# Akshat Bubna (slim)

> Akshat Bubna is co-founder of Modal. Modal and Modal Sandboxes on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Modal.

## What Akshat builds

- [Modal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal.md), graded B, 63.8/100, in GPU & serverless compute. Serverless functions, web endpoints, servers and GPU jobs from a Python decorator, with JavaScript and Go SDKs. Co-founder, Modal, researched 2026-10-28.
- [Modal Sandboxes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/modal-sandboxes.md), graded B, 66/100, in Code execution sandboxes. Modal's sandboxed compute environments for running code, with SDK access, GPU support and filesystem snapshots. Co-founder, Modal, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Erik Bernhardsson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/erik-bernhardsson/), Co-founder and CEO, Modal

## Backed by

- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Redpoint Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/redpoint-ventures/)
- [Menlo Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/menlo-ventures/)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)
- [Lux Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lux-capital/)
- [Amplify Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amplify-partners/)
- [Creandum](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/creandum/)

## Questions

### Who is Akshat Bubna?

Akshat Bubna is co-founder of Modal.

### What does Modal make?

Anchor Terminal lists Modal and Modal Sandboxes from Modal.

### Who has invested in Modal?

The sources our research read name Accel, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Lux Capital, Amplify Partners and Creandum.

### How are Akshat's tools graded?

Modal is graded B, 63.8 out of 100; Modal Sandboxes is graded B, 66 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://modal.com/
- https://modal.com/company
- https://erikbern.com/about.html

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.