{ "data": null, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-zhao/", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-zhao/index.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-zhao/index.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/paul-zhao/index.min.md" }, "markdown": "EVP and General Manager, Lambda Cloud.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/foundermode\n\n## What Paul builds\n\n- [Lambda Cloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lambda.md), graded D, 50.1/100, in GPU \u0026 serverless compute. On-demand GPU virtual machines and clusters, with an API for provisioning compute and persistent storage. EVP and General Manager, Lambda Cloud, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Dave Ward](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dave-ward/), President, Product and Engineering\n- [Michael Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-balaban/), Co-founder and Chief Product Officer\n- [Stephen Balaban](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/stephen-balaban/), Co-founder and CTO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [TWG Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twg-global/)\n- [US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/us-innovative-technology-fund-usit/)\n- [Andra Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andra-capital/)\n- [SGW](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sgw/)\n- [Andrej Karpathy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andrej-karpathy/)\n- [ARK Invest](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ark-invest/)\n- [Fincadia Advisors](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fincadia-advisors/)\n- [G Squared](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/g-squared/)\n- [In-Q-Tel (IQT)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/in-q-tel-iqt/)\n- [KHK \u0026 Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/khk-partners/)\n- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)\n- [Pegatron](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/pegatron/)\n- [Supermicro](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/supermicro/)\n- [Wistron](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wistron/)\n- [Wiwynn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wiwynn/)\n- [1517 Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/1517-fund/)\n- [Crescent Cove](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/crescent-cove/)\n- [B Capital Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/b-capital-group/)\n- [SK Telecom](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sk-telecom/)\n- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)\n- [Mercato Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mercato-partners/)\n- [Bloomberg Beta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bloomberg-beta/)\n- [Google](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/google/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Paul Zhao?\n\nPaul Zhao is EVP and General Manager at Lambda Cloud.\n\n### What does Lambda make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Lambda Cloud from Lambda. On-demand GPU virtual machines and clusters, with an API for provisioning compute and persistent storage.\n\n### Who has invested in Lambda?\n\nThe 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 \u0026 Partners, NVIDIA, Pegatron, Supermicro, Wistron, Wiwynn, 1517 Fund, Crescent Cove, B Capital Group, SK Telecom, T. Rowe Price, Mercato Partners, Bloomberg Beta and Google.\n\n### How are Paul's tools graded?\n\nLambda Cloud is graded D, 50.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://lambda.ai/leadership\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbalaban\n- https://x.com/stephenbalaban\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpus\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/foundermode\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwardjr\n- https://lambda.ai/\n- https://lambda.ai/support\n- https://support.lambda.ai/hc/en-us/requests/new\n- https://deeptalk.lambdalabs.com/\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. 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