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YC S26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 3 employees · 15 known investors

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Tenor builds managed AI "workers" that own defined jobs across a company — each with a role, manager, permissions, tools, and configurable workflows — so users describe an outcome in plain language and the worker builds and executes the workflow. It also ties AI spend, completed work, and human interventions to business outcomes so leaders can measure ROI on AI worker use.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkArtificial IntelligenceB2BAutomationUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S26)

Tenor was founded in 2026 by Amgad Al-Zamkan, Hamze Al-Zamkan, and Muhtasham Oblokulov.

AAAmgad Al-Zamkan
Amgad Al-ZamkanCo-founderCo-founder of Tenor who previously worked at Amazon and studied computer science at UC Berkeley and TU Munich, where his graduate research examined optimization objectives in recommendation algorithms and adaptive decision systems.
HAHamze Al-Zamkan
Hamze Al-ZamkanCo-FounderCo-founder of Tenor, which builds AI workers that tie business outcomes to token spend so companies can measure ROI. He previously served as President of TUM.ai, a student-led AI initiative, studied at TUM and CDTM, and worked at venture-backed startups.
MOMuhtasham Oblokulov
Muhtasham OblokulovCo-founderCo-founder of Tenor, which builds AI-native work tools. He was an early contributor to DeepSeek, co-authored the StarCoder series and CodeClash with Stanford University, and previously worked on deploying large-scale AI systems in global reinsurance markets.

Investors · 15

Vela Partnerslisted by Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K
Andreessen HorowitzreportedMenlo Park · $500K – $50M

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Base10 PartnersreportedSan Francisco · $100K – $5M

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Cowboy VenturesreportedPalo Alto · $500K – $3M

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Fuel CapitalreportedCovina · $500K – $1M

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Redpoint VenturesreportedWoodside · $100K – $10M

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Also in the syndicate · 8

@cbventures@daedalus_angels@lattice_fund@nascent@preludexyz@variantfundlead@veryearlyxyzVariantlead

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  • Undisclosed amountseed roundJul 2026 · 2 sources

    @variantfund (lead), Variant (lead), @cbventures, @daedalus_angels, @lattice_fund, @nascent, @preludexyz, @veryearlyxyz

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  • Undisclosed amountSeed RoundDec 2024
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Tenor: AI workers that attribute the outcome back to the token spendycombinator.com · Aug 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Tenor do?
Tenor builds managed AI "workers" that own defined jobs across a company — each with a role, manager, permissions, tools, and configurable workflows — so users describe an outcome in plain language and the worker builds and executes the workflow. It also ties AI spend, completed work, and human interventions to business outcomes so leaders can measure ROI on AI worker use.
Who founded Tenor?
Tenor was founded by Amgad Al-Zamkan, Hamze Al-Zamkan, Muhtasham Oblokulov in 2026.
Who are Tenor's investors?
Tenor's investors include Y Combinator, Vela Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Base10 Partners, Cowboy Ventures, Fuel Capital, Redpoint Ventures.
Where is Tenor headquartered?
Tenor is headquartered in San Francisco, US.