# Sailesh Kumar

> Sailesh Kumar is the founder and CEO of Baya Systems, a Santa Clara startup building unified fabric and chiplet interconnect software for AI silicon. A former Intel Fellow and the co-founder of NetSpeed Systems (acquired by Intel in 2018), he holds more than 150 patents and is among the most-cited engineers in network-on-chip design.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Baya Systems
- **Organizations:** Baya Systems, Intel Corporation (former), NetSpeed Systems (former), Huawei Technologies (former), Cisco Systems (former)
- **Education:** B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
- **Known for:** Holder of 150+ semiconductor patents, Author of two dozen highly cited papers in network-on-chip and SoC design, Co-founded NetSpeed Systems, acquired by Intel in 2018

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2011** — Architect roles at Cisco Systems and Huawei Technologies; pioneered Huawei's 400G Network Processor.
- **2011** — Co-founded NetSpeed Systems with Sundari Mitra; served as CTO.
- **2018** — NetSpeed Systems acquired by Intel.
- **2018-2023** — Intel Fellow; led Xeon platform automation and data-center compute protocol standardization.
- **2023** — Founded Baya Systems in Santa Clara; appointed CEO.
- **2025-01** — Closed $36M Series B led by Maverick Silicon and Synopsys, with Matrix Partners and Intel Capital.

## Achievements

- Holder of 150+ semiconductor patents
- Author of two dozen highly cited papers in network-on-chip and SoC design
- Co-founded NetSpeed Systems, acquired by Intel in 2018
- Appointed Intel Fellow
- Pioneered Huawei's 400G Network Processor
- Pioneered software-defined fabric at NetSpeed and software-defined chiplet at Baya
- Raised $36M Series B for Baya Systems in January 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Baya Systems closes $36M Series B led by Maverick Silicon and Synopsys.
- **2025-03** — Launches NeuraScale, an AI scale-up/scale-out fabric product.
- **2025-06** — Presents on chiplet integration and AI scalability at DAC 2025.
- **2025-07** — Baya reports breakout year - customer growth and awards for AI fabric platform.

## Links

- Website: https://bayasystems.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-kumar-97334512
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/saileshtalks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LndsgFppJA

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