// PERSON
Rob Wachen
ROLE CO-FOUNDERMENTIONS 2LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
// BIO
Rob Wachen is the co-founder and president of Etched, a startup building specialized AI chips. He is also a co-founder of Prod, a nonprofit startup accelerator that has supported numerous founders from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. He is a Thiel Fellow and a Harvard University dropout.
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// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
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mention·Sourcery·SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
“He leads that effort for us front and center every single day. He's dealing with our with the Navy customer.”
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mention·Stanford ETL·JUNE 3, 2026
“Mercor might not exist without Prod. All our initial customers were Prod teams — Ben (founding CEO of Anysphere), Cofactory, Rob and Gavin from Etched, and others.”
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