Who founded Freesolo?

Freesolo was founded by Eric Mao, Tom Zheng in 2025.

Who are Freesolo's investors?

Freesolo's investors include Y Combinator.

Where is Freesolo headquartered?

Freesolo is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Freesolo

San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 4 employees · 1 known investors

Flash is a platform that trains custom machine learning models for AI agents using user-provided data. It offers fixed-price training runs with downloadable model weights that can be deployed anywhere, positioned as a cheaper and faster alternative to frontier models for routine inference tasks.

Also known as Clado · Linkd

AI & Machine Learning Developer Tools Enterprise Software Reinforcement Learning B2B AIUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (X25)

Freesolo was founded in 2025 by Eric Mao and Tom Zheng.

Eric Mao in 𝕏Co-Founder & CEOEric Mao studied computer science and business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Tom Zheng in 𝕏Co-FounderTom Zheng is a cofounder of Freesolo, a company focused on automating model training.

Investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K

In the news

Freesolo: Post-Training Built for your Agentycombinator.com · Jul 2026

Clado: Deep Research for Peopleycombinator.com · May 2025

Freesolo Ventures - Freesolofreesolo.com · May 2023

Frequently asked questions

What does Freesolo do?: Flash is a platform that trains custom machine learning models for AI agents using user-provided data. It offers fixed-price training runs with downloadable model weights that can be deployed anywhere, positioned as a cheaper and faster alternative to frontier models for routine inference tasks.
Who founded Freesolo?: Freesolo was founded by Eric Mao, Tom Zheng in 2025.
Who are Freesolo's investors?: Freesolo's investors include Y Combinator.
Where is Freesolo headquartered?: Freesolo is headquartered in San Francisco, US.