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Vivek Gopalan

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Vivek Gopalan

@vvkgopalan

vvkgopalan.vercel.app investing in the best @8VC. formerly wrote code @Yugabyte and met great people @Yale.

San Francisco

Joined September 2022

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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Jun 4
Most robots are idiot savants -- brilliant at one bolt on one line, but useless the second anything moves an inch. @GeneralistAI is killing that, and we're thrilled to partner with them to crack generality. Whoever solves it first runs the table. Pete & team will.
Generalist
@GeneralistAI
Jun 4
We've raised $400M in new funding. This capital goes toward one mission: building general intelligence for the physical world and making it useful to everyone.
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Jan 2, 2025
venture feedback loops are not that long... if you instrument correctly
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Jul 1, 2025
Replying to @powerbottomdad1
I don't get why no one does 2. someone explain why
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Apr 10, 2025
In hindsight, some of the best companies I've said no to didn’t just have a wild idea - they had maybe one too many. But great outcomes often hide behind the last uncomfortable belief. More on "too many heresies" below
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Feb 17, 2024
el segundo defense hackathon lfg - shoutout @0xPHBD @ADoricko
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Dec 23, 2024
just convinced bruce wayne to use @tryramp in a dream great products transcend reality
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
May 7, 2025
Replying to @LM_Braswell
i love ny just as much as the next guy, but it’s a wednesday & this is bare minimum
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Sep 17, 2025
resource magnetism is one of the most important founder skills. important enough that we quantify this ability in our 8vc memos today many great company ideas are very legible, and the great filter is through the lens of resource magnetism (ability to attract A+ ppl and $)
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Jul 16, 2025
Abundance might just start with moving dirt faster. @BedrockRobotics is turning excavation from a limited process into a parallelizable one. More housing, more infrastructure, more civilization at marginal cost So pumped to work with these guys!
8VC
@8vc
Jul 16, 2025
Today, @BedrockRobotics is out of stealth. We’re proud to lead their $60M Series A, back the top team in construction autonomy, and support a renaissance in American building and prosperity. Read on below for the Bedrock x 8VC story, by @AlexKolicich & @vvkgopalan. (1/11)
GIF
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Oct 9, 2025
Replying to @MRezaBanki and @elonmusk
nominative determinism
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Aug 16, 2024
My colleague Jack is one of the most brilliant, hard working, empathetic, and objectively correct people I know. We're lucky to have him and so is America. My colleague Denis is incredible at dissecting new markets, understanding where productivity-creation is possible, and
Joe Lonsdale
@JTLonsdale
Aug 16, 2024
After it came out that I’m supporting Trump this election, it was no surprise to be attacked by lefty journalists on multiple topics. The far-left Rolling Stone’s hit piece on me a few days ago based on our policy org Cicero’s success - we’re helping several states reduce
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Jul 15, 2024
Was fantastic to host the amazing @alexalbert__ from the @AnthropicAI team for a Claude session last week with our portfolio and friends! If you’re building on Claude & have questions hit him up. They’ve got a lot cooking.
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Jul 31, 2024
1/6 Hiring is hard. Every founder knows it. But why does it have to be hard AND stressful? Why do we drop leads, lose time on mundane recruiting work, and see pipeline velocity and quality degrade with scale? It doesn't have to be that way. Enter @TeziHQ 🚀
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Vivek Gopalan
@vvkgopalan
Feb 22, 2024
Over the past year, we've been building a community around @8vc's monthly AI series - Chat8VC. We've had the pleasure to feature great talks and demos from companies like @magicaltome, @character_ai, @nvidia, @AirbyteHQ, @juliusai, @pika_labs, and more.
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