@8vc
8VC is a leading technology investment firm based in Austin, Texas.
Much of the AI narrative revolves around architecture research, compute scaling & buying human data. Very few understand the deep technical discipline of "data research," which has driven many of the gains in model capabilities. @vvkgopalan sits down with @madiator & @AlexGDimakis, founders of @bespokelabsai, a company defining the category of data research. (00:00) Introducing Mahesh and Alex (03:40) Teaching a 1000 person ML class at Berkeley / changes in CS education in the age of AI (06:10) Open source data for frontier model training, OpenThoughts & training models for data curation (12:00) Why multiple-answer yields more performant models, benefits of keeping unverifiable examples in datasets (17:20) RL scaling laws / introduction to Bespoke (19:45) "Environment-driven Development" (28:35) New capabilities in frontier models & coding agents (34:30) Market outlook for RL environments (42:30) Exciting recent research and how we arrived at today's state of RL (50:00) Bespoke's Series A
@vvkgopalan @madiator We are very proud to partner with this team since the beginning! bespokelabs.ai/blog/bespoke-l…
Thank you to everyone who spent part of your busy Config week with us at Pixel Eight Cafe. It was great to see designers, artists, builders, and friends all in one place!
We wanted Pixel Eight Cafe to feel less like a networking event and more like an afternoon worth spending: a place to discover local SF artists, meet new people, and leave inspired.
Congratulations to the entire team at @DeepFission on today's IPO. We’re proud to have backed Liz, Rich, and friends since their seed, and to support them in bringing proven nuclear tech to new frontiers. 🇺🇸⚡️
We’re co-hosting two events for Config Week: ✦ Design × Research with @cognition — Tues 6/23, 6–9pm ✦ Pixel Eight Café with @indent — Thurs 6/25, 2–5pm Matcha, zines, local artists, vintage pop-ups, and a vinyl DJ for a mini creative market. More on our microsite below:
Come check out what's going on during config on our muni-inspired microsite here: 8vc.com/pixeleight
Robotics is going to get its Claude Code moment long before its ChatGPT moment. Everyone keeps waiting on the big general-purpose humanoid demo, the one that's supposed to make the whole thing click. But that's not how LLMs broke through. Coding got there first. It was narrow,
Dexterity is the hardest unsolved problem in robotics, and the clearest path to everything that follows. Cracking it takes research depth and commercial focus that rarely coexist. @GeneralistAI has both. Proud to be on the journey with @peteflorence, @andyzengineer and the team. x.com/GeneralistAI/s…
Our design team is incredible. Custom microsite for our Rocket League tournament this Friday with @cognition. Melee and other games will be featured as well. @ScottWu46 will probably school everyone, but that shouldn't stop you from trying. Limited spots @ x.com/DrCapsoul/stat…
Bringing operational intelligence to industry is core to 8VC’s thesis. Saris tackles underserved FI back office workflows end to end, orchestrating and executing with staggering depth and speed to ROI. Proud to lead their $28.8M Series A, as detailed by @AlexKolicich &
@AlexKolicich And don't miss the round coverage in @axios: axios.com/pro/fintech-de…
We hosted talented designers and design leaders from companies such as @cognition, @tryramp, @stripe, @MagicPathAI, @floraai and many more at Pixel Eight NYC. There were great conversations on AI + emergent design processes and amazing vibes all around!
Artifacts for our in-house design lab for next week's NYC design meetup from. Most spots are filled but we encourage any interested designers to join the waitlist if space frees up or if you want an invite to the next one. Link below.
Join the waitlist here: 8vc.com/pixeleight
We're hosting this quarter's design meetup NYC. @DrCapsoul whipped up this fun event landing page with a few hidden easter eggs. If you're a ravenously talented designer/design engineer consider joining us! Space is very limited, link below.
RSVP here, only a handful of slots available. 8vc.com/pixeleight
Movie night at our sf office with our friends at @browserbase, may be the beginning of a fun new tradition. x.com/DrCapsoul/stat…
The era of the agentic systems integrator has arrived. Thrilled to lead @RilianTech's seed funding, and support their expansion as a critical security partner to the US, GCC, and numerous allied nations. x.com/RilianTech/sta…
Software engineering was the first function to get a digital employee. Finance is next. Proud to partner with @tanujt, Mani, and @kos_ai_inc — the world's first AI accountant, purpose-built for the finance backbone of America's reindustrialization. More on why we invested:
Join the waitlist to our Austin Design Meetup here: gatsby.events/8vc/rsvp/regis…
