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About
Kartik Hegde is the co-founder and CEO of ChipStack, which was acquired by Cadence. He currently serves as Senior Group Director for Agentic AI and ChipStack at Cadence, with a research background in computer architecture focused on improving computing efficiency through domain-specific heterogeneous architectures.
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Experience
- CadenceSenior Group Director, Agentic AI and ChipStackcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ChipStackCo-Founder and CEO (Acquired by Cadence)2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Entrepreneur in Residence2023Seattle, WA
- NVIDIAResearch2021
- Facebook AIResearch - Facebook AI2020Greater Boston Area
- FacebookResearch - Meta AR/VR2019Menlo Park, California
- ARMChip Designer2015 — 2017Bengaluru Area, India
- Indian Institute of ScienceVisiting Student2015Bengaluru Area, India
- ARMSummer Intern2014Bengaluru Area, India
Skills & more
Computer Architecture19Microprocessors16High Performance Computing6Parallel Computing9Embedded Systems9GPU3FPGA8Verilog9CUDA2VLSI10OpenCLC13
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MatlabComputer System ValidationSystem Integration TestingDigital Signal ProcessorsCache CoherencyMicrosoft OfficeReconfigurable ComputingPythonVHDLLinuxField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)ProgrammingLanguages English · Hindi · Kannada
- edX Honor Code Certificate for Circuits and Electronics — edX
- edX Honor Code Certificate for Introduction to Computer Science and Programming — edX
- Machine Learning — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kartik Hegde?
- Kartik Hegde is the co-founder and CEO of ChipStack, which was acquired by Cadence. He currently serves as Senior Group Director for Agentic AI and ChipStack at Cadence, with a research background in computer architecture focused on improving computing efficiency through domain-specific heterogeneous architectures.
- Where does Kartik Hegde work?
- Kartik Hegde is Founder of ChipStack.
- What companies did Kartik Hegde found?
- Kartik Hegde founded ChipStack.
- Where did Kartik Hegde go to school?
- Kartik Hegde studied at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); National Institute of Technology Karnataka (Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical).
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