YCS26ยท AIBaud
AI chips for ultra-fast training and inference
Founders
- Sarang ZambareFounder/CEO
- Eric TaylorFounder & Chief Hardware Architect
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About Baud
Novel AI hardware built from first principles to let companies train, fine-tune, and deploy frontier models with orders of magnitude better performance than incumbents
San Francisco, CA, USA
Baud: questions
Which YC batch was Baud in?
Baud was in Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch (S26).
Is Baud still active?
Y Combinator lists Baud as active.
Who founded Baud?
Baud's founders, as listed on its YC page: Sarang Zambare (Founder/CEO), Eric Taylor (Founder & Chief Hardware Architect).
Where is Baud based?
Baud lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.
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