Find your path to Jacob
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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In turn, Jacob can intro founders to Standard Machines's investors below.
Standard Machines's investors · 2
Experience
- Standard Machines (YC S26)current2026 — present
- 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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