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Shahin Farshchi
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@lux_capital, @zoox, @planet, @relativityspace, @vardaspace, unconv.ai, @epsilon3inc, @nervanasys, @mosaicml, @CovariantAI, @goformic, $AEVA, Dad/Bear/Pilot
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    Shahin Farshchi
    @Farshchi
    Jan 7
    In 2006, I was in my mid-20s, had wound down my company and was doing a postdoctoral scholarship to pay my bills. I had been told that I should raise venture capital for my next startup. I googled “nanotechnology” and “venture capital,” and the first Google search result was
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    Lux Capital
    @Lux_Capital
    Jan 7
    We started Lux in 2000 with a simple conviction: the biggest opportunities lie at the frontier of science and technology that others find too hard, too early, or too confusing. Twenty-five years later, that conviction hasn't changed. What has changed is that the world has caught
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    Shahin Farshchi
    @Farshchi
    Aug 6
    Silicon photonics ranging from eyes for autonomous cars, to manufacturing controls, now datacenter interconnect. Excited for @aevainc ‘s next chapter:
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    Mina Rezk
    @MinaARezk
    Aug 6
    Excited to see @aevainc expand into AI infrastructure with our new Optical Connectivity business. Built on more than a decade of innovation in high-power optical sources and silicon photonics. Congratulations to the entire team on this milestone!
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    Shahin Farshchi
    @Farshchi
    Jul 29
    Faster is not the same as possible. AI that accelerates existing EDA workflows makes chip design cheaper. AI that understands physics and trains on real design data changes what can be designed at all. The latter is super exciting, which is why we chose to partner with the
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    Shahin Farshchi
    @Farshchi
    Jul 29
    DAC 2026 had more AI-native startups on the floor than ever, and more VCs walking it. Startups that: VERIFY what can’t be verified, SIMULATE what can’t be simulated, ultimately, BUILD what can’t be built … become tomorrow’s generational companies. We’re proud to be
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    Shahin Farshchi
    @Farshchi
    Jul 23
    Compute zeitgeist is shifting from “who trains the biggest model” to “who serves inference cheapest.” AMD’s Venice/Helios launch + Intel’s blowout DC beat today both point the same way: the money’s moving to the inference layer. TCO > raw FLOPs

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