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This is really well summarized here. People ask me why we focused 8090 on (complex) enterprise engagements from day 1 and not small entrepreneurs. The answer is that this is where all the action is. The second is that the concept of digital sovereignty will become part of the water table soon. If you don’t own your knowledge and processes, you will be disrupted. And the most powerful way to own your knowledge and processes is to have bespoke software that absorbs all of the tribal knowledge of your employees that enables it to grow and make money. This is what 8090’s Software Factory does. If, however, you stay as-is and don’t take back control from existing software vendors, your livelihood is on a shot clock.

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Digital Sovereignty Through Engineering Excellence Digital Sovereignty Through Engineering Excellence The collaboration between the EY organization and 8090’s Software Factory represents a fundamental shift in enterprise digital strategy. EY: “Leveraging 8090’s platform, we are moving beyond just code and prototypes to deliver complete, commercial-grade products at pace" By moving away from the historical cycles of fragmented outsourcing and compounding technical debt, this approach enables the delivery of commercial-grade, hardened software assets at an accelerated pace. For decades, the enterprise software lifecycle has been caught in a cycle of diminishing returns: internal development gives way to vendor lock-in, which eventually leads to fragmented offshore maintenance. This trajectory inevitably results in compounding technical debt and eroding quality. "We developed the 'Software Factory' to disrupt this legacy loop," notes @chamath Palihapitiya, Cofounder and CEO of 8090. "By combining our engineering precision with the EY organization’s extensive global footprint and strategic depth, we are empowering enterprises to reclaim their digital sovereignty." Strategic Pillars of the EY & 8090 Collaboration The focus is on two mission-critical trajectories for the modern enterprise: Systemic Legacy Transformation: Beyond simple "lift-and-shift" maneuvers to systematically decommission technical debt. By modernizing aging architectures, the reduction of heavy "maintenance tax" of legacy code, frees up capital for growth. High-Governance Product Engineering: While AI-assisted coding provides speed, it often lacks the structural integrity required for the enterprise. This strategic management and sofitware engineering approach ensures that new product development meets rigorous standards for consistency, security, and governance that automated tools cannot achieve in isolation. Through this collaboration, 8090 Software Factory and EY (Earnest & Young) are not just building software; they are re-egineering the future-state of the digital enterprise.
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