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Anshul Sadana

Investor

CEO, Nexthop AI at EMERGENT VENTURES

Santa Clara, California, United States

FoundedNexthop

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.

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Experience

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

Education

  1. The Wharton SchoolExecutive MBA, Marketing2005 — 2007
  2. University of Illinois ChicagoMS, Computer Science1997 — 1999
  3. University of MumbaiB.E, Electronics1993 — 1997

Skills & more

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

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Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended University of Illinois Chicago36

Sam BlackmanEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Kate WilschutzChief Financial Officer, Revolution Funds at RevolutionSteve ShafferOperating Partner at Volition CapitalStefano GaliassoVice President at Energy Capital VenturesBoris GyllhamnInvestor at Almi InvestErtharin CousinFounder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future at SUPPLY CHANGE CAPITAL

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Also attended University of Mumbai102

Manish GuptaInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ullas NaikFounder and General Partner at Streamlined VenturesBhavana WaigankarCOO at LightboxHimanshi TailorAssociate, Legal at LightboxAkshat JainVice President, Investments at Sixth Sense VenturesPrachi KulkarniAssociate-Human Resources at Kae Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Nexthop AI3

Dharmesh ThakkerGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesGuru ChahalPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersBucky MoorePartner at Kleiner Perkins

Also worked at Arista Networks6

Asheem ChandnaInvestor at Greylock PartnersCurtis McKeePartner at Third Point VenturesDan ScheinmanBoard Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator CollectiveJeff KarrasGeneral Partner at America's Frontier FundGeoffrey WooInvestor at AntiMarc StollPartner at Eclipse Ventures

Also worked at Cisco249

Cyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at NorthzoneClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures

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