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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 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?” 8Spotlight is our celebration of those people. We’re proud to share their stories with you.
So plug in, press play, and discover the founders reshaping industries and rewriting the future one startup at a time.
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S1E8 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…
S1E8 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…
S1E7 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…
S1E6 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…
S1E5 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…
S1E4 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…
S1E3 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…
S1E1 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…
S1E1 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…
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8Spotlight has published 9 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Entrepreneurship.
8Spotlight is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 34m.
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