Kandou
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$389.6M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$225M
Venture round · Mar 2026 · 6 mo ago
Backers
1
Bessemer Venture Partners
The money's age
Fresh money
6 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
35/100
in the news, fresh money
Last sign of life
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The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 2026
Formerly Kandou.ai (kandou.com)
Mar 23
Raised a round Venture round $225M · SiliconANGLE
Sep 13, 2023
Raised a round Venture round $72.3M · YahooFinance
Nov 17, 2020
Raised a round Venture round $92.3M · EE Times
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Mar 2026 | $225M | — | SiliconANGLE |
| Venture round | Sep 2023 | $72.3M | — | YahooFinance |
| Venture round | Nov 2020 | $92.3M | — | EE Times |
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Overview
Revolutionary Copper MIMO technology eliminates costly HBM chips. 10X lower cost, 3X lower power, 8X more scale for next-gen AI systems and connectivity.
News
Kandou AI Selects Baya Systems to Power Its Attack on the AI Memory Wall
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SAINT-SULPICE, Switzerland, July 14, 2026--Baya Systems, the leader in software-defined fabric IP for AI and high-performance computing, and Kandou AI, the pioneer in high-speed connectivity for AI infrastructure, today announced a s
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Kandou AI Selects Baya Systems to Power Its Attack on the AI Memory Wall
Baya's WeaveIP fabric and WeaverPro software accelerating architecture development for Kandou's 448G copper AI connectivity platform Baya Systems, the leader in software-defined fabric IP for AI
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Swiss fabless chip co Kandou AI opens design HQ in Hyderabad Hyderabad News
Kandou AI opens India chip design HQ in Hyderabad's Kondapur to expand engineering for AI infrastructure, focusing on high-speed connectivity and energy efficiency.
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Kandou AI: $225 Million Raised For AI Connectivity And Memory Bottleneck Solutions
Kandou AI, a fabless semiconductor design company focused on high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity solutions, announced it has raised $225 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to address critical data movement challenges in artificial i
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Kandou AI raises $225M from SoftBank and Synopsys to solve AI's memory wall
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Chip interconnect startup Kandou AI raises $225M in funding
Chip interconnect startup Kandou AI raises $225M in funding - SiliconANGLE
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Kandou AI Appoints Srujan Linga as CEO and Amin Shokrollahi as CTO
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Kandou over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
52
Postings analysed
37
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
Python57%
C++30%
SystemVerilog14%
MATLAB14%
Frameworks & libraries
NumPy8%
UVM5%
Robot Framework3%
Cloud & platforms
RTOS14%
Linux11%
Zephyr OS8%
Windows5%
AI & ML
BERT3%
LLM3%
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
40
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
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Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Hardware
38% ▲
Industrial Engineering
35% ▼
Early Careers
10% ▼
Finance
5% ▲
AI/ML
3% ▲
Backend
3% ▲
Actively hiring for Hardware (+5 in 30 days)
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
8
Hiring now
8
Countries
6
Busiest office
Saint-Sulpice
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Saint-Sulpice
Switzerland
Plant / site
21 open roles 21 posted in 90 days 19% engineering
hires for Industrial Engineering, Early Careers, Hardware
Hyderabad
India
Engineering / R&D
9 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 67% engineering
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Bengaluru
India
Engineering / R&D
6 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 67% engineering
hires for Hardware, Industrial Engineering, Backend
Pune
India
Engineering / R&D
5 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 80% engineering
hires for Hardware, Finance
Taipei
Taiwan
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering
hires for Hardware, Administrative, Industrial Engineering
Hyderabad
Pakistan
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Hardware
Dortmund
Germany
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Hardware
Northampton
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering
hires for Hardware
Jobs
≈ $123k – $292k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Saint-Sulpice
Cadence Virtuoso
Synopsys HSPICE
Siemens Calibre
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≈ $85k – $189k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • Saint-Sulpice
Python
SystemVerilog
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≈ $34k – $83k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru • Hyderabad
Python
Rust
C++
CI/CD
AWS
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≈ $26k – $54k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pune
C++
RTOS
QEMU
IoT
Zephyr OS
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≈ $97k – $230k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 7+ years exp • Saint-Sulpice
Python
SystemVerilog
MATLAB
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≈ $17k – $41k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Master's Degree • Hyderabad
Python
Verilog
SystemC
Linux
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≈ $28k – $58k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Hyderabad
SystemVerilog
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≈ $26k – $54k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Pune
C++
RTOS
QEMU
IoT
Zephyr OS
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In office • Internship • Saint-Sulpice
Go
Model Context Protocol
AI Agents
LLM
Structured Outputs
Edge AI
Agentic Workflows
Tool Use
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≈ $79k – $144k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • Northampton
Cadence Virtuoso
Synopsys HSPICE
Siemens Calibre
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In office • Full-Time • Hyderabad
Python
C++
CMake
DevOps
RTOS
Git
GitLab
Linux
IoT
FreeRTOS
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In office • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Dortmund
Python
SystemVerilog
VHDL
Perl
Cadence Virtuoso
Cadence Innovus
UVM
Formal Verification
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