A led by Salesforce Ventures -- and Palihapitiya announced he will run it as CEO rather than just chairing the board. Its flagship product, Software Factory, aims to move corporate engineering teams from AI prototypes to production-grade applications with enterprise controls like audit trails.
Jun 29, 2026FUNDING· Jun 18, 2026
Gradial Raises $65M at $675M to Build an 'Operating System for Marketing'
FUNDING$65M
Gradial Raises $65M at $675M to Build an 'Operating System for Marketing'
Gradial, a Seattle startup building agents that automate marketing work across tools like Adobe, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Databricks, raised $65 million at a $675 million valuation led by Insight Partners. It's a bet that agentic automation with measurable ROI -- not generic AI features -- is what enterprises will pay up for.
Jun 18, 2026FUNDING· Jun 17, 2026
Sierra Raises $350M at $10B -- Bret Taylor's Agent Company Triples in a Year
FUNDING$350M
Sierra Raises $350M at $10B -- Bret Taylor's Agent Company Triples in a Year
Sierra, the customer-service AI agent company from ex-Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor, raised $350M at a $10B valuation -- roughly 3x its mark from a year ago. Enterprises are paying for agents that actually resolve tickets, and Sierra is the clearest commercial proof that vertical agents, not chatbots, are where the money is.
Jun 17, 2026BIG TECH· Jun 16, 2026
Salesforce Buys Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B to Supercharge Agentforce
BIG TECH$3.6B
Salesforce Buys Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B to Supercharge Agentforce
Salesforce agreed to acquire Fin -- the AI customer-service agent business formerly known as Intercom -- for $3.6B, folding it into its Agentforce platform. It's a direct bid to own the AI customer-service category before vertical agent startups like Sierra run away with it.
Jun 16, 2026