8VC

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Signals

4 stories (new)

Media momentum

As of 4 Sep 2026 · Visible stories in the last 30 days, compared with the 30 days before.

3 sources

Source diversity

As of 4 Sep 2026 · Distinct publications behind this entity's visible coverage.

3 investments

Investment activity

As of 4 Sep 2026 · Source-backed invests-in relationships tracked from this investor.

Aug 2026

Coverage span

As of 4 Sep 2026 · First to most recent month of TLDRocket coverage of this entity.

Management

updated 4 Sep 2026

Joe Lonsdale Managing Partner
Asanka Jayasuriya CTO
Nick Dolik Partner
Mitch Parker Executive in Residence
Zachary White Venture Partner
Kunal B. Entrepreneur in Residence
Christopher Beach Media & Communications
Pedro Robinson Advisor
Bela Becerra Principal
Jeremy Avin Advisor
Jon Soberg Advisor
William Armenta Eir, Advisor

+ 28 more tracked

Portfolio

Cognition Generalist Generalist AI Inc.

Latest developments

Ex-DeepMind founders’ robotics startup Generalist hits $3B valuation with $200M funding Tech Funding News · 1 week ago · 6

Robotics startup Generalist reaches $3B valuation, sources say TechCrunch · 1 week ago · 21

Robotics AI startup Generalist reportedly raises $200M SiliconANGLE · 1 week ago · 46

Wispr raises $280M to power up natural speech-to-text using AI SiliconANGLE · 2 weeks ago · 49

Timeline

Month Quarter Year

August 2026

Robotics startup Generalist raises an additional ~$200 million led by 8VC, pushing its valuation to about $3 billion Funding

Wispr raises $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation and previews a new speech-understanding model to improve dictation accuracy Funding

Relationships

Investment & ownership

Invests in Generalist · 2 sources
Invests in Cognition · 1 source
Invests in Generalist AI Inc. · 1 source

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