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Eric Taylor

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Founder & Chief Hardware Architect at Baud

Brooklyn, New York, United States

FoundedBaud · YC

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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

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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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Baud's investors · 16

Agrolimen VenturesAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBlast.Club$5.5M checksEight CapitalFounder CapitalSilicon Valley · $25K – $100K checksFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGoodFin VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checksLobby CapitalPalo AltoMaiora Rebel VenturesPioneerToronto, OntarioPolymath Capital PartnersRitual CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $500K checksTranspose Platform ManagementSan FranciscoTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Baud

SZSarang Zambare
Sarang ZambareFounder & CEO

Experience

  1. BaudFounder & Chief Hardware Architectcurrent2026 — presentNew York, NY
  2. NVIDIASr. ASIC Engineer2025 — 2026Brooklyn, NY
  3. EnfabricaMember of the Technical Staff2025Brooklyn, New York, United States
  4. Arteris IPSenior Staff Hardware Design Engineer2022 — 2025Austin, Texas, United States
  5. Arteris IPSenior Hardware Design Engineer2018 — 2022Austin, Texas Area
  6. NXP SemiconductorsDesign Engineer2016 — 2018Austin, Texas Area
  7. NXP SemiconductorsERP Engineer2016Austin, Texas Area
  8. Freescale SemiconductorERP Engineer2015Austin, Texas Area
  9. Whirlpool CorporationWERLD Intern2014Benton Harbor, Michigan Area
  10. The Aerospace CorporationDigital Electronics Intern2013Chantilly, VA
  11. Institute of Mathematics and Computer ScienceCamp Counselor2008 — 2011
  12. Boy Scouts of AmericaEagle Scout Project2010

Skills & more

Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)2Digital Circuit Design5Neural NetworksMachine LearningEmbedded Software Programming1FPGARapid PrototypingRTL Design2Verilog8C4TensorFlowPython (Programming Language)
+8 morePerlMicrosoft 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.
What companies has Eric Taylor invested in?
Investments tracked here include GitCafe, Pennant.
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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