About us

Pioneering the Open
AI Networking Era

Upscale AI is building the network infrastructure the AI era demands, open, high-performance, and built from the ground up to scale without limits.

We exist to reimagine networking for the AI era, anchored in openness, performance, and the belief that great infrastructure should never be a barrier to innovation.

 A future where AI infrastructure is open, interoperable, and accessible, where the network accelerates innovation instead of limiting it.

Built for This Moment

AI's exponential growth has outpaced the infrastructure built to support it. General-purpose networks were never designed for the speed, scale, and synchronization modern AI demands. Upscale AI was founded to solve that problem, not by patching legacy architecture, but by starting from a clean slate.

2024

 $100M seed round closed.

2025

SkyHammer architecture

2026

$200M Series A closed

From a $100M seed round to an oversubscribed $200M Series A in months, Upscale AI has built extraordinary momentum, earning the backing of world-class investors and the attention of the industry's most demanding infrastructure operators.

Featured on the NASDAQ Tower in Times Square, recognized by leading analysts, and actively shaping the open standards that will define AI networking for decades, Upscale AI is building the platform the industry has been waiting for.

By the Numbers

The Momentum
Behind the Mission

4

Open Standard Consortiums Actively Shaping

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$300M+

Total Funding Raised

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$100B

Projected AI Networking Market by 2030

Investor Backing

Backed by the Best

Upscale AI has earned the confidence of the world's leading technology investors, reflecting strong conviction in both the market opportunity and the team's ability to deliver.

Our team

The Team Behind
the Mission

Meet the professionals driving innovation in AI networking infrastructure.

Rajiv Khemani

Rajiv Khemani

Executive Chairman

Puneet Agarwal

Puneet Agarwal

CTO

Aravind Srikumar

Aravind Srikumar

SVP Product & Marketing

Jason Ledgerwood

Jason Ledgerwood

SVP of Systems Engineering & Operations

Lisa Sidel

Lisa Sidel

SVP & General Counsel

Stuart Krometis

Stuart Krometis

SVP of Sales and Business Development

Srihari Vegesna

Srihari Vegesna

VP of Architecture & Technology

Sharada Yeluri

Sharada Yeluri

VP of ASIC

Amit Srivastava

Amit Srivastava

VP of ASIC

Deepti Chandra

Deepti Chandra

VP Product & Marketing

Subrata Banerjee

Subrata Banerjee

VP Software

KK Verma

KK Verma

VP Customer Support

Si Huynh

Si Huynh

Controller

DariAnna Mills

DariAnna Mills

Director, People

Suzy Seandel

Suzy Seandel

SVP, Finance

Barun Kar

Barun Kar

CEO

Our team

Board of Directors & Advisors

Rajiv Khemani

Rajiv Khemani

Executive Chairman

Puneet Agarwal

Puneet Agarwal

CTO

Barun Kar

Barun Kar

CEO

Why Upscale

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Upscale AI was built from a clean slate -- no legacy architecture to work around, no ecosystem to protect

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Email

info@upscaleai.com

info@upscaleai.com

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Our office

 3101 Jay Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054

 3101 Jay Street, Santa Clara, CA 95054

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Ready to See What Purpose-Built
AI Networking Looks Like?

Talk to our team and see how Upscale AI performs against your specific workload and infrastructure requirements.

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