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Sean Lie

Unicorn founder

CTO and Co-Founder at Cerebras Systems

Santa Clara, California, United States

FoundedCerebras Systems$23B

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About

Sean Lie is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cerebras Systems, where the company develops wafer-scale processors along with the associated system and software for AI compute. He was previously Chief Hardware Architect at SeaMicro, where he worked on four generations of IO virtualization fabric ASICs and system architecture, and after the company's acquisition by AMD, he served as Chief Architect for the Data Center Server Solutions business unit. Earlier in his career, he was a microprocessor architect in AMD's advanced architecture group.

CTO and Co-Founder at Cerebras Systems

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Cerebras Systems's investors · 48

1789 CapitalPalm Beach · since 20252080 Ventures$100K – $500K checksAccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2016Alpha Wave GlobalMiami · since 2025Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2025AMD VenturesSanta Clara · since 2026Artisanal VenturesTiburonAtreides ManagementBoston · since 2025Aurum Venture PartnersPleasantonAzure Ventures GroupB CapitalGenevaBenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2017Black Opal VenturesNew YorkCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2026Collective LiquidityPlantationCongruent VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksCota CapitalSan Francisco · since 2016Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2025Department of Defensesince 2023Disruptive VenturesNew YorkEclipsePalo AltoEclipse VenturesPalo Alto · $200K – $5M checks · since 2016Elad GilSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksFactor CapitalCharlottesville · since 2016Fidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2025FOG VenturesFoundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checksFPVJackson · $100K – $5M checksHemisphere Ventures LLCMckinneyIn-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checksIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2016Long Journey VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2016MarketX VenturesMatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2016Night CapitalCapitolaOpen Field CapitalNew YorkPartners ResoluteChicagoQualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checksRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2025U.S. Air Forcesince 2020UpHonest CapitalSilicon Valley · $50K – $1M checks · since 2016Valor Equity PartnersChicago · since 2025WealthUnion$10K checksWeisburd CapitalNew YorkY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Cerebras Systems

AFAndrew Feldman
Andrew FeldmanChief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
GLGary Lauterbach
Gary LauterbachChief Technology Officer, Emeritus and Co-founder
MJMichael James
Michael JamesChief Architect, Advanced Technologies and Co-Founder
JFJean-Philippe Fricker
Jean-Philippe FrickerChief System Architect and Co-Founder

Experience

  1. Cerebras SystemsCo-Founder and CTOcurrent2016 — presentSunnyvale, California, United States
  2. AMDChief Architect, Data Center Server Solutions2012 — 2015Sunnyvale, CA
  3. SeaMicroDistinguished Engineer2008 — 2012Sunnyvale, CA
  4. AMDMember of Technical Staff2004 — 2008Sunnyvale, CA
  5. SGIEngineering Intern2002Mountain View, CA

Skills & more

C4Embedded Systems4Device Drivers7Verilog4Perl3C++1Processors15ASIC10X866SoC10RTL design3Computer Architecture19
+12 moreMicroprocessorsFPGADebuggingVLSISemiconductorsDistributed SystemsICHardware ArchitectureApplication-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC)Integrated Circuits (IC)RTL DesignSystem on a Chip (SoC)

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Who is Sean Lie?
Sean Lie is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cerebras Systems, where the company develops wafer-scale processors along with the associated system and software for AI compute. He was previously Chief Hardware Architect at SeaMicro, where he worked on four generations of IO virtualization fabric ASICs and system architecture, and after the company's acquisition by AMD, he served as Chief Architect for the Data Center Server Solutions business unit. Earlier in his career, he was a microprocessor architect in AMD's advanced architecture group.
Where does Sean Lie work?
Sean Lie is CTO and Co-Founder of Cerebras Systems.
What companies did Sean Lie found?
Sean Lie founded Cerebras Systems.
Where did Sean Lie go to school?
Sean Lie studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MEng, Electrical engineering and computer science); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, Electrical engineering and computer science).

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