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Jacob Peake

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Founder at Standard Machines

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedStandard Machines · YC

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About

Founder of Standard Machines, which builds reinforcement learning environments for long-horizon chip design tasks in the semiconductor workflow. Previously worked as a GPU architect at Apple.

Founder at Standard MachinesYC S26

Intro paths

YC

Jacob 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 Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Standard Machines's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Standard Machines's investors · 6

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksGeneral AdvanceRobinhoodMenlo ParkTranspose Platform ManagementSan FranciscoVela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Experience

  1. Standard Machines (YC S26)‎current2026 — present
  2. Apple‎2024 — 2026

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jacob Peake?
Founder of Standard Machines, which builds reinforcement learning environments for long-horizon chip design tasks in the semiconductor workflow. Previously worked as a GPU architect at Apple.
Where does Jacob Peake work?
Jacob Peake is Founder of Standard Machines.
What companies did Jacob Peake found?
Jacob Peake founded Standard Machines.

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