About Eridu AI
We are a Silicon Valley semiconductor startup working in stealth mode and focused on accelerating the performance of large AI models. The performance of current AI models faces numerous infrastructure hurdles that limit GPU usage, leading to inefficiencies, long training cycles, slow inference, and unnecessary power consumption and costs. Eridu AI introduces many industry firsts to overcome these hurdles and unlock AI performance and efficiency.
The company is led by a veteran team of executives and engineers with decades of experience in next-generation semiconductors, systems, and software, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acquired by Ciena), Gainspeed (acquired by Nokia), and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED display company and developer of the first augmented reality contact lens).
Meet Our Team
Syed Ahmed
VP IC Engineering
Amir Helweh
VP Systems Engineering
Drew Perkins
Chief Executive Officer
Amy Stanton
Chief Business Operations Officer
Utkarsh Rai
Head, India R&D Center
Omar Hassen
Chief Product Officer
Ting-Kuang Chiang
Chief Systems Architect
Chris Cole
VP Optics
Mike Capuano
Chief Marketing Officer
Brian Kinard
CFO/CLO
David Soltz
Chief IP Counsel
Amir Helweh
VP Systems Engineering
Drew Perkins
Chief Executive Officer
Syed Ahmed
VP IC Engineering
Chris Cole
VP Optics
Amy Stanton
Chief Business Operations Officer
Utkarsh Rai
Head, India R&D Center
Ting-Kuang Chiang
Chief Systems Architect
Omar Hassen
Chief Product Officer
Mike Capuano
Chief Marketing Officer
David Soltz
Chief IP Counsel
Brian Kinard
CFO/CLO
Drew Perkins
Chief Executive Officer
Chris Cole
VP Optics
Syed Ahmed
VP IC Engineering
Amir Helweh
VP Systems Engineering
Amy Stanton
Chief Business Operations Officer
Utkarsh Rai
Head, India R&D Center
Ting-Kuang Chiang
Chief Systems Architect
Omar Hassen
Chief Product Officer
Mike Capuano
Chief Marketing Officer
David Soltz
Chief IP Counsel
Brian Kinard
CFO/CLO
World Class Investors
Pierre Lamond
Angel
Dipender Saluja
Capricorn Investment Group
Wen Hsieh
Matter Venture Partners
Suzanne Fletcher
Zelda Ventures
Greg Reichow
Eclipse Ventures
Eric Bielke
Fathom Fund
Lu Zhang
Fusion Fund
Manny Stockman
Osage University Partners
Rouz Jazayeri
Catapult Ventures
Mark Leslie
Angel
Tom Fallon
Angel
Robert Sansom
Cambridge Angels
Bill Baumel
Ohio Innovation Fund
Marc Weiss
Emerging Technologies Fund
Robert Mancuso
Angel
Drew Perkins
CEO, Eridu AI
Pierre Lamond
Angel
Dipender Saluja
Capricorn Investment Group
Wen Hsieh
Matter Venture Partners
Suzanne Fletcher
Zelda Ventures
Greg Reichow
Eclipse Ventures
Eric Bielke
Fathom Fund
Lu Zhang
Fusion Fund
Manny Stockman
Osage University Partners
Rouz Jazayeri
Catapult Ventures
Mark Leslie
Angel
Tom Fallon
Angel
Robert Sansom
Cambridge Angels
Bill Baumel
Ohio Innovation Fund
Marc Weiss
Emerging Technologies Fund
Robert Mancuso
Angel
Drew Perkins
CEO, Eridu AI
Trusted Advisors
Anna Patterson
- Founder & CEO Ceramic.ai
- xGoogle VP Engineering in AI
Anurag Agrawal
- Founding member, OpenXPU
- Founding Engineer, Barefoot (Intel)
- Sr Staff ASIC Engineer, Juniper
Eric Hayes
- CEO, Fungible
- SVP/GM Networking, Marvell, Inphi
- VP Broadcom
Uri Cummings
- Chief Network Architect, Cerebras Systems
- CTO, Intel Connectivity Group
- CTO, Fulcrum Microsystems
Navin Chenoy
- EVP, Data Platforms Group, Intel
- EVP Data Center Group, Intel
Fred Kish
- Prof. of ECE, Director Nanofabrication, N.C. SU
- SVP, Optical IC, Infinera
Mario Paniccia
- CEO, Anello Photonics
- CEO, Versalume
- CTO/Fellow, Intel SiP
Sundar Kamath
- SVP, CTO Sanmina
- PM, IBM Microelectronics
Gordon Keeler
- CEO, Beacon Photonics
- Program Manager, DARPA
- Technical Staff Sandia Nat Lab
Ken Yang
- Professor EE, UCLA
- Chairman of ECE Dept.
Tom Costello
- Founder & CTO Ceramic.ai
- CEO Cuil
- CTO Xift
Todd Swanson
- VP/GM SiP, Intel
- Co-CEO, Finisar
Tony Maslowski
- CFO, Cerebras
- CFO, Broadcom/Avago
Armond Hairapetian
- CEO & Founder, TeraSignal
- Architect, Electrical/Optical/RF Interface Products, Broadcom
- CEO, Newport Communications
Michael McCarthy
- CLO & Head of Corporate Development, QuantumScape
- Chief Legal & Administrative Officer, Infinera
Amr Helmy
- Co-lead IEEE Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap, CHIPS Act
- Professor, University of Toronto
- Sr Engineer, Agilent /HP Labs
Brian Cline
- CEO and Founder, Lumoniq
- Senior Principal Engineer, Arm
Roland Acra
- Chief Business Officer, PsiQuantum
- CTO, Cisco
- GM, Data Center BU, Cisco
Scott Chandler
- Chief Sales Officer, Metrika
- SVP Strategic/Global Sales, Infinera
Join Our Team
At Eridu AI we are passionate about AI infrastructure and our expert team is moving the ball forward every day to accelerate and improve AI performance and efficiency.
Our people are our most valuable asset. We are dedicated to attracting, developing, and retaining top talent by providing strong leadership, mentorship, and opportunities for creativity and growth. We offer competitive compensation and benefits and have built a culture of transparency and integrity.
Are you interested in joining a dynamic startup that is making a difference and improving AI? If so, please click the Explore Open Roles button below. Don’t see an open role but think you can help us break through the infrastructure bottlenecks to accelerate AI model performance? Then please send your resume to [email protected] and let us know how you can help.
