About
Eric Taylor is an ASIC architect with over a decade of experience across multiple semiconductor and IP companies, including NVIDIA, Freescale/NXP, Arteris IP, and Enfabrica, with expertise in chip design and architecture.
Founder & Chief Hardware Architect at BaudYC S26
Intro paths
YC
Eric went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Baud's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Eric can intro founders to Baud's investors below.
Baud's investors · 1
Co-founders at Baud
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Sarang ZambareFounder & CEO
Experience
- BaudFounder & Chief Hardware Architectcurrent2026 — presentNew York, NY
- NVIDIASr. ASIC Engineer2025 — 2026Brooklyn, NY
- EnfabricaMember of the Technical Staff2025Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Arteris IPSenior Staff Hardware Design Engineer2022 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
- Arteris IPSenior Hardware Design Engineer2018 — 2022Austin, Texas Area
- NXP SemiconductorsDesign Engineer2016 — 2018Austin, Texas Area
- NXP SemiconductorsERP Engineer2016Austin, Texas Area
- Freescale SemiconductorERP Engineer2015Austin, Texas Area
- Whirlpool CorporationWERLD Intern2014Benton Harbor, Michigan Area
- The Aerospace CorporationDigital Electronics Intern2013Chantilly, VA
- Institute of Mathematics and Computer ScienceCamp Counselor2008 — 2011
- Boy Scouts of AmericaEagle Scout Project2010
Skills & more
Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)2Digital Circuit Design5Neural NetworksMachine LearningEmbedded Software Programming1FPGARapid PrototypingRTL Design2Verilog8C4TensorFlowPython (Programming Language)
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PerlMicrosoft OfficeC++VHDLLinuxXlinix ISEPhotoshopJavascript- Fundamentals of Accelerated Data Science with RAPIDS — NVIDIA
- Introduction to Designing Data Lakes on AWS — Coursera
- Data-Driven Astronomy — Coursera
- Modern Art and Ideas — Coursera
- Game Design and Development Specialization — Coursera Course Certificates
- Game Design and Development Capstone — Coursera Course Certificates
- Game Development for Modern Platforms — Coursera Course Certificates
- Business of Games and Entrepreneurship — Coursera Course Certificates
- Principles of Game Design — Coursera Course Certificates
- Introduction to Game Development — Coursera Course Certificates
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Eric Taylor?
- Eric Taylor is an ASIC architect with over a decade of experience across multiple semiconductor and IP companies, including NVIDIA, Freescale/NXP, Arteris IP, and Enfabrica, with expertise in chip design and architecture.
- Where does Eric Taylor work?
- Eric Taylor is Founder & Chief Hardware Architect of Baud.
- What companies did Eric Taylor found?
- Eric Taylor founded Baud.
- Where did Eric Taylor go to school?
- Eric Taylor studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Master's degree, Architecture); Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning).
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