What is the AMD mafia?

The AMD mafia is the network of 57 people who came through AMD and went on to found or lead other companies, including Across AI, MEXT, Adesto Technologies, HoverChat, Orbital Composites.

Who is in the AMD mafia?

Notable members include Steven Mih (Across AI), Gary Smerdon (MEXT), Narbeh Derhacobian (Adesto Technologies), Wael Nafee (HoverChat), David Sacarelos (Orbital Composites), Thamba Tharmalingam (MapsPeople), Avi Goldberg (Lev), Atiq Raza (Calient Technologies, Inc.), among 57 tracked members.

What companies did AMD alumni found?

Companies founded by AMD alumni include Across AI, MEXT, Adesto Technologies, HoverChat, Orbital Composites, MapsPeople, Lev, Calient Technologies, Inc., Vistage, Metavrse.

The AMD Mafia

57 people came through AMD and went on to found or lead other companies.

Steven MihField Sales EngineerFounded Across AI +2 Gary SmerdonDirector of Marketing, Networking ProductsFounded MEXT +1 Narbeh DerhacobianSr. Member of Technical StaffFounded Adesto Technologies +1 Wael NafeeASIC Design Verification EngineerFounded HoverChat David SacarelosDevice Modeling (Internship)Founded Orbital Composites Thamba TharmalingamPrior Experience in Product Management & Software EngineeringFounded MapsPeople Avi GoldbergDirector of Strategic MarketingFounded Lev Atiq RazaPresident and COOFounded Calient Technologies, Inc.Nader VasseghiSenior IC DesignFounded Vistage Dan FlattDeveloper Marketing ManagerFounded Metavrse Daniel Sobek, Ph.D.Senior Device Engineer and later Member of the Technical StaffFounded 1S1 Energy Gareth MacLeodAssociate EngineerFounded Tinker Thariq ShihiparSoftware Engineering InternFounded Multiverse Daryl LimSoftware Engineer InternFounded Tracecat Mark BucklerGraduate Co-Op ResearcherFounded Soundry AI Daniel MoonMember of Technical StaffFounded d_model Adarsh AmbatiSummer Software Development Engineering InternFounded Candor Yash JainSoftware Engineer InternFounded Rovr Prama YudhistiraDCGPU Software InternFounded Parameter Rithik JainResearch And Development InternFounded Atrisa Yousef HelalSystem Engineering InternFounded Vendo Pranav NairHSummer Engineering InternFounded Capitall Kelvin CuiSilicon IP Design Verification EngineeringFounded Peripheral Labs Andrew FeldmanCorporate Vice President and General ManagerFounded Cerebras Systems Sean LieMember of Technical StaffFounded Cerebras Systems Patrick SoheiliMarketing managerFounded Eliyan Ljubisa BajicDirector, IC Design / ArchitectFounded Tenstorrent Milos TrajkovicMTS ASIC/Layout Design EngineerFounded Tenstorrent David YangComputer EngineerFounded Fullstack Academy Rajesh VivekanandhamPerformance EngineerFounded Agrani Labs June PaikSoftware engineerFounded FuriosaAI Rory ReadChief Executive Officer and member of Board of Directors - Executive AdvisorFounded Sprinklr, Inc.Jim KellerCorporate VP & Chief ArchitectFounded Tenstorrent Dr. Waqaas Alsiddiq, DBASenior Design EngineerFounded Biotricity Dheeban Srinivasan GovindarajanCo-op EngineerFounded Cypher Noah SturckenDigital/Analog Design InternFounded Ferric Christine Yang BarryConsultant, Global Business Strategy & Planning (Summer Associate)Founded JoJo Learning Gary LauterbachCorporate VP & DCSS CTOFounded Cerebras Systems Michael JamesFellow, HW and SW ArchitectFounded Cerebras Systems Victor PengPresidentFounded PSI Quantum Fayez MohamoodMicroprocessor Design EngineerFounded Bluecore Douglas StoakleyHead of Worldwide Sales, Channel GPU (Radeon)Founded ClearCam Ben AllenSenior Manager, Customer ContractsFounded BinSentry Dheemanth NagarajSenior Fellow, Datacenter Solutions GroupFounded Agrani Labs Jason CollierPrincipal Member Of Technical StaffFounded Scale Computing Sean BurkeCorporate Vice PresidentFounded Enteligent Mark ChungPrincipal EngineerFounded Verdigris Technologies Sina SojoodiMultimedia Board Design EngineerFounded 8090 Mark StubbsEngineerFounded Shoreline AI Stephan MassinSystem EngineerFounded Optimity Babak HedayatiSr. Director, Product and SolutionsFounded TapClicks Aswin GunasekarMcCombs Consulting Project, Team LeaderFounded Zeto Inc Simon WatersPrincipal EngineerFounded Kernelize Bryan BowyerDirector - Machine Learning / Compiler TechnologiesFounded Kernelize Moises RobinsonSenior Design ManagerFounded Vidatronic Calvin ChungSoftware EngineerFounded Springdel Richeek AryaCo-op, Product Development EngineerFounded Remedo

Frequently asked questions

What is the AMD mafia?: The AMD mafia is the network of 57 people who came through AMD and went on to found or lead other companies, including Across AI, MEXT, Adesto Technologies, HoverChat, Orbital Composites.
Who is in the AMD mafia?: Notable members include Steven Mih (Across AI), Gary Smerdon (MEXT), Narbeh Derhacobian (Adesto Technologies), Wael Nafee (HoverChat), David Sacarelos (Orbital Composites), Thamba Tharmalingam (MapsPeople), Avi Goldberg (Lev), Atiq Raza (Calient Technologies, Inc.), among 57 tracked members.
What companies did AMD alumni found?: Companies founded by AMD alumni include Across AI, MEXT, Adesto Technologies, HoverChat, Orbital Composites, MapsPeople, Lev, Calient Technologies, Inc., Vistage, Metavrse.