AI infrastructure

Thunder Compute

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Founded 2022Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Thunder Compute is the GPU sandbox company. We build GPU sandboxes for AI agents and GPU instances for developers, and help partners get more out of their GPU fleets.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Previously Thunder

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08
9team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2022 · Source

Origins

Carl Peterson and Brian Model met as freshmen at Georgia Tech and became close friends. The idea for Thunder Compute sparked from Brian's experience in his Systems for AI lab, where researchers made GPU reservations weeks in advance via Google Sheets, severely hindering research progress. This inefficiency inspired us to explore ways to improve GPU access.

Founder account As recorded 2026-09-15

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
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