# Baud

[Baud on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/baud)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://baudlabs.ai/)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/baud)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/baud-labs-ai/)

## About

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## 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.

[LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/sarang-zambare) · [X](https://twitter.com/sarangz11)

### 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.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-taylor-995b923b/)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/baud) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Eric Taylor](https://hacklab.so/eric-taylor) — Founder & Chief Hardware Architect (Present)
- [Sarang Zambare](https://hacklab.so/sarang-zambare) — Founder/CEO (Present)