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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Thunder Compute.\n\nBrian Model is co-founder and CTO of Thunder Compute, a GPU cloud and virtualisation company from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. He was previously a quantitative developer at Citadel Securities, and his Y Combinator profile also lists Google and Instagram.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-model/\n\n## What Brian builds\n\n- [Thunder Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.md), graded C, 56.3/100, in GPU \u0026 serverless compute. Thunder Compute is a US GPU cloud renting RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100 instances by the minute and GPU sandboxes by the second. Agents use its REST API, a hosted MCP server with OAuth, or the `tnr` CLI. Co-founder, Thunder Compute, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Carl Peterson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/carl-peterson/), Co-founder, Thunder Compute\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Matrix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matrix/)\n- [CEAS Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ceas-investments/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Brian Model?\n\nBrian Model is co-founder and CTO of Thunder Compute, a GPU cloud and virtualisation company from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. He was previously a quantitative developer at Citadel Securities, and his Y Combinator profile also lists Google and Instagram.\n\n### What does Thunder Compute make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Thunder Compute from Thunder Compute. Thunder Compute is a US GPU cloud renting RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100 instances by the minute and GPU sandboxes by the second. Agents use its REST API, a hosted MCP server with OAuth, or the tnr CLI.\n\n### Who has invested in Thunder Compute?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Matrix and CEAS Investments.\n\n### How are Brian's tools graded?\n\nThunder Compute is graded C, 56.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/thunder-compute\n- https://www.thundercompute.com/\n- https://www.thundercompute.com/contact\n\nThese 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. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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