Where does Anshul Sadana work?

Anshul Sadana is Founder & CEO of Nexthop and CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES and Executive at Arista Networks.

Where did Anshul Sadana go to school?

Anshul Sadana studied at The Wharton School (Executive MBA, Marketing); University of Illinois Chicago (MS, Computer Science); University of Mumbai (B.E, Electronics).

Anshul Sadana

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CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES · Founder & CEO at Nexthop · Executive at Arista Networks

Santa Clara, California, United States

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About

Anshul Sadana is founder and CEO of Nexthop AI, an infrastructure startup developing AI infrastructure for large cloud operators. Previously, he served as COO at Arista, where he oversaw product roadmap, hardware design, supply chain, and sales through the company's IPO and growth to a $100B+ valuation. Earlier in his career, he led high-speed switch development at Cisco Systems and is credited with pioneering the leaf-spine architecture used in modern data centers.

Founder & CEO at Nexthop

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Nexthop's investors · 5

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks EMERGENT VENTURESSilicon Valley Kleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks Lightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checks

Co-founders at Nexthop

Anshul SharmaFounder & CEO

Executive at Arista Networks

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Arista Networks's investors · 3

Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checks · since 2018 Greylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2018 Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park · since 2018

Co-founders at Arista Networks

Kenneth DudaExecutive Officer

Andreas BechtolsheimExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

Nexthop AIFounder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
Arista NetworksChief Operating Officer2019 — 2024Santa Clara
Arista NetworksChief Customer Officer2016 — 2019
Arista NetworksSenior Vice President, WW Customer Engineering2012 — 2016
Arista NetworksVice President, Customer Engineering2009 — 2012
Arista NetworksDirector, Customer Engineering2007 — 2009
CiscoSenior Engineering Manager, GSBU1999 — 2007

Skills & more

Engineering Management60Ethernet40Product Management52Systems Engineering50Cloud Computing52Cross-functional Team Leadership24Technical Leadership19Data Center37Distributed Systems16Embedded Systems13

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Colleagues at EMERGENT VENTURES

Ankur Jain

Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

Anupam Rastogi

Managing Partner at EMERGENT VENTURES

Emrecan Dogan

VP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES

Katie Passalacqua

Head of Finance at EMERGENT VENTURES

Lukas Gentele

CEO, vCluster at EMERGENT VENTURES

Marc Manara

Head of Startups, OpenAI at EMERGENT VENTURES

Niha Gottiparthy

Investor at EMERGENT VENTURES

Pankaj Garg

Corporate Vice President, Microsoft at EMERGENT VENTURES

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Who is Anshul Sadana?: Anshul Sadana is founder and CEO of Nexthop AI, an infrastructure startup developing AI infrastructure for large cloud operators. Previously, he served as COO at Arista, where he oversaw product roadmap, hardware design, supply chain, and sales through the company's IPO and growth to a $100B+ valuation. Earlier in his career, he led high-speed switch development at Cisco Systems and is credited with pioneering the leaf-spine architecture used in modern data centers.
Where does Anshul Sadana work?: Anshul Sadana is Founder & CEO of Nexthop and CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES and Executive at Arista Networks.
What companies did Anshul Sadana found?: Anshul Sadana founded Nexthop.
Where did Anshul Sadana go to school?: Anshul Sadana studied at The Wharton School (Executive MBA, Marketing); University of Illinois Chicago (MS, Computer Science); University of Mumbai (B.E, Electronics).

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