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  "markdown": "Original Nomic Embed model lead and first author; now Microsoft AI.\n\n- X: https://x.com/zach_nussbaum\n\n## What Zach builds\n\n- [Nomic Embed](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.md), graded D, 49.6/100, in Embeddings \u0026 rerankers. Nomic's hosted embedding endpoints on the Atlas API turn text and images into vectors with the open-weight Nomic Embed models. Agents call them over HTTP with an API key or through the Python and TypeScript clients. Original Nomic Embed model lead and first author; now Microsoft AI, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Adam Treat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adam-treat/), Overall GPT4All project and Chat UI maintainer\n- [Andriy Mulyar](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andriy-mulyar/), Founder, Nomic, Inc.\n- [Ben Schmidt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ben-schmidt/), Chief Technology Officer; founding team member\n- [Brandon Duderstadt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brandon-duderstadt/), Historical founding CEO and Nomic Embed coauthor; now Calcifer Computing founder/CEO and Nomic advisor\n- [Jared Van Bortel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-van-bortel/), GPT4All backend, Python binding and Python CLI maintainer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)\n- [Contrary Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/contrary-capital/)\n- [Betaworks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/betaworks/)\n- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)\n- [Story Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/story-ventures/)\n- [Factorial Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/factorial-capital/)\n- [Aurecon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/aurecon/)\n- [Arcadis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/arcadis/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Zach Nussbaum?\n\nZach Nussbaum is original Nomic Embed model lead and first author; now Microsoft AI.\n\n### What does Nomic, Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Nomic Embed from Nomic, Inc.. Nomic's hosted embedding endpoints on the Atlas API turn text and images into vectors with the open-weight Nomic Embed models. Agents call them over HTTP with an API key or through the Python and TypeScript clients.\n\n### Who has invested in Nomic, Inc.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Coatue, Contrary Capital, Betaworks, SV Angel, Story Ventures, Factorial Capital, Aurecon and Arcadis.\n\n### How are Zach's tools graded?\n\nNomic Embed is graded D, 49.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.nomic.ai/about\n- https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01613\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriymulyar\n- https://x.com/andriy_mulyar\n- https://www.nomad.garden/posts/bio\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Brandon+Duderstadt+Nomic+founder\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bstadt\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Zach+Nussbaum+X\n- https://x.com/zach_nussbaum\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Ben+Schmidt+Nomic+LinkedIn\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/benmschmidt\n- https://www.nomic.ai/\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. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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