8VC
8VC is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, founded in 2015 by Joe Lonsdale and partners after spinni…
8VC is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Austin, founded in 2015 by Joe Lonsdale and partners after spinning out of Formation 8. The firm manages over $6 billion in capital across funds focused on defense, logistics, healthcare, industrials, and AI, and in 2025 was raising a sixth flagship fund of nearly $1 billion. Notable investments include Palantir, Anduril, Addepar, and OpenGov. Recent activity: a 2025 partnership with Apollo Global Management to accelerate American industrial innovation and continued backing of dual-use AI and defense companies.
Cognition
Applied AI lab building Devin, the AI software engineer.
Epirus
High-power microwave systems that disable drone swarms in flight
Generalist AI
General-purpose embodied foundation models for physical-world robots
Apex Space
Productized satellite buses manufactured at scale
Armadin
Autonomous AI red-teaming for the era of AI hyperattacks
Loop
Overland AI
Off-road ground autonomy for military vehicles in GPS-denied terrain
Augment
AI teammate that automates freight order-to-cash workflows
Fractile
CX2
AI-enabled electronic warfare across the electromagnetic spectrum
Casetext
AI legal assistant CoCounsel that drafts, reviews, and researches law using GPT-4 reasoning.
Edra
AI agents that learn how your business runs, then automate the work