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.

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

Edinburgh
26 Frederick Street
Edinburgh, EH2 2JR
United Kingdom