Othello, an applied AI lab building AI models for live sales calls, announced $8 million in seed funding from a16z speedrun, Owl Capital and Long Journey Ventures. Angel investors include DoorDash co-founder Andy Fang, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf, Sentry co-founder David Cramer, Writer co-founder Waseem AlShikh, Axonius co-founder Dean Sysman, Deel co-founders Alex and Philippe Bouaziz and TransDigm CEO Kevin Stein. Its real-time AI sales coaching guides reps while buyers are still on the line.