The leader in microLED interconnects

About Us

Avicena is a privately held company located in Sunnyvale, CA, with a subsidiary in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company was founded in 2019 by leading technologists from the optical networking industry with a track record of delivering breakthrough products. Avicena is the first company to use microLEDs for high-speed communications. Unlike laser-based alternatives, Avicena’s µLED interconnects enable GPU clusters to Scale Up across multiple racks, connecting thousands of GPUs, while delivering industry-leading sub-pJ/bit energy efficiency. These interconnects unlock scalable, energy-efficient performance far beyond the limit of copper.

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Leadership

EXECUTIVE TEAM
Marco Chisari

CEO

Bardia Pezeshki

Founder & CTO

Rob Kalman

Founder & Chief Scientist

Alex Tselikov

Founder & Principal Engineer

Chris Pfistner

VP of Sales & Marketing

Emad Afifi

VP of ASIC Development

Dan Cavanagh

Corporate Counsel

Ivan Huang

VP of Fabrication

Suresh Rangarajan

VP of Engineering

Simon Richmond

VP of Operations

EXTERNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Martin Scott

SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR INNOVATION CENTER

Chris Rust

Clear Ventures

Amir Salek

Cerberus Capital Management

Greg Dougherty

Infinera | MaxLinear

Raj Yavatkar

Juniper Networks

ADVISORS
Pradeep Sindhu

Fungible

Behzad Razavi

UCLA

Joe Young

Independent

Jim Harris

Stanford University

Richard Craig

Independent

Fritz Kruger

OpenAI

Investors

Cerberus Capital Management

Clear Ventures

Hitachi Ventures

LAM Research

Maverick Silicon

Micron Ventures

Prosperity7 Ventures

Samsung Catalyst Fund

SK hynix

Tiger Global

VentureTech Alliance

Contact Us

US Headquarters
Silicon Valley

1225 Bordeaux Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
United States

Scotland Office
Avicena's office in Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh

26 Frederick Street
Edinburgh, EH2 2JR
United Kingdom

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