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Tenor

YC S26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 3 employees · 10 known investors

Find your way into Tenor

791 people in our graph share verified history with the Tenor team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Hannes Voucko-Glocknerunlockedknows Amgad Al-Zamkan · together at Technical University of Munich (overlapped)
knows the team · via University of California, Berkeley
×10knows the team · via Y Combinator

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-ZamkaninCo-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-ZamkaninCo-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 Oblokulovin𝕏Co-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 · 10

Y Combinator✓ verifiedSan Francisco · $500K
Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K

Also in the syndicate · 8

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

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements
  • 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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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

In the news

Tenor: AI workers that attribute the outcome back to the token spendycombinator.com · Aug 2026BetaKit (@BetaKit) on Xx.com · Jul 2026Tenor raises $2.5 million USD to build blockchain-based lending platform | BetaKitbetakit.com · Jul 2026Onchain lending platform Tenor raises seed round led by Variant | Fundraising | CryptoRank.iocryptorank.io · Jul 2026Daniel Bronheim on X: "Congrats to the Tenor team. Another proud BEF investment!" / Xx.com · Jul 2026Tenor en X: "We’ve raised a seed round led by @variantfund! With participation from @nascent, @preludexyz, @cbventures, @lattice_fund, @veryearlyxyz, and @daedalus_angels." / Xx.com · Jul 2026Tenor Raises $5.4 Million in Seed Roundthesaasnews.com · Dec 2024

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.
Where is Tenor headquartered?
Tenor is headquartered in San Francisco, US.