About
Sven Myhre holds a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley and has experience scaling machine learning infrastructure in industry. He has been involved in AI community leadership in Norway and is co-founder and CTO of Ara.
Co-founder, CTO at AraYC X26
Intro paths
YC
Sven went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Ara's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Sven can intro founders to Ara's investors below.
Ara's investors · 1
Co-founders at Ara
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Adi SinghFounder
Experience
- Ara (YC P26)Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentOslo, Norway
- AI Mad LabMad House - Founder Resident2026Oslo, Norway
- EquinorSoftware Engineer2025Bergen, Vestland, Norway
- Q-FreeMachine Learning Engineer2024Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
- WärtsiläSoftware Developer2023Stord, Vestland, Norway
- Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU)Teaching Assistant2022 — 2023Trondheim, Trøndelag fylke, Norge
- Nabla- Linjeforeningen for fysikk og matematikkWeb Developer2021 — 2023
- Forsvaret - Norwegian Armed ForcesMilitary Service2020 — 2021
Skills & more
Leadership2Communication2Team CoordinationProblem SolvingTeam Leadership1Organization SkillsTeamworkAnalytical SkillsInterpersonal Skills1Synthetic DataTeam Building3MLOps
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningPython (Programming Language)PyTorchSoftware DevelopmentOptimizationGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)ProgrammingCyberneticsLinuxSystem AdministrationProject ManagementLanguages English · Norwegian · Nynorsk, Norwegian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sven Myhre?
- Sven Myhre holds a degree in electrical engineering and computer science from UC Berkeley and has experience scaling machine learning infrastructure in industry. He has been involved in AI community leadership in Norway and is co-founder and CTO of Ara.
- Where does Sven Myhre work?
- Sven Myhre is Co-founder, CTO of Ara.
- What companies did Sven Myhre found?
- Sven Myhre founded Ara.
- Where did Sven Myhre go to school?
- Sven Myhre studied at University of California, Berkeley; Y Combinator; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) ((siv.ing.) Cybernetics and Robotics).
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University of California, Berkeley mafia538
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) mafia9
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Ara (YC P26)1
Also worked at Equinor10
Dinesh GanesanPrincipal at ArcTern VenturesThor Olav Thorsnes EgelandManaging Director at Statkraft VenturesTim KrysiekManaging Partner at MassMutual VenturesJohn Egil JohannessenInvestment Manager at Nysnø Climate InvestmentsBala NagarajanManaging Director at S2G InvestmentsKatherine PeacheyHead of Equinor Ventures at Equinor Ventures
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