# 8VC

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-04**: Series B talks reported — TechCrunch reports XDOF is in late-stage talks for a Series B at about $1.2 billion led by 8VC, with terms not final.
- **2026-06**: Stealth exit and $70M Series A — XDOF emerges from stealth; TechCrunch reports a $70M Series A with Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, and Spark Capital.
- **2024**: XDOF founded — Philipp Wu and Fred Shentu, UC Berkeley researchers, co-found XDOF to build teleoperation data infrastructure for robotics.

## Recent coverage (4 stories, network-wide)

### XDOF Eyes $1.2B Series B Just 3 Months After $70M Series A
2026-09-05 00:47:50 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Three months after emerging from stealth and a $70 million Series A, Berkeley-founded XDOF is in late-stage Series B talks at a ~$1.2 billion valuation led by 8VC. With annualized revenue nearing $50 million, the round shows how quickly venture capital is repricing the robotics data layer.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/xdof-series-b-1-2b-valuation-3-months-after-stealth

### Robotics Data Startup XDOF Nears $1.2B Round as Embodied AI Hits Data Wall
2026-09-05 00:47:35 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Physical robots have no internet-scale training corpus, and XDOF is building the fix: teleoperation data pipelines and annotation systems for general-purpose robots. Its GELLO-derived approach is fueling ~$50 million annualized revenue and a ~$1.2 billion Series B round.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/xdof-1-2b-round-embodied-ai-data-bottleneck

### Generalist Hits $3B Valuation After $200M Extension Led by 8VC
2026-08-26 02:48:58 · Sector: startups · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Generalist's $200M extension led by 8VC lifts its valuation from $2B to $3B in two months, bringing the Series B total to $600M. The speed and insider-led structure signal intense VC competition for robotics foundation models, with rivals Skild AI at $14B and Physical Intelligence at $11B.
Full story: https://getstartupbrief.com/story/generalist-3b-valuation-200m-extension

### Generalist's 3–12 Second Video Robot Training Drives $3B Valuation
2026-08-26 02:48:33 · Sector: ai · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

Generalist claims its Gen 1.5 model can teach robots new tasks from 3-12 second video demos, and the $3B valuation suggests investors believe embodied AI is nearing its ChatGPT moment. But competitors like Skild AI and Physical Intelligence are already at $11B-$14B, while the lack of robot-scale training data remains a key technical risk.
Full story: https://getaibrief.com/story/generalist-gen1-5-ai-robotics-model-3b

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