# Tycho Svoboda

> Tycho Svoboda is the co-founder and CEO of TensorPool, a Y Combinator Winter 2025 startup that lets machine learning engineers run training jobs on cloud GPUs with a single command-line tool, routing work to the cheapest available cloud and cutting compute costs by roughly half. He left Stanford with two credits shy of graduation to build it alongside two dorm-floor friends, joining a wave of young AI founders trading their degrees for the startup grind.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at TensorPool
- **Organizations:** TensorPool, Y Combinator (W25), Pioneer Fund
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's studies (left with two credits remaining), Stanford University, Academy of Engineering and Technology - Information Technology Pathway, Academies of Loudoun
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads TensorPool, a Y Combinator Winter 2025 company described as 'Vercel for GPUs', Helped build a CLI that runs ML training jobs on cloud GPUs at roughly half the cost of major cloud providers, Shipped multi-cloud GPU routing that analyzes providers in real time to place jobs on the cheapest option

## Career timeline

- **—** — Studied at the Academies of Loudoun in the Information Technology pathway
- **—** — Enrolled at Stanford University, where he met future co-founders Joshua Martinez and Hlumelo Notshe on the same freshman dorm floor
- **—** — Held data analytics roles at Blackstone, Blumen Systems, PIMCO, and MBF Bioscience
- **—** — Served as a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund
- **2025** — Left Stanford two credits short of graduating to co-found TensorPool as CEO
- **2025** — TensorPool joined Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch and launched its GPU-orchestration CLI
- **2025** — TensorPool raised a seed round with participation from Y Combinator

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads TensorPool, a Y Combinator Winter 2025 company described as 'Vercel for GPUs'
- Helped build a CLI that runs ML training jobs on cloud GPUs at roughly half the cost of major cloud providers
- Shipped multi-cloud GPU routing that analyzes providers in real time to place jobs on the cheapest option
- Backed by Y Combinator with an early seed raise in 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — TensorPool launched publicly through Y Combinator's Winter 2025 batch with a GPU-orchestration CLI and free early-user compute credits.
- **2025-02** — Featured in San Francisco Standard coverage of young AI founders dropping out of college to build startups.

## Links

- Website: https://tensorpool.dev
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tycho-svoboda/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TychoSvoboda
- GitHub: https://github.com/tensorpool/tensorpool
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/RqqLIVzP780

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Last updated: 2026-07-31