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Co-founding Astera Labs from startup to a 2024 Nasdaq IPO, Gajendra built the operational backbone — customer relationships, supply chain, and commercial infrastructure — that turned the company's PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet connectivity chips into must-have components for hyperscale AI data centers.
Sanjay Gajendra is co-founder, president, and COO of Astera Labs, the publicly traded semiconductor company supplying PCIe, CXL, and Ethernet connectivity chips to AI data center customers.
Alongside co-founders Jitendra Mohan and Casey Morrison, he led the company through its 2024 Nasdaq IPO and into a position as a key supplier to hyperscalers. Gajendra and his co-founders were named 2025 EY Entrepreneur of the Year National Overall Award winners.
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