# Dave Ward

> Dave Ward is president at Product and Engineering. Lambda Cloud on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

President, Product and Engineering.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwardjr

## What Dave builds

- [Lambda Cloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lambda.md), graded D, 50.1/100, in GPU & serverless compute. On-demand GPU virtual machines and clusters, with an API for provisioning compute and persistent storage. President, Product and Engineering, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Michael Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-balaban/), Co-founder and Chief Product Officer
- [Paul Zhao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-zhao/), EVP and General Manager, Lambda Cloud
- [Stephen Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stephen-balaban/), Co-founder and CTO

## Backed by

- [TWG Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twg-global/)
- [US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/us-innovative-technology-fund-usit/)
- [Andra Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andra-capital/)
- [SGW](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sgw/)
- [Andrej Karpathy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andrej-karpathy/)
- [ARK Invest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ark-invest/)
- [Fincadia Advisors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fincadia-advisors/)
- [G Squared](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/g-squared/)
- [In-Q-Tel (IQT)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/in-q-tel-iqt/)
- [KHK & Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/khk-partners/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)
- [Pegatron](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pegatron/)
- [Supermicro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/supermicro/)
- [Wistron](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wistron/)
- [Wiwynn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wiwynn/)
- [1517 Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/1517-fund/)
- [Crescent Cove](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crescent-cove/)
- [B Capital Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/b-capital-group/)
- [SK Telecom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sk-telecom/)
- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)
- [Mercato Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mercato-partners/)
- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)
- [Google](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/google/)

## Questions

### Who is Dave Ward?

Dave Ward is president at Product and Engineering.

### What does Lambda make?

Anchor Terminal lists Lambda Cloud from Lambda. On-demand GPU virtual machines and clusters, with an API for provisioning compute and persistent storage.

### Who has invested in Lambda?

The sources our research read name TWG Global, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Andra Capital, SGW, Andrej Karpathy, ARK Invest, Fincadia Advisors, G Squared, In-Q-Tel (IQT), KHK & Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, 1517 Fund, Crescent Cove, B Capital Group, SK Telecom, T. Rowe Price, Mercato Partners, Bloomberg Beta and Google.

### How are Dave's tools graded?

Lambda Cloud is graded D, 50.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://lambda.ai/leadership
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbalaban
- https://x.com/stephenbalaban
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpus
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/foundermode
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwardjr
- https://lambda.ai/
- https://lambda.ai/support
- https://support.lambda.ai/hc/en-us/requests/new
- https://deeptalk.lambdalabs.com/

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