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8Spotlight
by Eight Capital
Welcome to 8Spotlight, a founder-focused podcast brought to you by Eight Capital: a pre–Demo Day fund that has been backing Y Combinator startups for years. With a portfolio of 200+ startups (and counting), we’ve had the privilege of working closely with some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the world, often at the very start of their journeys. This podcast is our way of opening that window for you. In each episode, we go founder by founder, startup by startup, shining a spotlight (wink wink, nod nod) on the stories behind the companies in our portfolio. You’ll hear firsthand what it’s like to launch from YC, how great ideas take shape in real time, and the gritty, inspiring, and often surprising details that don’t always make it into TechCrunch headlines. At Eight Capital, we believe that investing in startups is about more than term sheets and cap tables. It’s about people. The ones bold enough to ask, “Why not us? Why not now?” 8Spot
Episodes
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Spotlighting Jinba: Turning Natural Language into Enterprise Workflows
This conversation with Shoya Matsumori, founder of Jinba, delves into the development and functionality of Jinba's AI-driven workflow platform. It explores the challenges of enterprise workflows, the differentiation from traditional no-code tools, and the future of AI-driven workflows. Shoya…
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Spotlighting Clodo: How Sid Rajaram Turned a Painful Pivot into Rapid Growth
What happens when your original startup idea doesn't work? In this episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Sid Rajaram, co-founder of Clodo, to discuss the company's remarkable pivot from an AI assistant for real estate agents to an AI-powered platform that's redefining prospecting. Sid shares…
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Spotlighting OrgOrg: How Wayne Crosby is Making Work Better
In this episode of 8Spotlight we chat with Wayne Crosby, founder and CEO of OrgOrg. Wayne has a storied history in tech, from selling his first startup to Google and being instrumental in building out G Suite, aka Google Workspace. We go into his background of being an experienced, storied…
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Spotlighting Y/N: Building the “Entertainment Machine” From Pivot to Breakout AI Consumer App
In this episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Gabriel Birnbaum and the team behind Y/n, one of the fastest-growing AI consumer apps redefining interactive storytelling. From a rapid pivot to breakout growth, Y/n has scaled to massive engagement, with users spending hours inside AI-generated...
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Spotlighting Andromeda Surgical: How Nick Damiano Is Building the Autonomous Era of Surgery
In this episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Nick Damiano, founder of Andromeda Surgical, to discuss the future of autonomous surgery. Nick shares how his team moved from concept to live clinical cases in record time, why they built a software-first surgical platform, and how data and autonomy...
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Spotlighting Optery: How Lawrence Gentilello Is Building the Privacy Infrastructure for the Internet
Today on the podcast, we’re joined by Lawrence Gentilello, founder of Optery, a privacy and data removal platform trusted by hundreds of thousands of individuals and over a thousand businesses. Optery operates a highly scaled B2C business alongside a fast-growing B2B platform, helping people and...
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Spotlighting Vector: How Joshua Perk Is Rewriting the GTM Playbook
In this episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Joshua Perk, Founder & CEO of Vector, the company transforming how revenue teams understand buyer intent. Joshua shares how Vector evolved from early product-market fit challenges into a breakout GTM platform: launching SiteID and OffsiteID to…
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Spotlighting Miracle: How USA Olympic Archer Turned Founder Jin Kim Is Accelerating Clinical Trials
Biotech is one of the hardest industries to break into...regulated, slow, compliance-heavy, and notoriously resistant to new software. Yet Jin Kim, a solo YC founder, is doing what few believed possible: building a profitable, fast-growing AI platform that transforms how biotech companies run...
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Spotlighting Floot: How Yujian Yao Is Rewriting the Rules of App Creation With AI
What if anyone, literally anyone, could build a full app without writing a single line of code? In today’s episode we sit down with Yujian Yao, co-founder and CEO of Floot, a platform building the easiest way for entrepreneurs and non-coders to build apps with AI. Yujian takes us inside the...
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Spotlighting Landeed: How Sanjay Mandava Is Digitizing Property Ownership in India
Can something as complex as property ownership in India finally be simplified? In this episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Sanjay Mandava, co-founder and CEO of Landeed, the Y Combinator–backed startup transforming how India verifies, buys, and manages property. For decades, India’s…
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Spotlighting RealRoots: How Dorothy Li is Revolutionizing Friendship for Women
"Can something artificial create something real?" This is one of the questions we tackle in this poignant episode of 8Spotlight with Dorothy Li, the co-founder of RealRoots. A Y Combinator–backed company growing at lightning speed, RealRoots is on a mission to help women form genuine friendships…
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Spotlighting Taiv: How Noah Palansky Found PMF And The Road To A Successful Series A Raise
In this episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Noah Palansky, co-founder of Taiv, the company turning everyday TVs in restaurants, gyms, and retail spaces into dynamic, revenue-generating media networks. Since its early days in Y Combinator, Taiv has grown rapidly: now with more than 3,000…
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Spotlighting Verata: How Josh Gardner Turned Vision into Venture, Advice For First Time Founders
In the debut episode of 8Spotlight, we sit down with Josh Gardner, co-founder of Verata, to explore his journey from early career insights to building a YC-backed company tackling big problems in private equity platforms. Josh shares the pivotal moments (I believe the exact words used in this...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to 8Spotlight, a founder-focused podcast brought to you by Eight Capital: a pre–Demo Day fund that has been backing Y Combinator startups for years.
With a portfolio of 200+ startups (and counting), we’ve had the privilege of working closely with some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in the world, often at the very start of their journeys. This podcast is our way of opening that window for you.
In each episode, we go founder by founder, startup by startup, shining a spotlight (wink wink, nod nod) on the stories behind the companies in our portfolio. You’ll hear firsthand what it’s like to launch from YC, how great ideas take shape in real time, and the gritty, inspiring, and often surprising details that don’t always make it into TechCrunch headlines.
At Eight Capital, we believe that investing in startups is about more than term sheets and cap tables. It’s about people. The ones bold enough to ask, “Why not us? Why not now?” 8Spot
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Welcome to 8Spotlight, a founder-focused podcast brought to you by Eight Capital: a pre–Demo Day fund that has been backing Y Combinator startups for years. With a portfolio of 200+ startups (and counting), we’ve had the privilege of working closely with some of the most ambitious entrepreneurs in...
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