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Co-founding Astera Labs from a pre-revenue startup into a Nasdaq-listed semiconductor company whose PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet connectivity chips are now embedded in hyperscale AI training infrastructure — capped by the 2025 EY National Overall Entrepreneur of the Year Award — makes Mohan's trajectory one of the defining hardware stories of the AI era.
Jitendra Mohan co-founded Astera Labs, a semiconductor connectivity company supplying purpose-built chips for AI training and inference workloads based on PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet standards.
Astera went public on Nasdaq in 2024. Mohan and co-founders Sanjay Gajendra and Casey Morrison were named the 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Overall Award winners and will represent the U.S. at the 2026 EY World Entrepreneur of the Year competition.
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