Baud
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About Baud
YC company profile
AI chips for ultra-fast training and inference
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
- YC batch: Summer 2026
- Founded: 2026
- Team size: 4
- Location: San Francisco
- Country: US
- Status: Active
- Industry: Industrials
- Stage: Early
- Tags: Hard Tech, Semiconductors, AI
- YC partner: Diana Hu
Founders
Sarang Zambare — Founder/CEO
Multi-time founder with 4 patents and 7+ years in deep learning and AI hardware. ML lead for Peloton Guide from concept to 100,000+ devices shipped. Previously founding ML engineer at Peloton and Caper (acquired by Instacart). Also a certified pilot.
Eric Taylor — Founder & Chief Hardware Architect
Experienced ASIC Architect with over a decade of industry experience, including four tape-outs, two major IP releases, two patents, and a publication. Prior roles at NVIDIA, Freescale/NXP, Arteris IP, and Enfabrica.
Source: Y Combinator · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.