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Nikita Lazarev

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Co-Founder & CTO at Netpreme

Brookline, Massachusetts, United States

FoundedNetpreme

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About

Nikita Lazarev is Co-Founder and CTO of Netpreme, an AI infrastructure startup focused on addressing memory wall constraints. His prior work covered networking hardware, low latency systems, and computer architecture.

Co-Founder & CTO at Netpreme

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Netpreme's investors · 4

boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks · since 2025Propeller Inc.Amman · $50K – $3.5M checksRhapsody Venture PartnersCambridge · $500K – $2M checksThe E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M checks

Co-founders at Netpreme

ZZZhizhen Zhong
Zhizhen ZhongCo-Founder & CEO

Experience

  1. NetpremeCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2025 — present
  2. GooglePHD Researcher2023 — 2024New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. MicrosoftPHD Researcher2021 — 2023Redmond, Washington, United States
  4. MicrosoftResearch Intern2018Greater Cambridge Area
  5. MicrosoftResearch Intern2017 — 2018Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  6. Samsung ElectronicsR&D Software Engineer2014 — 2016Moscow, Moscow City, Russia

Skills & more

Software Development6Research3Digital electronicsFPGA programming1Computer ArchitectureSystemVerilogMachine LearningParallel ComputingEmbedded Systems9C2C++2Linux2
+12 moreDevice DriversGitBashJavaComputer HardwareVHDLOperating SystemsVerilogPythonAndroid internalSystem Software DevelopmentSoC development

Languages English · French · Russian

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Who is Nikita Lazarev?
Nikita Lazarev is Co-Founder and CTO of Netpreme, an AI infrastructure startup focused on addressing memory wall constraints. His prior work covered networking hardware, low latency systems, and computer architecture.
Where does Nikita Lazarev work?
Nikita Lazarev is Co-Founder & CTO of Netpreme.
What companies did Nikita Lazarev found?
Nikita Lazarev founded Netpreme.
Where did Nikita Lazarev go to school?
Nikita Lazarev studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); EPFL (Master's degree, Computer Science); Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Undergraduate, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

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