# Carl Peterson

> Carl Peterson is co-founder of Thunder Compute. Thunder Compute on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Thunder Compute.

Carl Peterson is co-founder and CEO of Thunder Compute, a GPU cloud and virtualisation company from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. He was previously a management consultant at Bain. In the company's Series A announcement he described its aim as building "the VMware for GPUs".

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpeterson42
- X: https://x.com/carl_petey

## What Carl builds

- [Thunder Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.md), graded C, 56.3/100, in GPU & 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.

## Works with

- [Brian Model](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-model/), Co-founder, Thunder Compute

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Matrix](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/matrix/)
- [CEAS Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ceas-investments/)

## Questions

### Who is Carl Peterson?

Carl Peterson is co-founder and CEO of Thunder Compute, a GPU cloud and virtualisation company from Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch. He was previously a management consultant at Bain. In the company's Series A announcement he described its aim as building "the VMware for GPUs".

### What does Thunder Compute make?

Anchor 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.

### Who has invested in Thunder Compute?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Matrix and CEAS Investments.

### How are Carl's tools graded?

Thunder Compute is graded C, 56.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/thunder-compute
- https://www.thundercompute.com/
- https://www.thundercompute.com/contact

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