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From Intel’s Cleanrooms to Kerala’s Coast: The Chip That Wants to Keep AI Off the Cloud

Jyothis Indirabhai

At 23, Jyothis Indirabhai left India for Japan to work as a design consultant for Hitachi. Two decades and several semiconductor companies later, including a nearly ten-year stint at Intel from 2005 to 2014 as a design manager and micro-architect, he made the opposite journey: back to Thiruvananthapuram, the city where he once studied electronics … Read more

Kerala-Based Semiconductor Startup Netrasemi Secures ₹107 Crore in Series A Funding to Boost R&D and Manufacturing

July 2025 | Kerala, India — Netrasemi, a fast-growing semiconductor technology startup based in Kerala, has raised ₹107 crore in a Series A funding round. The investment was led by Zoho Corporation Ltd and Unicorn India Ventures, marking a pivotal milestone in India’s deep-tech and semiconductor ecosystem. Founded in 2020 by Jyothis Indirabhai, Sreejith Varma, … Read more