AI infrastructure

Stoa

Website
Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Stoa provides pricing and trading infrastructure for AI hardware, live with an RFQ marketplace where companies buy and sell GPUs through vetted dealers real-time.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Berat Celik

Founder/CEO

CEO of Stoa. Repeat founder who walked away from xAI to build Stoa. UBC, computer science and economics; Cornell M.Eng., computer science.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Eren Berke Saglam

Founder/CFO

CFO of Stoa. Traded interest rates derivatives at Citi. Dartmouth salutatorian, computer science and economics.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Kaan Yigit

Founder/CTO

CTO of Stoa. Worked as a quantitative developer at Uniper, building the trading systems behind financial oil and gas books. UIUC, computer science.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

News & product activity

Sources & observations

Hacker News · Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Not assessed · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

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