# Ofer Shacham

> Ofer Shacham is co-founder and CEO of Majestic Labs AI, which develops memory-first AI servers. An electrical engineer with a Stanford PhD, he co-founded Chip Genesis, joined Google through its acquisition, led Pixel Visual Core work, and later served as Vice President and Head of Silicon at Meta. He also teaches VLSI at Tel Aviv University.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Majestic Labs AI
- **Organizations:** Majestic Labs AI, Tel Aviv University, Fourier Optics, Meta, Google, Chip Genesis, Stanford University, IBM
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** BSc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, MSc, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, PhD, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Stanford spinout Chip Genesis, acquired by Google., Initiated and led Pixel Visual Core and Pixel Neural Core work at Google., Led silicon development at Meta.

## Career timeline

- **2003–2005** — ASIC design and verification engineer at IBM in Israel.
- **2011** — Completed Stanford PhD on chip multiprocessor generators; co-founded Chip Genesis.
- **2011–2013** — Postdoctoral researcher, then academic staff at Stanford.
- **2013** — Joined Google through its acquisition of Chip Genesis.
- **2014–2018** — Led Pixel Visual Core work at Google.
- **2018** — Moved to Facebook to help establish its silicon organization.
- **2022–2023** — Vice President and Head of Silicon at Meta.
- **2023** — Co-founded Majestic Labs with Sha Rabii and Masumi Reynders.
- **2024** — Began lecturing at Tel Aviv University and joined Fourier Optics’ advisory board.
- **2025** — Majestic Labs emerged from stealth with over $100 million in financing.
- **2026** — Majestic unveiled Prometheus and Shacham co-authored an essay explaining its memory-first approach.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Stanford spinout Chip Genesis, acquired by Google.
- Initiated and led Pixel Visual Core and Pixel Neural Core work at Google.
- Led silicon development at Meta.
- Co-founded Majestic Labs, which announced over $100 million in financing in November 2025.
- Authored peer-reviewed papers and US patents.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Co-authored “Confronting AI’s Defining Challenge: The Memory Wall Crisis,” published September 14.
- **2026-06** — Majestic Labs was named Globes’ most promising startup of 2026; reporting described a mid-2027 product-launch target.
- **2026-04** — Majestic unveiled its Prometheus AI server architecture.
- **2025-11** — Majestic emerged from stealth with over $100 million in financing.

## Links

- Website: https://majestic-labs.ai/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofershacham/

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