8090 is an AI-native software factory that helps regulated enterprises build and modernize production software using teams of people working alongside AI agents. Founded by Chamath Palihapitiya in January 2024 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, its flagship Software Factory platform runs the full software development lifecycle - from business intent to production code - through five modules (Refinery, Foundry, Planner, Assembler, Validator) while preserving the documentation, oversight and audit trails that regulated industries require. The company raised a $135M Series A led by Salesforce Ventures in June 2026, with Chamath stepping in as full-time CEO.
ActionAI is a New York- and Israel-based enterprise software company building reliability infrastructure for AI. Its platform lets companies build, run, evaluate and improve mission-critical AI workflows with a human in the loop, mapping data across the AI stack for granular testing and using an 'Explainable Exceptions' system to catch model errors before they cause damage. Founded by Stanford-trained engineer Miriam Haart, the company raised a $10M seed round in April 2026 to serve regulated sectors like finance, insurance, legal and logistics where accuracy is non-negotiable.
Brain Co. is a San Francisco-based enterprise AI company that deploys production-ready AI applications for the world's most complex, regulated industries - from government and healthcare to hospitality, energy, and supply chain. Founded by a constellation of Silicon Valley heavyweights including Elad Gil and Dan Ashton, and backed by an elite roster of investors including Patrick Collison, Reid Hoffman, and Andrej Karpathy, Brain Co. raised a $30M Series A in September 2025. Its core technology converts dense regulatory documents into executable rules engines that make AI decisions auditable and compliant - so that governments can permit faster, hospitals can care better, and supply chains can run leaner.
Domino Data Lab makes an enterprise AI and MLOps platform that helps large, regulated companies build, deploy, monitor, and govern data science and machine learning models across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Founded in 2013 by three former Bridgewater Associates technologists, Domino is used by more than 20% of the Fortune 100, including Allstate, Bristol Myers Squibb, Bayer, Lockheed Martin, and Dell.

Michael Fanfant is a General Partner at Runa Capital, a $200M+ early-stage VC firm, where he backs B2B SaaS and regulated-industry startups in fintech, edtech, and digital health. Before turning investor, he co-founded Octane Lending — a point-of-sale financing platform for powersports vehicles that hit a $900M+ valuation in 2021. A Stanford economics graduate, Kauffman Fellow (Class 27), and Events & Community Chair at BLCK VC, Fanfant brings the operational credibility of a builder and the pattern-recognition of an investor to every check he writes.

Minal Hasan is a Silicon Valley-born venture capitalist, ex-lawyer, and entrepreneur who co-founded K2 Global - one of the largest inaugural women-run VC funds in history at $183M - and now runs Cyphr VC, a solo-GP seed fund focused on fintech, cybersecurity, and regulated tech infrastructure. Raised inside boardrooms (literally), she parlayed a dual career in Big Law and product marketing into becoming one of Silicon Valley's sharpest early-stage investors, with a portfolio spanning Palantir, Spotify, Coinbase, Airbnb, and 8 unicorns.