Wafer builds AI agents that work as autonomous performance engineers, optimizing GPU kernels for AI inference. Our product is serverless and dedicated inference for the world’s fastest open source LLMs, achieved by Wafer's autonomous performance engineers.
Wafer is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: AI that makes AI fast. The founders listed are Emilio Andere (Founder/CEO), Steven Arellano (Cofounder) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 3, 2025).
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Wafer builds AI agents that work as autonomous performance engineers, optimizing GPU kernels for AI inference.
Our product is serverless and dedicated inference for the world’s fastest open source LLMs, achieved by Wafer's autonomous performance engineers.
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Emilio Andere
Founder/CEO
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Steven Arellano
Cofounder
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