TIME100 AI 2026 · Innovators
Andrew Feldman
Co-founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems
His company builds a dinner-plate-sized AI chip, about 57 times the size of a GPU and the largest chip ever made.
- Born
- Palo Alto, California, US
- Now
- Co-founder and CEO, Cerebras Systems
- Studied
- Stanford University
Interesting facts
- First
The Computer History Museum gave the chip a permanent display, calling it the first wafer-scale integration in computing's 70-year history.
en.wikipedia.org - Connection
All four of his Cerebras co-founders had worked with him at SeaMicro, the server startup he sold to AMD in 2012.
en.wikipedia.org - Turning point
In 2017 he flew to Taipei to ask TSMC to bet on a chip that didn't exist yet, when Cerebras had 30 people and no revenue.
linkedin.com - Numbers
Cerebras's May 2026 IPO raised $5.55 billion, and its shares rose about 68% on the first day of trading.
en.wikipedia.org - In their words
On taking on Nvidia: "I'm a professional David in the battle of Goliath."
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Career
- Cerebras SystemsCo-founder and CEO2015 to now
- AMDCorporate Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Server Solutions2012–2014
- SeaMicroCo-founder and CEO2007–2012
- Force10 NetworksVice President, Product Management, Marketing and Business Development2003–2006
- Riverstone NetworksVice President, Marketing and Corporate Development2000–2003
- CabletronSenior Director of Marketing1998–2000
- Molecular Applications GroupVice President, Sales and Marketing1991–1993
Education
- MBA, Stanford University, 1997
- BA, Economics and political science, Stanford University, 1991
Sources1en.wikipedia.org
