Lamb Labs YC Application
London
Lamb Labs went through Y Combinator in the Summer 2026 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.
- YC batch
- Summer 2026
- Industry
- B2B
- Location
- London
- Status
- Active
- Launched
- 2026
Founders
Niki KotechaFounder/CEO
Thomas LanningFounder/CTO
What Lamb Labs does
Lamb Labs is building MPUs (Model Processing Units), custom chips that hardcode LLM weights directly into the chip. Unlike GPUs, which move weights between memory and compute, MPUs keep the model on-chip, targeting up to 20,000+ tok/s and a 63× higher intelligence per watt.
Lamb Labs's YC application, reconstructed
Y Combinator application
Lamb Labs, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.
- Founders2
- Company7
- Progress7
- Idea4
- Equity3
- Curious2
- Batch Preference1
Company
Lamb Labs
Lightning fast chips with hardcoded AI models
We are building Model Processing Units - chips that directly store LLM weights on silicon, so model inference runs entirely on-chip. Unlike GPUs, which constantly shuttle weights back and forth from memory to compute, our MPUs keep everything local. This lets us hit over 20,000 tokens per second and deliver much higher efficiency per watt. Our customers are companies running large AI models at scale, looking for both speed and lower costs.
We live in London, England, United Kingdom, and the company will stay based here after YC.
Our team is in London, and the hardware and AI ecosystem here is strong for what we're building. It's where we can most easily work with partners and continue development.
21 more answers in the full application
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the real Lamb Labs YC application?
No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from Lamb Labs's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like Lamb Labs would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.
What YC batch was Lamb Labs in?
Lamb Labs was part of the Y Combinator Summer 2026 batch.
Who founded Lamb Labs?
Lamb Labs was founded by Niki Kotecha, Thomas Lanning.
What does Lamb Labs do?
Lightning fast chips with hardcoded AI models
How do I read the full reconstructed application?
Create a free Round Funded account. The full 26-answer version of Lamb Labs's application, and every other YC batch, is in YC Insights.
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