Astera Labs, a start-up based in Santa Clara, California, plans to expand its operations to India with a new site in Bangalore set to open later this year. This expansion aims to leverage the region’s rich engineering talent to develop advanced interconnect technologies essential for AI architectures in data centers.
Sanjay Gajendra, President and COO of Astera Labs, highlighted India’s thriving market and world-class technical workforce as key factors for this strategic move, supporting the company’s growth and vision.
The Bangalore site will join Astera Labs’ existing R&D centers in Santa Clara, Toronto, Vancouver, and Haifa.
Some recent developments at Astera Labs:
• The company appointed Bethany Mayer to its Board of Directors on June 24, 2024 Mayer previously served as the President and CEO of Ixia, a globally recognized company specializing in test, visibility, and security solutions. She has also held leadership roles at HP Inc, Blue Coat Systems, Cisco Systems, and Apple
• On June 11, 2024, the company demonstrated the first end-to-end PCIe over Optics solution for GPU clusters across data centers
• Astera Labs extended its interoperability leadership for seamless PCIe 6.x deployment, announcing a new Cloud-Scale Interop Lab in Taiwan on May 20, 2024
• The company went public, announcing the pricing of its initial public offering on March 19, 2024.
