Building the fastest AI inference platform on earth
Zerafort was founded on a simple belief: the world's best AI models deserve hardware built specifically to run them. Today our RDU dataflow architecture powers real-time inference for developers and enterprises across the globe.
Meet the founders
Zerafort was started by three engineers and scientists who spent their careers pushing the limits of computing.
David Carter
Co-Founder & CEO
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, David was formerly VP of Engineering at a hyperscale cloud provider. He founded Zerafort to make frontier-scale inference fast, affordable, and accessible to every team.
Elena Marchetti
Co-Founder & CTO
Ph.D. in computer architecture and holder of 20+ patents. Elena leads the design of Zerafort's RDU dataflow chips and the software stack that runs on them.
Rajiv Menon
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
A pioneer in machine-learning systems research with two decades in academia and industry. Rajiv shapes Zerafort's long-term model and hardware roadmap.
What we value
The principles that guide how we build products and work together.
Speed by default
We obsess over every millisecond. Fast inference is not a feature — it is the foundation of everything we build.
Efficiency at the core
From silicon to software, we maximize tokens per watt so customers scale without runaway costs.
AI without borders
We believe organizations should own and govern their AI. Sovereign, secure deployment is a first-class citizen.
Customer obsession
We win when our customers ship. We measure ourselves by the products our developers bring to life.
Our journey
Zerafort founded with a mission to reinvent AI inference.
First-generation RDU chip taped out and deployed to early partners.
Launched Zerafort Inference Cloud, serving frontier open-source models.
SN50 RDU announced, reaching 600+ tokens/sec on 400B-parameter models.
Leadership team
The operators bringing Zerafort's technology to the world.
Sofia Alvarez
Chief Revenue Officer
Marcus Webb
VP of Product
Aisha Khan
VP of Hardware
Tomás Rivera
VP of Engineering
Grace Sullivan
General Counsel
Kenji Watanabe
Head of Research
Come build the future of inference
We're hiring across hardware, systems, research, and go-to-market. Join a team that ships frontier technology every day.