Lip-Bu Tan - Chief Executive Officer @ Intel

Overview

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Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer
Primary Organization
Intel

Location Santa Clara, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast
Gender Male
Also Known As Chen Liwu

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Lip-Bu Tan is based out of Santa Clara, California, and is the Chief Executive Officer of Intel and also Board of Directors of PsiQuantum. Lip-Bu previously worked at Cadence Design Systems as a Executive Chairman. Lip-Bu Tan attended Nanyang Technological University. Lip-Bu Tan has been awarded a 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor

Industry Association’s Highest Honor.

Personal Investments

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Lip-Bu Tan

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Series A - Cognichip

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Cognichip

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Cognichip	—	Series A - Cognichip	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Sycamore	—	Seed Round - Sycamore	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	RadixArk	—	Seed Round - RadixArk	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gimlet Labs	—	Seed Round - Gimlet Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Corintis	—	Series A - Corintis	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Clockwork Systems	—	Series A - Clockwork Systems	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Tryndbuy	—	Seed Round - Tryndbuy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pokee AI	—	Seed Round - Pokee AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Aurascape	—	Series A - Aurascape	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Celestial AI	—	Series C - Celestial AI	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	NeoCognition	Walden Catalyst	Yes	Seed Round - NeoCognition	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	EPIC Microsystems	Intel Capital	—	Series A - EPIC Microsystems	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Speedata - The Analytics Processing Unit (APU)	Walden Catalyst	—	Series B - Speedata - The Analytics Processing Unit (APU)	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Virtue AI	Walden Catalyst	Yes	Series A - Virtue AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Virtue AI	Walden Catalyst	—	Seed Round - Virtue AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	C2i Semiconductors	Yali Capital	Yes	Venture Round - C2i Semiconductors	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	3d Glass Solutions	Walden Catalyst	Yes	Series C - 3d Glass Solutions	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Prosimo	Celesta Capital	—	Series B - Prosimo	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Voltron Data	Walden Catalyst	Yes	Series A - Voltron Data	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Voltron Data	Walden Catalyst	Yes	Seed Round - Voltron Data	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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Lip-Bu Tan

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exit -

Galileo

Lip-Bu Tan

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Galileo

DeepScale

, and

Celestial AI

Galileo Galileo.ai is an AI platform that provides services for developing, testing, monitoring, and securing their AI applications.
DeepScale DeepScale is a technology company that develops perceptual systems for semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles
Celestial AI Celestial AI develops an optical interconnect technology platform for data center and AI computing solutions.
Alcion Alcion secure data protection from ransomware, malware, accidents, and outages using an AI-driven strategy.

Jobs

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Lip-Bu Tan

has

current jobs including

Chief Executive Officer

Intel

Managing Partner

Walden Catalyst

, and

Chairman

Innovium

. Additionally,

Lip-Bu Tan

has had

past jobs including

President & CEO

Cadence Design Systems

Intel Chief Executive OfficerMar 12, 2025
Walden Catalyst Managing PartnerJan 2020
Innovium ChairmanJan 2015
Walden International Founder, Chairman1987
Celesta Capital Founding Managing Partner

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Cadence Design Systems	President & CEO	Feb 2004	—
Chappell & Co	VP	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

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Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Lip-Bu Tan

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board of Directors

PsiQuantum

Board Member

SiMa.ai

, and

Chairman

Artera

PsiQuantum Board of DirectorsApr 30, 2026
SiMa.ai Board MemberMay 25, 2022
Artera Chairman2021
Green Hills Software Board memberMar 2019
Schneider Electric Board Member2019
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Board memberOct 2015
CNEX Labs Board Director2015
Carnegie Mellon University Member of the Board of TrusteeJul 2011
Cadence Design Systems Member of the Board of Directors2004
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Board

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Cadence Design Systems	Executive Chairman	Dec 15, 2021	2023
Ambarella	Member of the Board of Directors	2004	2017
Regent College	Member of the Board of Governors	2006	2012
University of San Francisco	Member of the Board of Trustees	—	—
SolarEdge Technologiesa	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
HP	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
MindTree	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
INPHI	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Flex	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—
Beceem Communications	Member of the Board of Directors	—	—

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