Kandou

Kandou

Lausanne, Switzerland
192 employees
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
Series A · $551M

About Kandou

Kandou (now Kandou AI) is a Swiss fabless semiconductor company specializing in high-speed, energy-efficient chip-to-chip interconnect technology and AI hardware systems. Founded in 2011, it offers silicon products and IP solutions — including its proprietary Chord™ signaling technology — that reduce power consumption and improve performance of chip links for AI infrastructure, data centers, and consumer electronics. Its products target AI inference systems, AI training clusters, and CXL memory platforms.

Company details

Team Size192
LocationLausanne, Switzerland
IndustryElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Funding

Total raised

$551M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

MMaverick Silicon
SSoftBank Group
Bessemer Venture Partners
SSynopsys
CCadence Design Systems

Founders

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Amin Shokrollahi

Co-Founder and CTO of Kandou AI. Previously Chief Scientist of Digital Fountain (now Qualcomm). IEEE Fellow with over 200 published papers and 200+ granted patents in information transmission. Spun Kandou out of EPFL in 2011.

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Srujan Linga

Co-Founder and CEO of Kandou AI. Previously Managing Director and Global Head of Structured Credit Financing at Goldman Sachs, and Senior Investment Director for the CHIPS for America Program at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.