diff --git a/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py b/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
index 1f4b22fdc2..c40ec73252 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_disk_tensor.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import os
 import pathlib, tempfile, unittest
+import tarfile
+
 import numpy as np
 from tinygrad import Tensor, Device, dtypes
 from tinygrad.dtype import DType
-from tinygrad.nn.state import safe_load, safe_save, get_state_dict, torch_load
+from tinygrad.nn.state import safe_load, safe_save, get_state_dict, torch_load, tar_extract
 from tinygrad.helpers import Timing, fetch, temp, CI
 from test.helpers import is_dtype_supported
 
@@ -333,5 +336,114 @@ class TestDiskTensor(unittest.TestCase):
       on_dev = t.to(Device.DEFAULT).realize()
       np.testing.assert_equal(on_dev.numpy(), t.numpy())
 
+class TestTarExtract(unittest.TestCase):
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    self.test_files = {
+      'file1.txt': b'Hello, World!',
+      'file2.bin': b'\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04',
+      'empty_file.txt': b''
+    }
+    self.tar_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'test.tar')
+    with tarfile.open(self.tar_path, 'w') as tar:
+      for filename, content in self.test_files.items():
+        file_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, filename)
+        with open(file_path, 'wb') as f:
+          f.write(content)
+        tar.add(file_path, arcname=filename)
+
+    # Create invalid tar file
+    self.invalid_tar_path = os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'invalid.tar')
+    with open(self.invalid_tar_path, 'wb') as f:
+      f.write(b'This is not a valid tar file')
+
+  def tearDown(self):
+    for filename in self.test_files:
+      os.remove(os.path.join(self.test_dir, filename))
+    os.remove(self.tar_path)
+    os.remove(self.invalid_tar_path)
+    os.rmdir(self.test_dir)
+
+  def test_tar_extract_returns_dict(self):
+    result = tar_extract(self.tar_path)
+    self.assertIsInstance(result, dict)
+
+  def test_tar_extract_correct_keys(self):
+    result = tar_extract(self.tar_path)
+    self.assertEqual(set(result.keys()), set(self.test_files.keys()))
+
+  def test_tar_extract_content_size(self):
+    result = tar_extract(self.tar_path)
+    for filename, content in self.test_files.items():
+      self.assertEqual(len(result[filename]), len(content))
+
+  def test_tar_extract_content_values(self):
+    result = tar_extract(self.tar_path)
+    for filename, content in self.test_files.items():
+      np.testing.assert_array_equal(result[filename].numpy(), np.frombuffer(content, dtype=np.uint8))
+
+  def test_tar_extract_empty_file(self):
+    result = tar_extract(self.tar_path)
+    self.assertEqual(len(result['empty_file.txt']), 0)
+
+  def test_tar_extract_non_existent_file(self):
+    with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+      tar_extract('non_existent_file.tar')
+
+  def test_tar_extract_invalid_file(self):
+    with self.assertRaises(tarfile.ReadError):
+      tar_extract(self.invalid_tar_path)
+
+class TestPathTensor(unittest.TestCase):
+  def setUp(self):
+    self.temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+    self.test_file = pathlib.Path(self.temp_dir.name) / "test_file.bin"
+    self.test_data = np.arange(100, dtype=np.uint8).tobytes()
+    with open(self.test_file, "wb") as f:
+      f.write(self.test_data)
+
+  def tearDown(self):
+    self.temp_dir.cleanup()
+
+  def test_path_tensor_no_device(self):
+    t = Tensor(self.test_file)
+    self.assertEqual(t.shape, (100,))
+    self.assertEqual(t.dtype, dtypes.uint8)
+    self.assertTrue(t.device.startswith("DISK:"))
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(t.numpy(), np.frombuffer(self.test_data, dtype=np.uint8))
+
+  def test_path_tensor_with_device(self):
+    t = Tensor(self.test_file, device="CPU")
+    self.assertEqual(t.shape, (100,))
+    self.assertEqual(t.dtype, dtypes.uint8)
+    self.assertEqual(t.device, "CPU")
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(t.numpy(), np.frombuffer(self.test_data, dtype=np.uint8))
+
+  def test_path_tensor_empty_file(self):
+    empty_file = pathlib.Path(self.temp_dir.name) / "empty_file.bin"
+    empty_file.touch()
+    t = Tensor(empty_file)
+    self.assertEqual(t.shape, (0,))
+    self.assertEqual(t.dtype, dtypes.uint8)
+    self.assertTrue(t.device.startswith("DISK:"))
+
+  def test_path_tensor_non_existent_file(self):
+    non_existent_file = pathlib.Path(self.temp_dir.name) / "non_existent.bin"
+    with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+      Tensor(non_existent_file)
+
+  def test_path_tensor_with_dtype(self):
+    t = Tensor(self.test_file, dtype=dtypes.int16)
+    self.assertEqual(t.shape, (50,))
+    self.assertEqual(t.dtype, dtypes.int16)
+    self.assertTrue(t.device.startswith("DISK:"))
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(t.numpy(), np.frombuffer(self.test_data, dtype=np.int16))
+
+  def test_path_tensor_copy_to_device(self):
+    t = Tensor(self.test_file)
+    t_cpu = t.to("CPU")
+    self.assertEqual(t_cpu.device, "CPU")
+    np.testing.assert_array_equal(t_cpu.numpy(), np.frombuffer(self.test_data, dtype=np.uint8))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/tinygrad/nn/state.py b/tinygrad/nn/state.py
index 0ddd673caa..4aef4988d4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/nn/state.py
+++ b/tinygrad/nn/state.py
@@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ def load_state_dict(model, state_dict:Dict[str, Tensor], strict=True, verbose=Tr
       else: v.replace(state_dict[k].to(v.device)).realize()
       if consume: del state_dict[k]
 
+def tar_extract(fn:os.PathLike) -> Dict[str, Tensor]:
+  """
+  Extracts files from a tar archive and returns them as dictionary of names (keys) and tensors (values).
+
+  ```python
+  tensors = nn.state.tar_extract("archive.tar")
+  ```
+  """
+  t = Tensor(pathlib.Path(fn))
+  with tarfile.open(fn, "r") as tar:
+    return {member.name:t[member.offset_data:member.offset_data+member.size] for member in tar if member.type == tarfile.REGTYPE}
+
 # torch support!
 
 def torch_load(fn:str) -> Dict[str, Tensor]:
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 54b7d00aa5..fde1842bba 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # inspired by https://github.com/karpathy/micrograd/blob/master/micrograd/engine.py
 from __future__ import annotations
 import dataclasses
-import time, math, itertools, functools, struct, sys, inspect
+import time, math, itertools, functools, struct, sys, inspect, pathlib
 from contextlib import ContextDecorator
 from typing import List, Tuple, Callable, Optional, ClassVar, Type, Union, Sequence, Dict, DefaultDict, cast, get_args, Set
 from collections import defaultdict
@@ -105,10 +105,11 @@ class Tensor:
   training: ClassVar[bool] = False
   no_grad: ClassVar[bool] = False
 
-  def __init__(self, data:Union[None, ConstType, List, Tuple, LazyBuffer, np.ndarray, bytes, MultiLazyBuffer, Variable],
+  def __init__(self, data:Union[None, ConstType, List, Tuple, LazyBuffer, np.ndarray, bytes, MultiLazyBuffer, Variable, pathlib.Path],
                device:Optional[Union[str, tuple, list]]=None, dtype:Optional[DTypeLike]=None, requires_grad:Optional[bool]=None):
     if dtype is not None: dtype = to_dtype(dtype)
     assert dtype is None or isinstance(dtype, DType), f"invalid dtype {dtype}"
+    if device is None and isinstance(data, pathlib.Path): device = f"DISK:{data.resolve()}"  # keep it on the disk if device is None
     device = tuple(Device.canonicalize(x) for x in device) if isinstance(device, (tuple, list)) else Device.canonicalize(device)
 
     # tensors can have gradients if you have called .backward
@@ -136,6 +137,9 @@ class Tensor:
     elif isinstance(data, np.ndarray):
       if data.shape == (): data = _metaop(MetaOps.CONST, tuple(), dtype or _from_np_dtype(data.dtype), device, data.item())
       else: data = _fromnp(data.astype(npdtype) if dtype is not None and (npdtype:=_to_np_dtype(dtype)) is not None else data)
+    elif isinstance(data, pathlib.Path):
+      dtype = dtype or dtypes.uint8
+      data = _metaop(MetaOps.EMPTY, (data.stat().st_size // dtype.itemsize,), dtype, f"DISK:{data.resolve()}")
 
     # by this point, it has to be a LazyBuffer
     if not isinstance(data, (LazyBuffer, MultiLazyBuffer)):