Rivos

Brings chip design experience from SiByte (acquired by Broadcom), PA Semi (acquired by Apple in 2008), Google, and Intel. At Apple, he was a senior director contributing to Apple Silicon development. Co-founded Rivos in 2021 to build RISC-V-based server and AI inference chips targeting large hyperscalers, attracting nearly 50 engineers from Apple — resulting in a 2023 Apple trade secrets lawsuit that was ultimately settled. Raised $250 million in 2024 in a round backed by Intel Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, and others. Rivos was acquired by Meta in October 2025 to accelerate Meta's RISC-V compute engine program.

A chip architect with a background in high-performance processor design spanning multiple leading semiconductor companies. Co-founded Rivos in 2021 alongside Puneet Kumar, Belli Kuttanna, and Tse-Yu Yeh with the goal of building RISC-V based server processors capable of competing with Arm-based designs from Apple, Ampere, and AWS. Contributed architectural expertise to Rivos's RISC-V AI chip development until Meta's October 2025 acquisition of the company.

A processor architect with experience at major semiconductor design houses, co-founded Rivos in 2021 to commercialize RISC-V-based server and AI acceleration silicon. Contributed processor microarchitecture expertise to the Rivos founding team. The company was guided from inception by Walden Catalyst managing partner Lip-Bu Tan (former Cadence CEO) and raised $250 million in 2024 before being acquired by Meta in October 2025 to advance Meta's in-house RISC-V compute strategy.

A chip design engineer with experience across leading semiconductor firms, co-founded Rivos in 2021 alongside Puneet Kumar, Mark Hayter, and Belli Kuttanna. The Rivos team focused on RISC-V CPU IP and AI inference accelerator silicon targeting data center customers. The company raised $250 million in a 2024 funding round backed by Intel Capital and Dell Technologies Capital and was subsequently acquired by Meta in October 2025 to accelerate Meta's compute engine engineering capabilities.