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SBT C Suite Spotlight - Fabrizio Del Maffeo, CEO, Axelera AI - Full conversation

In this installment of the C Suite Spotlight, President Justin Kinsey talks with Fabrizio Del Maffeo, Co-Founder and CEO of Axelera AI. Fabrizio is a veteran technology leader with more than 20 years of experience building and scaling businesses at the intersection of hardware, AI, and embedded systems. He’s held senior roles at leading companies such as Advantech and AAEON (an ASUS company), and founded UP Bridge the Gap, where his team pioneered accessible AI computing platforms, bridging the gap between makers and professionals — a philosophy that continues to guide his work today. In 2021, he co-founded Axelera AI with a bold mission: to create an AI hardware and software platform that is not only the world’s most powerful and efficient, but also open and accessible to all in order to democratize AI for the world. Under his leadership, Axelera AI has grown into a multinational organization with over 120 engineers across the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, the UK, and Italy, and is backed by over €200 million in funding. As a technology leader, Fabrizio is not just shaping innovation today but actively mentoring the next generation of technical business leaders and engineers. He frequently lectures at universities throughout the Netherlands and across Europe. Here is the list of questions and timestamps: 00:00 - Opening 00:44 - Could you give the audience a high-level overview of your career background? 01:51 - Was there a pivotal moment in your life when you knew that you wanted to become an engineer? 03:08 - For those unfamiliar with Axelera AI, can you share what the company is building? 03:46 - What will your recent back-to-back funding rounds enable you and the leadership team to do? 05:19 - Why did Axelera decide to use digital in-memory compute (DIMC) architecture and what advantages does it offer that others don't? 08:58 - Is there a recent customer success story that had made you feel energized or excited? 10:54 - What is your view on responsible AI and why do you believe the topic is so important? 12:35 - What role do you feel Axelera AI is playing, and will play, in terms of strengthening the overall AI ecosystem in Europe and beyond? 14:39 - Axelera has not one, or two, but many co-founders. Can you share how that decision came to fruition and how it's a competitive advantage? 16:11 - You often lecture at business and engineering schools. Can you share share about why you choose to participate in those types of activities? 17:53 - How has Axelera been able to compete against larger, established companies to attract and recruit the best talent in the AI sector? 19:28 - Whar are one or two aspects of Axelera AI's culture that you are most proud of, yet may not be obvious to people outside the company? 21:59 - If we look ahead to five years from now, what impact do you hope Axelera AI has had on the world? 31:01 - Signoff For more details about the work that Fabrizio and the team at Axelera AI are doing, visit: https://axelera.ai/ You can find and request to connect with Simeon on LinkedIn:   / delmaffeo   For more details about SBT talent solutions, visit: https://www.sbtindustries.com #semiconductor #semiconductors #semiconductorindustry #ai #artificialintelligence #edgeai #accelerator #LLM #largelanguagemodel #digitalinmemorycompute #DIMC #memory #datacenter #datacenters #cloud #hyperscale #hyperscalers #startup #startups #executivesearch #csuitespotlight #recruiting #executivesearch #recruiter