# Jacob Zwang

> Jacob Zwang is founder and CTO of Freestyle. Freestyle on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder and CTO, Freestyle.

Jacob Zwang is founder and chief technology officer of Freestyle, which went through Y Combinator in Summer 2024 and builds virtual machines for AI agents. He started it with Benjamin Swerdlow out of frustration with back-end developer tools, aiming for a new cloud and backend workflow.

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

## What Jacob builds

- [Freestyle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/freestyle.md), graded C, 58.8/100, in Code execution sandboxes. Freestyle runs full Linux virtual machines for AI agents, with pause and resume that keeps memory, snapshots, private networks and domains. Agents drive it through a REST API, a TypeScript SDK and a CLI from one npm package. Founder and CTO, Freestyle, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Benjamin Swerdlow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/benjamin-swerdlow/), Founder and CEO, Freestyle

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)

## Questions

### Who is Jacob Zwang?

Jacob Zwang is founder and chief technology officer of Freestyle, which went through Y Combinator in Summer 2024 and builds virtual machines for AI agents. He started it with Benjamin Swerdlow out of frustration with back-end developer tools, aiming for a new cloud and backend workflow.

### What does Freestyle Cloud Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Freestyle from Freestyle Cloud Inc.. Freestyle runs full Linux virtual machines for AI agents, with pause and resume that keeps memory, snapshots, private networks and domains. Agents drive it through a REST API, a TypeScript SDK and a CLI from one npm package.

### Who has invested in Freestyle Cloud Inc.?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator.

### How are Jacob's tools graded?

Freestyle is graded C, 58.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.freestyle.sh
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/freestyle

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