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PostsNewsJun 5, 2024Announcing Our Investment in iCOMATWhile most discussion of aviation breakthroughs focuses on areas like VTOL, advanced fuels, electrification, or autonomy, weight is a universal concern. In commercial aircraft, lowering costs through methods including weight reduction has helped expand access to air travel from an estimated 383 million global air passengers in 1970 to almost 4.5 billion in 2019. In defense, weight reduction means greater range - increasingly critical with conflict looming in the Indo-Pacific. In recent decades, weight reduction has largely involved replacing metals with composites - most notably in Airbus’ A350 and Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, with total reduction estimated at 20%.

PostsApr 30, 2024Scalable AI ArchitecturesToday, two neural architectures scale to the limits of available data and compute:

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Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the managing partner at 8VC, a US-based venture capital firm that manages several billion dollars in committed capital. He was an early institutional investor in notable technology startups including Oculus (acq.FB), Guardant Health (NASDAQ: GH), Oscar (NYSE: OSCR), Illumio, Anduril, Wish (NASDAQ: WISH), JoyTunes, Blend (NASDAQ: BLND), Flexport, Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY), Cityblock, Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, RelateIQ (acq.CRM), and many others. Joe was the youngest member included in Forbes 100 Midas List in 2016 and 2017.

Before focusing on institutional investing, Joe co-founded Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) a global software company known for its work in defense and other industries, as well as for providing the platform to run the COVID-19 common operating picture for key decision makers in over 35 countries. After Palantir, he founded and remains as Chairman of both Addepar, which has over $4 trillion USD on its wealth management technology platform, and OpenGov, which provides software for over 2,000 municipalities and state agencies. More recently, he is also a co-founder of Affinity, Epirus, Resilience Bio, and other mission-driven technology companies, which he continues to create with his team out of the 8VC Build program. Joe began his career as an early executive at Clarium Capital, which he helped grow into a large global macro hedge fund. He also worked with PayPal while he attended Stanford.

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PostsNewsFeb 27, 2024OpenGov: A Changing Guard; A Continuing MissionToday, OpenGov announced its acquisition by Cox Enterprises for $1.8 billion USD.PostsNewsFeb 27, 2024OpenGov: A Changing Guard; A Continuing MissionToday, OpenGov announced its acquisition by Cox Enterprises for $1.8 billion USD.

PostsMar 27, 2023Helping Banks Into The 21st Century With Dynamic Digital InfrastructureBlend Builder is a brilliant banking product, ready for a bigger challenge than mortgages alonePostsMar 27, 2023Helping Banks Into The 21st Century With Dynamic Digital InfrastructureBlend Builder is a brilliant banking product, ready for a bigger challenge than mortgages alone

PostsNewsMar 1, 2023Announcing 8VC Fund VWe are proud to announce 8VC Fund V, with $880 million in new capital to continue our work supporting and partnering with entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, and building companies ourselves.PostsNewsMar 1, 2023Announcing 8VC Fund VWe are proud to announce 8VC Fund V, with $880 million in new capital to continue our work supporting and partnering with entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey, and building companies ourselves.

PostsNewsSep 24, 2022Investing Where Others Have Given Up: Announcing TAP (Training All People)We are excited to introduce TAP, the newest company to emerge from 8VC’s Build program. Read on to learn how TAP is partnering with industry leaders to teach the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century economy, while helping underserved communities to create opportunities and mentorship networks close to home.PostsNewsSep 24, 2022Investing Where Others Have Given Up: Announcing TAP (Training All People)We are excited to introduce TAP, the newest company to emerge from 8VC’s Build program. Read on to learn how TAP is partnering with industry leaders to teach the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century economy, while helping underserved communities to create opportunities and mentorship networks close to home.

PostsNewsSep 22, 2022The Once and Future King: VC as an Asset Class in 2022 and BeyondIn 2022, the technology sector experienced its biggest downturn in a generation, marking the end of a formidable bull run in Silicon Valley. Many are wondering what the downturn in tech equities means for venture capital as an asset class. Is VC better today than it was a few years ago? How does it compare to competing assets like the rest of private equity, public markets, cash, credit, etc?PostsNewsSep 22, 2022The Once and Future King: VC as an Asset Class in 2022 and BeyondIn 2022, the technology sector experienced its biggest downturn in a generation, marking the end of a formidable bull run in Silicon Valley. Many are wondering what the downturn in tech equities means for venture capital as an asset class. Is VC better today than it was a few years ago? How does it compare to competing assets like the rest of private equity, public markets, cash, credit, etc?

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