# Elias Almqvist

> Elias Almqvist is the Swedish co-founder and CEO of Zettascale Computing Corporation, formerly Exa Laboratories. Based in San Francisco, he develops reconfigurable AI hardware after studying computer science and computer engineering at Chalmers and working in embedded software.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Zettascale Computing Corporation
- **Organizations:** Zettascale Computing Corporation, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** Swedish
- **Education:** Computer Science and Computer Engineering; left before graduation, Chalmers University of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded a company admitted to Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch., Led Zettascale through its 2025 rebrand and 2026 Grasshopper development-kit announcement.

## Career timeline

- **2022–2024** — Studied at Chalmers University of Technology before leaving to build his company.
- **2024** — Co-founded Exa Laboratories with Prithvi Raj; joined Y Combinator Summer 2024.
- **2025** — Announced the change of name to Zettascale Computing Corporation on September 4.
- **2026** — Company announced XPU Grasshopper and opened FPGA development-kit pre-orders on October 7.

## Achievements

- Co-founded a company admitted to Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch.
- Led Zettascale through its 2025 rebrand and 2026 Grasshopper development-kit announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Zettascale announced XPU Grasshopper on October 7; the FPGA devkit is available for pre-order with February 2027 shipping scheduled.

## Links

- Website: https://wych.dev/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/almqv/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/fcvprzhfgsybj
- GitHub: https://github.com/almqv

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Last updated: 2026-10-08