257: India's biggest deep-tech exit that nobody knew of | Ravi Annavajjhala | Nxp
Most people assume serious AI silicon can only be built by a giant, in the cloud, burning hundreds of millions of dollars. Ravi Annavajhala did the opposite. Kinara built two AI chips for under $50M, 90% of it out of Hyderabad, and sold to NXP, one of the world's largest semiconductor companies for $307M, all cash. It's one of the largest deep tech exits India has seen, and one of the least talked about.
In this episode, Vikram Vaidyanathan sits down with Ravi to take apart how it actually happened, and what it says about where AI is heading next.
You'll hear:
1. Why the disruption playbook…
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