Kandou AI was founded in 2011 by Dr. Amin Shokrollahi as an EPFL spinoff, born from a mathematical insight that would transform chip connectivity. The company pioneered Chord signaling, a novel approach that sends groups of bits as a single mathematical unit, enabling data transmission with dramatically reduced power consumption and extended reach. This foundational innovation has grown into Copper MIMO technology, positioning Kandou AI at the forefront of solving the data movement bottleneck that threatens AI scaling.
In 2025, Kandou evolved into Kandou AI with a focused mission: democratizing Artificial Intelligence by making it affordable and accessible to everyone. The company partners with customers to revolutionize AI hardware systems through four connectivity dimensions - GPU connectivity, memory connectivity, network connectivity, and rack connectivity. With over 500 patents protecting their innovations, Kandou AI delivers chiplet-based AI fabric solutions that enable massively scalable systems with unprecedented reductions in expenditure, led by CEO Srujan Linga and founder Dr. Amin Shokrollahi who now serves as CTO.