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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO, Runpod.\n\nZhen Lu co-founded Runpod and is its chief executive. Runpod launched through a Reddit post and, by its own press release, passed $120M in annual recurring revenue.\n\n## What Zhen builds\n\n- [Runpod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/runpod.md), graded D, 53.6/100, in GPU \u0026 serverless compute. Serverless GPU endpoints, queue-based or load-balanced, and rented GPU Pods, billed per second from prepaid credit. Co-founder and CEO, Runpod, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Intel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/intel/)\n- [Dell Technologies](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dell-technologies/)\n- [Julien Chaumond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/julien-chaumond/)\n- [Nat Friedman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nat-friedman/)\n- [Adam Lewis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/adam-lewis/)\n- [Summit Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/summit-partners/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Zhen Lu?\n\nZhen Lu co-founded Runpod and is its chief executive. Runpod launched through a Reddit post and, by its own press release, passed $120M in annual recurring revenue.\n\n### What does Runpod make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Runpod from Runpod. Serverless GPU endpoints, queue-based or load-balanced, and rented GPU Pods, billed per second from prepaid credit.\n\n### Who has invested in Runpod?\n\nThe sources our research read name Intel, Dell Technologies, Julien Chaumond, Nat Friedman, Adam Lewis and Summit Partners.\n\n### How are Zhen's tools graded?\n\nRunpod is graded D, 53.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.runpod.io/\n- https://www.runpod.io/contact\n- https://www.runpod.io/press/runpod-ai-cloud-surpasses-120m-in-arr\n- https://www.runpod.io/press/runpod-raises-100m-summit-partners\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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