Aspen, Colorado, United States
Arjun is the Chief Believer & Founder of TeleSoft.AI, a venture capital firm focused on AI startups. Over the last 30+ years, Arjun has worked with technology companies in venture capital, software engineering, applications engineering, business development, strategy consulting and customer success roles. He has directly or indirectly invested in over 250+ tech companies of which over 150+ companies have been acquired or gone public (including 60+ Unicorns). Arjun has raised over a billion dollars in capital commitments and has established corporate partnerships with Bechtel, Saleforce.com and Symphony Technology Group. In 2013, Arjun became a member of the new ownership group of the Sacramento Kings NBA team. In 2001, Arjun started a family foundation to support community projects in education, medical research, the environment and the arts. Arjun is a Trustee of the Aspen Institute, the Aspen Music School & Festival, and Theatre Aspen. Arjun is a Co-founder of YPO Aspen. Specialties: Venture Capital and Building Companies.
The Calient.AI S320-HP is an ultra low latency MEMs optical circuit switch for AI Clusters and AI Superhubs. The S320-HP OCS has 320x320 non-blocking ports and has shipped over 1+ million ports to large customers worldwide. Calient.AI has a strategic contract manufacturing partnership with Jabil. The S320-HP (high performance) has ultra low latency 15 ns; ultra low insertion loss < 2 dB; ultra low power 30 W (< 0.1 W per port). Arjun has been an investor since 1999 and CEO since October 2018
Founded and lead a high-tech venture capital firm. Invested directly or indirectly in 250+ tech companies to date, of which 150+ companies have been acquired or gone public (including 60+ Unicorns). Cumulatively the current market cap of these companies is over $2+ trillion. Key companies include Cisco, Qualcomm, T-Mobile USA, Facebook, Salesforce, DocuSign, Palantir, Uber, etc. Forbes Midas List of the Top-100 Technology Venture Investors in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. We now focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies. Our initial AI investments include Anthropic, Groq (Nvidia), Lambda Labs, Decart.Ai, Sierra AI, Super.AI, StandardBots, Trellis, Voyager, Work Helix, You.com and others. We love helping entrepreneurs build their companies!
Trustee of the Aspen Institute for over two decades. Co-Chair of the AI Steering Committee of the Aspen Institute. Henry Crown Fellow, High Five Class. Was a Trustee of the Aspen Institute Mexico City and the Aspen Institute India (Ananta Aspen Center). The Aspen Institute champions Values Based Leadership and Fellowships in multiple geographies; and also has various Policy Programs. Every summer the Aspen Institute hosts the Aspen Ideas Festival.
Initially a member of the new ownership group of the Sacramento Kings NBA team, where the group developed an amazing new arena. Now am a member of the ownership group of the MLB A’s team who are building a fabulous new ballpark in Las Vegas. Great partners, great teams, great experiences!!