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Jim Keller

Chief Executive Officer at Tenstorrent

Palo Alto, California, United States

About

Keller joined Tenstorrent in 2020 as CTO and president before taking over as CEO in 2023. He previously led silicon engineering at Intel, Autopilot hardware engineering at Tesla, and chip architecture work at AMD, Apple, P.A. Semi, and Broadcom.

Chief Executive Officer at Tenstorrent

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Tenstorrent's investors · 14

1/1 CapitalMiami BeachA'Z AngelsLos GatosAdvaita CapitalBostonBaillie GiffordEdinburgh · since 2025Bezos Expeditionssince 2025Claritas CapitalNashville · $2M – $5M checksEclipse VenturesPalo Alto · $200K – $5M checks · since 2017Fidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2025Hakluyt CapitalLondonLG Technology VenturesSanta ClaraMESHPortland · $100K – $30M checksNearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.TorontoProtagonistBay Harbor Islands · $10K – $1M checksSamsung Catalyst FundSan Jose · since 2025

Co-founders at Tenstorrent

LBLjubisa Bajic
Ljubisa BajicExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
MTMilos Trajkovic
Milos TrajkovicCo-Founder; Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering & Software

Experience

  1. Tenstorrent Inc.CEOcurrent2023 — present
  2. Tenstorrent Inc.CTO & President2020 — 2023
  3. Intel CorporationSenior VP, Silicon Engineering2018 — 2020
  4. TeslaVP, Autopilot Hardware Engineering2016 — 2018
  5. AMDCorporate VP & Chief Architect2012 — 2015
  6. AppleVP, Engineering2008 — 2012
  7. Palo Alto SemiconductorVP, Engineering2004 — 2008
  8. Broadcom Inc.Chief Architect2000 — 2004
  9. SiByteChief Architect1999 — 2000
  10. AMDLead Architect1998 — 1999
  11. Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)Architect1982 — 1998
  12. Harris CorporationElectrical Engineer1980 — 1981Melbourne, Florida, United States

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jim Keller?
Keller joined Tenstorrent in 2020 as CTO and president before taking over as CEO in 2023. He previously led silicon engineering at Intel, Autopilot hardware engineering at Tesla, and chip architecture work at AMD, Apple, P.A. Semi, and Broadcom.
Where does Jim Keller work?
Jim Keller is Chief Executive Officer at Tenstorrent.
Where did Jim Keller go to school?
Jim Keller studied at Penn State University (Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Tenstorrent Inc.5

Seth WinterrothPartner and Head of Policy at Eclipse VenturesGabriele PapievyteAssociate at Inovia CapitalLjubisa BajicExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter at TenstorrentMilos TrajkovicCo-Founder; Senior Fellow, Systems Engineering & Software at TenstorrentDorsa RohaniFounder at Mosaic

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Also worked at AMD58

Ray SchuderSr. Investment Director at Samsung Catalyst FundIndra SinghalOperating Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESBrian FrankPartner at Permanent Capital VenturesWael NafeeGeneral Partner at RAED VenturesDaisy CaiGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalEva LauFounding and General Partner at Inovia Capital

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