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Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner after backing Cerebras

Adit Singh, the early investor who helped lead Cerebras Systems’ first funding round, is joining Mayfield as an infrastructure partner.

Source: TechCrunch · August 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM · AI-assisted report

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Adit Singh joins Mayfield as infrastructure partner after backing Cerebras
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KUALA LUMPUR, 21 AUGUST 2026 —

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Adit Singh, the early investor who helped lead Cerebras Systems’ first funding round, is joining Mayfield as an infrastructure partner.

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Singh will lead investments in hardware, infrastructure software, cybersecurity and physical AI at Mayfield, starting on Thursday. The firm has $3 billion in assets under management.

Mayfield’s semiconductor portfolio drew Singh to the role, he told TechCrunch. The fund’s investments in Upscale AI, valued at $2 billion, and Lumilens, which raised $700 million at a $5.5 billion valuation, were decisive.

“I’m a chip designer by training,” Singh said. “My secret sauce is being able to look at any workload and see how it works from the application all the way down to the transistor.”

Mayfield managing partner Navin Chaddha said the hire took time despite their long relationship. The two have served together on three startup boards, including Upscale AI and AI unicorn Velaura AI.

“I have been talking to Adit for 15 years,” Chaddha said. “We have sat on three boards together, but it still took some time to convince him to join.”

Singh spotted Cerebras’s potential in 2013 while at Foundation Capital. By May, when Cerebras listed, Foundation held a 7% stake. Singh left Foundation in 2017 to co-found Neotribe Ventures, and later joined Cota Capital.

Mayfield’s seed tickets can now reach $20 million, up from the $2 million typical in smaller funds. Singh said rising deal sizes made Mayfield attractive.

For Malaysian investors, the hire signals Mayfield’s push into hardware and AI infrastructure—areas where local semiconductor firms like Inari Amertron Bhd and Vitrox Corp Bhd have gained prominence.

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