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Tensor9
Seattle, US · Founded 2021 · Delaware corporation · 13 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
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Tensor9 is a software adaptation platform that compiles a vendor's existing stack to run inside customer environments — on-prem, in a customer VPC, or air-gapped — while letting the vendor deploy, update, and operate it with SaaS-like observability. It targets B2B software vendors selling to enterprise and regulated buyers, translating managed cloud services across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud without maintaining a separate codebase per customer.
Founders & leadership
Tensor9 was founded in 2021 by Michael Ten-Pow and Junyu Yang.
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Michael Ten-PowCo-founder · CEOHe previously served 13 years as an engineer at Amazon, reaching Principal Engineer before departing in 2020, where he contributed to AWS S3's consistency model and privacy-preserving systems in retail; he also held the role of Chief Engineer at Bluecrew. Ten-Pow studied compilers at Princeton.
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Junyu YangFounder
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Matt MichieChief EngineerMatt Michie worked on AWS's S3 service and Meta's Warm Storage infrastructure team, with deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and reliability engineering. He has also founded and advised early-stage companies.
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Dan ArmendarizChief Technology OfficerDan Armendariz is a Founding Engineer at Tensor9. He previously worked as a senior software engineer at AWS and Amazon, focusing on developer experience for services like Fargate and EC2, and as a member of the AWS Cloud9 launch team; he also spent nearly a decade teaching computer science at Harvard University and UC Berkeley, and holds a master's degree in computer science from UC Berkeley.
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Eryn MuetzelChief Product OfficerEryn Muetzel has held product management and marketing roles at companies ranging from seed stage to public, with background in security, developer tools, and cloud-native infrastructure. She has led product teams of 25+ people and has been a first product hire at multiple organizations.
Investors · 3
Corteza Capitallisted by Corteza Capital
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Level Up VenturesreportedNew York · $300K
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$4M disclosed across 1 round · 2025
▶$4MraisedApr 2025 · 7 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
▶$4MraisedApr 2025 · 7 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
- Michael Ten-PowExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $4M
- Amount sold
- $4M
- First sale
- Mar 2025
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2021
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Tensor9 do?
- Tensor9 is a software adaptation platform that compiles a vendor's existing stack to run inside customer environments — on-prem, in a customer VPC, or air-gapped — while letting the vendor deploy, update, and operate it with SaaS-like observability. It targets B2B software vendors selling to enterprise and regulated buyers, translating managed cloud services across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud without maintaining a separate codebase per customer.
- Who founded Tensor9?
- Tensor9 was founded by Michael Ten-Pow, Junyu Yang in 2021.
- Who are Tensor9's investors?
- Tensor9's investors include Corteza Capital, Wing, Level Up Ventures.
- How much funding has Tensor9 raised?
- Tensor9 has disclosed $4M raised across 1 round.
- Where is Tensor9 headquartered?
- Tensor9 is headquartered in Seattle, US.