# Brijesh Tripathi

> Brijesh Tripathi is the CEO and Co-Founder of FlexAI, a Paris-based AI infrastructure startup that raised $30M in seed funding in April 2024. A veteran of NVIDIA, Apple, Tesla, and Intel, he deployed Aurora (one of the world's largest supercomputers) and managed 50,000+ GPUs at Intel before co-founding FlexAI to democratize access to AI compute through a Workload-as-a-Service platform that routes AI workloads across any hardware - cloud or on-prem - without vendor lock-in.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at FlexAI
- **Organizations:** FlexAI, Alpha Intelligence Capital (Technical Advisor), Intel Corporation (former), Tesla (former), Zoox (former), Apple (former), NVIDIA (former)
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Engineering, Stanford University, Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
- **Known for:** Deployed Aurora, one of the world's largest supercomputers, at Intel, Managed 50,000+ GPUs as VP at Intel's AXG division, Joined Apple's chip design team when it was 25 people; it has since grown to 17,000+

## Career timeline

- **2000-2007** — Senior Design Engineer at NVIDIA - one of NVIDIA's earliest hires from India via IIT recruitment program
- **2010-2015** — Platform Architect at Apple - joined when the chip design team was just 25 people (post-iPhone launch); that team has since grown to 17,000+
- **2016-2018** — Leader, Hardware Engineering at Tesla - worked directly under Elon Musk, adopted the philosophy 'no constraints other than science and physics'
- **2018-2019** — Vice President, Hardware Engineering at Zoox - the autonomous driving startup before its acquisition by Amazon
- **2021-2023** — Vice President, AXG at Intel Corporation - deployed Aurora, one of the world's largest supercomputers; managed 50,000+ GPUs
- **2023** — Co-founded FlexAI with Dali Kilani to rearchitect AI compute infrastructure
- **2024** — FlexAI exits stealth and raises $30M seed round led by Alpha Intelligence Capital, Elaia Partners, and Heartcore Capital
- **2024-present** — Technical Advisor at Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC)

## Achievements

- Deployed Aurora, one of the world's largest supercomputers, at Intel
- Managed 50,000+ GPUs as VP at Intel's AXG division
- Joined Apple's chip design team when it was 25 people; it has since grown to 17,000+
- Raised $30M in seed funding for FlexAI (April 2024)
- Built Workload-as-a-Service (WaaS) platform supporting 60+ customers across 25+ countries
- Co-built AI infrastructure with hardware partners including AMD, AWS, Google Cloud, Intel, and NVIDIA

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — FlexAI exits stealth mode and raises $30M in seed funding led by Alpha Intelligence Capital, Elaia Partners, and Heartcore Capital
- **2024-04** — FlexAI announces partnerships with AMD, AWS, Google Cloud, Intel, and NVIDIA
- **2024-10** — NextPlatform covers FlexAI's mission to make AI compute accessible to all
- **2025** — FlexAI reaches 60+ customers across 25+ countries

## Links

- Website: https://flex.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/btripathi

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