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Astera Labs, Inc.
TypePublic
Industry
FoundedNovember 2017; 8 years ago (2017-11)
Founders
  • Jitendra Mohan
  • Sanjay Gajendra
  • Casey Morrison
Headquarters
San Jose, California
,
United States
Key people
Jitendra Mohan, CEO
Manuel Alba, Chairman
RevenueIncrease US$852.5 million (2025)
Increase US$173.4 million (2025)
Increase US$219.1 million (2025)
Total assetsIncrease US$1.531 billion (2025)
Total equityIncrease US$1.363 billion (2025)
OwnerJitendra Mohan (4.5%)
Sanjay Gajendra (4.3%)
Manuel Alba (1.1%)
Number of employees
756 (2025)
Websiteasteralabs.com
Footnotes
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Astera Labs, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, California, is a fabless manufacturing company that develops connectivity technologies and related software that are used in data centers serving the artificial intelligence and cloud-computing markets. Its products include the Aries PCIe/CXL smart DSP retimers, which extend the physical reach and improve signal integrity for PCI Express connections in large server clusters; Scorpio smart fabric switches, which provide high-bandwidth GPU-to-GPU interconnects and manage complex traffic inside AI racks; Taurus ethernet smart cable modules, which advance high-speed ethernet networking infrastructure over copper links; and Leo CXL memory controllers, which facilitate high-speed Compute Express Link memory expansion and memory pooling for memory-heavy workloads.[1]

In 2025, the company received approximately 70% of its revenue from Amazon Web Services and received 86% of its revenue from its three largest customers.[1]

Its principal competitors are Broadcom, Marvell Technology, Microchip Technology, Montage Technology, and Rambus.[1]

History

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Astera Labs was founded in November 2017 in Santa Clara, California, by Jitendra Mohan, Sanjay Gajendra, and Casey Morrison. While working at Texas Instruments, the co-founders observed that while processors used in data centers were getting faster, the connectivity technologies were not keeping pace, resulting in bottlenecks.[3] The trio quit their jobs and founded Astera in Sanjay Gajendra's garage.[3][4] They adopted a fabless semiconductor model, outsourcing manufacturing to partners such as TSMC.[3]

In April 2022, the company opened a research and development design center in Markham, Ontario.[5][6] It opened another design center in Burnaby, British Columbia, in September 2022.[7]

In May 2024, the company expanded operations in Taiwan to strengthen collaboration with original design manufacturers.[8]

In September 2024, the company opened a research and development design center in Bengaluru, India.[9]

In June 2025, the company relocated its headquarters to San Jose, California, tripling its size.[10][11][12]

In January 2026, the company acquired aiXscale Photonics.[13]

In February 2026, the company opened a design centre in Tel Aviv and offices in Ramat Gan and Haifa. It also paid approximately $70 million to form a partnership with Pliops, in which 60 employees moved from Pliops to Astera Labs.[14]

Funding history

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In March 2018, the company raised $8.5 million in a Series A round, selling shares for $0.20 each and valuing the company at $19 million. Investors included Avigdor Willenz, Intel Capital, Ron Jankov, and Sutter Hill Ventures.[15]

In April 2020, the company raised $26 million in a Series B round, selling shares for $0.78 each and valuing the company at $107 million. Investors included Avigdor Willenz, Intel Capital, Ron Jankov, and Sutter Hill Ventures.[15][16]

In September 2021, the company raised $52 million in a Series C round, selling shares for $6.72 each and valuing the company at $950 million. Investors included Avigdor Willenz, Intel Capital, Ron Jankov, and Sutter Hill Ventures as well as Valor Equity Partners, Venturetech Alliance, and Atreides Management.[15][17][18]

In November 2022, the company raised $150 million in a Series D round, selling shares for $20.34 each and valuing the company at $3.16 billion. Investors included Atreides Management, Fidelity Investments, Intel Capital, and Sutter Hill Ventures.[15][19][20][21]

In March 2024, the company became a public company via an initial public offering, raising $713 million by selling shares for $36 each.[22][23][24]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Astera Labs, Inc. 2025 Form 10-K Annual Report". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 20, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Astera Labs, Inc. 2025 Form 14A". United States Securities and Exchange Commission. April 23, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Feldman, Amy (August 16, 2022). "With Data Centers Expanding, Semiconductor Startup Astera Labs Is On Track For $100 Million In Revenue This Year". Forbes.
  4. ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (May 12, 2020). "Intel Capital commits $132 million to 11 AI startups". VentureBeat.
  5. ↑ "Astera Labs Opens New R&D Design Center to Accelerate Product Development by Tapping into Greater Toronto's Rich Engineering Talent Base". Financial Post (Press release). Business Wire. April 27, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Astera Labs Taps Toronto Talent with Canadian Expansion". EE Times. June 14, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Astera Labs unveils new Vancouver location to further expand its leadership in purpose-built connectivity solutions for AI & ML infrastructure". Financial Post (Press release). Business Wire. September 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ Liu, Jay (May 21, 2024). "Astera Labs steps up investment in Taiwan". DigiTimes.
  9. ↑ "Astera Labs Expands Global Reach with Bengaluru R&D Hub to Drive AI Innovation". Arabian Post. September 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Artificial intelligence company Astera Labs opens new building in San Jose". KNTV. July 18, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Astera Labs to triple the size of its Silicon Valley headquarters". The Real Deal. January 7, 2025.
  12. ↑ Gonzalez, Matthew (July 18, 2025). "Astera Labs unveils massive new San Jose HQ". American City Business Journals.
  13. ↑ "Astera Labs, Inc. completed the acquisition of Aixscale Photonics Gmbh". S&P Global. January 12, 2026.
  14. ↑ Gilead, Assaf (February 9, 2026). "Astera Labs opens Israel R&D centers". Globes.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Astera Labs, Inc. Form S-1". United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
  16. ↑ "Astera Labs Poised for Rapid Growth with Series B Funding and Manufacturing Partnerships in Place" (Press release). Business Wire. April 22, 2020.
  17. ↑ Chan, Rosalie (September 27, 2021). "A top exec at startup Astera Labs explains how it just hit a $950 million valuation in three years by building better connectivity for processors in the cloud". Business Insider.
  18. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (September 27, 2021). "Astera Labs, a fabless chip startup, nabs $50M at a $950M valuation to remove bottlenecks in high-bandwidth cloud applications". TechCrunch.
  19. ↑ Takahashi, Dean (November 17, 2022). "Astera Labs raises $150M for chips that deliver AI in the cloud". VentureBeat.
  20. ↑ Snider, Shane (November 17, 2022). "Chip Startup Astera Labs Rockets To Over $3B Valuation After Funding Round". CRN.
  21. ↑ Yasmin, Mehnaz (November 17, 2022). Dwivedi, Vinay (ed.). "Chipmaker Astera Labs valued at over $3 bln after latest fundraise". Reuters.
  22. ↑ "AI infrastructure firm Astera Labs prices IPO above target to raise US$713 million". The Straits Times. March 20, 2024.
  23. ↑ Jaiswal, Rishabh (March 20, 2024). Jacob-Phillips, Sherry (ed.). "Astera Labs seeks to raise around $713 mln in IPO at $5.5 bln valuation". Reuters.
  24. ↑ Hughes, Jennifer (April 20, 2024). "A boring IPO market is a good one — for now". Financial Times.
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