Mohammad Rastegari is a prominent AI researcher and entrepreneur currently serving as the CEO and Co-Founder of Elastix.AI. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he also holds the position of Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington’s Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. His professional… Read More
CEO Interview with Jerome Paye of TAU Systems
Jerome Paye has served as CEO of TAU Systems since late 2025, having joined the company shortly after its founding in 2022 as Chief Operating Officer. In that time, he has helped build TAU Systems into a high-performing team now focused on delivering the ultimate light source for semiconductor lithography.
Paye brings more than… Read More
Podcast EP334: The Unique Benefits of LightSolver’s Laser Processing Unit Technology with Dr. Chene Tradonsky
Daniel is joined by Dr. Chene Tradonsky, a physicist and the CTO and co-founder of LightSolver, where he leads the development of a proprietary physics-based computing system built on coupled laser dynamics to accelerate compute-heavy simulations and other computationally demanding workloads. Before moving into physics,… Read More
CEO Interview with Juniyali Nauriyal of Photonect
Juniyali Nauriyal is the CEO and Co-Founder of Photonect, a photonics startup focused on commercializing advanced fiber-to-chip attachment technologies. Juniyali is the co-inventor of Photonect’s core technology, which forms the foundation of the company. As CEO, she leads Photonect in translating cutting-edge photonic… Read More
CEO Interview with Aftkhar Aslam of yieldWerx
Aftkhar Aslam is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of yieldWerx and a semiconductor industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience spanning manufacturing, test engineering, yield management, IP strategy, and enterprise digital transformation.
Under his leadership, yieldWerx has become a trusted data and… Read More
CEO Interview with Elad Raz of NextSilicon
Elad Raz is the founder and CEO of NextSilicon, which he established in 2018 to fundamentally rethink how HPC architectures are built. After more than two decades designing and scaling advanced software and compute systems, Elad saw firsthand the limits of fixed, inflexible processor designs. He founded NextSilicon to address… Read More
VSORA Board Chair Sandra Rivera on Solutions for AI Inference and LLM Processing
Sandra Rivera, a Silicon Valley veteran who is the former CEO of Altera, an Intel FPGA spinout, and long-time Intel executive, recently became Chair of the Board of Directors of Paris-based VSORA. VSORA, a technology leader redefining AI inference for next-generation data centers, cloud infrastructure and edge, is focused … Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Raj Gautam Dutta of Silicon Assurance
Dr. Raj Gautam Dutta is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Silicon Assurance, where he defines the company’s strategic direction and leads its technology and product vision. He is responsible for driving the development of differentiated hardware security solutions, executing growth and partnership strategies,… Read More
CEO Interview with Naama BAK of Understand Tech
Naama BAK is an entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in tech. He is the founder of Understand Tech, a generative AI platform for enterprises, and Trustii.io, a machine learning platform for data science challenges. He previously held roles at NXP Semiconductors, Orange, and Safran, working in cybersecurity across research,… Read More
CEO Interview with Echo Yang of CSCERAMIC
Echo Yang is the CEO of CSCERAMIC, a China-based manufacturer specializing in advanced ceramic materials and precision ceramic components for industrial and laboratory applications. With a background spanning international trade, manufacturing coordination, and engineering-driven supply chain development, Echo leads… Read More


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