# 8VC > 8VC's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub), Cognition AI, Inc., Kite AI, Nylas and 5 more, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/ - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/index.md (~1,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/index.min.md (~1,180 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/index.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-28 Venture firm. Website: https://www.8vc.com ## Companies on Anchor Terminal - **Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub)**, Series B, May 2025 - [DataHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datahub.md), graded C, 59.4/100 - Source: https://datahub.com/blog/series-b-journey/ - **Cognition AI, Inc.**, Funding round before September 2025, Funding round, September 2025, Series D, May 2026, Series E, September 2026, led a round - [Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.md), graded C, 55.7/100 - Source: https://cognition.com/blog/series-d - **Kite AI** - [Kite Agent Passport](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/kite-agent-passport.md), graded D, 51.5/100 - Source: https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-09-02-Kite-Raises-18M-in-Series-A-Funding-To-Enforce-Trust-in-the-Agentic-Web - **Nylas**, Series B, June 2020, Series C, June 2021, led a round - [Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-calendar.md), graded BB, 71.1/100 - [Nylas Email API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-email.md), graded A, 79.1/100 - Source: https://www.nylas.com/blog/pr/nylas-raises-25m-to-fuel-innovation-in-communication-apis/ - **Nylas, Inc.**, Series B, June 2020, Series C, June 2021, led a round - [Nylas Notetaker API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nylas-notetaker.md), graded BB, 71.8/100 - Source: https://www.nylas.com/blog/pr/nylas-raises-25m-to-fuel-innovation-in-communication-apis/ - **Ramp Business Corporation**, Series D-2, April 2024 - [Ramp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ramp.md), graded C, 57.3/100 - Source: https://ramp.com/blog/ramp-april-2024-funding - **Rootly Inc.**, Seed, July 2021 - [Rootly MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rootly-mcp.md), graded C, 59.7/100 - Source: https://rootly.com/blog/rootly-announces-3-2-million-in-seed-funding-from-xyz-venture-capital-8vc-y-combinator - **Vercel Inc.** - [Vercel AI Gateway](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-ai-gateway.md), graded B, 66.8/100 - [Vercel Connect](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-connect.md), graded B, 68.8/100 - Source: https://vercel.com/about - **Vercel** - [Vercel Sandbox](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vercel-sandbox.md), graded BB, 73.5/100 - Source: https://vercel.com/about ## Where they invest - Company knowledge & data catalogues, 1 - Agent harnesses, 1 - Agent wallets & spending controls, 1 - Calendars & scheduling, 1 - Mailbox access, 1 - Meeting capture & meeting infrastructure, 1 - Spend management & procurement, 1 - Observability & incidents, 1 - Model APIs & inference, 1 - Agent auth & delegated access, 1 - Code execution sandboxes, 1 ## Founders they backed - [Swaroop Jagadish](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/swaroop-jagadish/), Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub) - [Shirshanka Das](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shirshanka-das/), Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub) - [Scott Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-wu/), Cognition AI, Inc. - [Steven Hao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steven-hao/), Cognition AI, Inc. - [Walden Yan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/walden-yan/), Cognition AI, Inc. - [Scott Shi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-shi/), Kite AI - [Chi Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chi-zhang/), Kite AI - [Christine Spang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/christine-spang/), Nylas, Nylas, Inc. - [JJ Tang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jj-tang/), Rootly Inc. - [Quentin Rousseau](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/quentin-rousseau/), Rootly Inc. - [Guillermo Rauch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/guillermo-rauch/), Vercel Inc., Vercel ## Questions ### Which AI tools has 8VC invested in? Anchor Terminal lists Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub), Cognition AI, Inc., Kite AI, Nylas, Nylas, Inc., Ramp Business Corporation, Rootly Inc., Vercel Inc. and Vercel backed by 8VC. ### How are 8VC's companies graded? On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, DataHub (C, 59.4), Devin (C, 55.7), Kite Agent Passport (D, 51.5), Nylas Calendar and Scheduler API (BB, 71.1), Nylas Email API (A, 79.1), Nylas Notetaker API (BB, 71.8), Ramp (C, 57.3), Rootly MCP Server (C, 59.7), Vercel AI Gateway (B, 66.8), Vercel Connect (B, 68.8) and Vercel Sandbox (BB, 73.5). Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. An investor isn't a sign of quality, and nobody can pay to be listed or to change a grade. To correct something or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com. --- Query this catalogue directly over MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key). 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