# Erik Bernhardsson

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

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CEO, Modal.

Erik Bernhardsson co-founded Modal and is its CEO. He ran the technology team at Better.com from 2015 to 2021, and before that spent six years at Spotify, where he built the first version of its music recommendations and open-sourced the Luigi workflow engine and the Annoy library.

- X: https://x.com/bernhardsson

## What Erik 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 and CEO, 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 and CEO, Modal, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Akshat Bubna](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/akshat-bubna/), Co-founder, 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 Erik Bernhardsson?

Erik Bernhardsson co-founded Modal and is its CEO. He ran the technology team at Better.com from 2015 to 2021, and before that spent six years at Spotify, where he built the first version of its music recommendations and open-sourced the Luigi workflow engine and the Annoy library.

### What does Modal make?

Anchor Terminal lists Modal and Modal Sandboxes from Modal. Serverless functions, web endpoints, servers and GPU jobs from a Python decorator, with JavaScript and Go SDKs.

### 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 Erik'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

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