Sunny Madra

CEO

Palo Alto, California, United States25 yrs 7 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in building AI infrastructure.
  • Extensive experience in angel investing and venture capital.
  • Successful founder of multiple tech startups.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and AI-focused entrepreneur with extensive experience in venture capital and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingBig DataLeadershipOperations ManagementVenture CapitalInvestment StrategyProduct ManagementAi DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentMobility SystemsCorporate DevelopmentData ManagementProduct DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentPlatform As A ServiceTeam Leadership

Other Skills

AI infrastructureSalesSupply ChainOperationsHardware OrganizationAngel InvestingGenerative AI Data ApplicationsBusiness IncubationTechnology PartnershipsOpen cloud-based platformM&AStrategic InvestmentsData ProductsOpen SourceMobile Solutions

About

Experienced entrepreneur and investor. Views and opinions are my own. *** I don't read LinkedIn messages that often, sorry***

Experience

25 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
5 mos
Current Experience

Nvidia

VP Hardware

Dec 2025Present · 5 mos · Santa Clara, CA · On-site

  • Building AI infrastructure
  • https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/lpx/
  • https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/inside-nvidia-groq-3-lpx-the-low-latency-inference-accelerator-for-the-nvidia-vera-rubin-platform/
  • https://groq.com/newsroom/groq-and-nvidia-enter-non-exclusive-inference-technology-licensing-agreement-to-accelerate-ai-inference-at-global-scale
AI infrastructureCloud ComputingBig Data

Groq

COO & President

Mar 2024Dec 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mountain View, CA · On-site

  • COO & President overseeing Sales, Supply Chain, Operations and our Hardware Organization
  • Joined Groq via the acquisition of my company, Definitive Intelligence and initially lead the team that launched GroqCloud.
  • In December 2025 Nvidia entered an agreement with Groq:
  • https://groq.com/newsroom/groq-and-nvidia-enter-non-exclusive-inference-technology-licensing-agreement-to-accelerate-ai-inference-at-global-scale
SalesSupply ChainOperationsHardware OrganizationLeadershipOperations Management

Definitive intelligence

Co-Founder and CEO

Dec 2021Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States · On-site

  • Generative AI Data Applications: Try it at https://definitive.io
  • In March of 2024, Definitive was acquired by Groq
Generative AI Data ApplicationsProduct ManagementAI Development

Ford motor company

Vice President, Ford X

Feb 2018Nov 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Palo Alto, California

  • Joined Ford via the acquisition of my company, Autonomic
  • Created the Ford X accelerator where we are helped the company discover, apply and incubate new businesses.
  • Ford secure was originally a Ford X project:
  • https://apnews.com/article/f150-pickup-ford-vehicle-thefts-technology-242273a5e3aeb0203535c5cd2ee85c89#
  • Also lead the establishment of technology partnerships across the company including Ford's deals with Google and Amazon:
  • https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/01/ford-and-google-sign-six-year-deal-for-android-in-car-apps-cloud.html
  • https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/04/23/ford-motor-company-autonomic-amazon-web-services-collaboration.html
  • https://www.fool.com/investing/2022/01/18/ford-just-launched-a-start-up-thats-significant/
Business IncubationTechnology PartnershipsStrategic PartnershipsBusiness Development

Autonomic inc

2 roles

Co-Founder / Board Member

Aug 2016Nov 2021 · 5 yrs 3 mos

Co-Founder / CEO

Aug 2016Feb 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Autonomic is building the first open cloud-based platform connecting and empowering tomorrow’s mobility systems. The platform aims to provide the necessary building blocks for smart mobility applications and services, and has the flexibility to meet the unique needs and challenges of cities and mobility systems around the world. #Au
  • Autonomic was acquired by Ford in January 2018! https://medium.com/@sunny_25060/autonomic-joins-ford-to-build-the-future-of-transportation-2ea998dcbba

Pivotal software, inc.

3 roles

VP Strategy and Corporate Development

Jul 2015Aug 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Responsible for M&A, strategic investments and startup initiatives. Deals included Snappy Data spinout (acquired by Tibco), Slice of Lime, QuickStep, Neo and CloudCredo acquisitions.
Open cloud-based platformCloud ComputingMobility Systems

VP/GM, Data Products

Promoted

Nov 2014Jun 2015 · 7 mos

  • Ran the data products business at Pivotal which included Pivotal HD, Greenplum Database, HAWQ and Gemfire. Led the initiative to open source the entire entire data portfolio. During my tenure in 2015 the business achieved $100m+ in bookings.
  • http://www.pivotal.io/big-data
M&AStrategic InvestmentsCorporate DevelopmentInvestment Strategy

CTO, Mobile

Oct 2013Oct 2014 · 1 yr

  • Joined Pivotal via the acquisition of my company, Xtreme Labs.
  • My team was focused on ensuring that our Platform as a Service (PaaS), Pivotal CF is the best way to deliver mobile solutions.
  • http://blog.pivotal.io/cloud-foundry-pivotal/news-2/how-to-win-in-mobile-app-development-quickly
Data ProductsOpen SourceData ManagementProduct Development

Angel investor

Angel Investor

Nov 2013Nov 2025 · 12 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

  • Personal Investor/Shareholder in:
  • SkySQL (Acquired by MariaDB)
  • Ohalo Genetics
  • Notion
  • SpaceX
  • Swarm technologies (acquired by SpaceX)
  • Meesho
  • SwiftKey (acquired by Microsoft!)
  • Groq
  • SimSim (acquired by YouTube)
  • Epic games
  • Mr. Beast Industries
  • Helpful (acquired by Shopify)
  • Mem0
  • Geometer
  • Mechanical Orchard
  • Hotstreak
  • Felix
  • Spatial
  • Mezmo (previously LogDNA)
  • Big 3
  • Armilla AI
  • Curbo
  • Dream Payments
  • Eaze
  • RockShield
  • Sibros
  • Snack
  • Hypertrack
  • Primal.com
  • Frame.sh
  • Fellow
  • Coa
  • Sportsicon
  • Metacask
  • The Sandbox Game
  • Somnium
  • Roundtrip.ai
  • Shopistry
  • Odaia
  • Build Casa
  • Hyperloop One
  • Royal
  • Highline BETA
  • Highline.vc (previously known as Extreme Startups)
  • Glooko (investor and co-founder)
  • Autonomic (acquired by Ford)
  • Pivotal (via Xtreme Labs acquisition)
  • Hatch Labs (Xtreme Labs JV with IAC / creator of Tinder)
  • Uber (pre-IPO)
  • Zenefits (acquired by Trinet)
  • Arterys (acquired by Tempus)
  • Somnoware (acquired by Resmed)
  • Funds:
  • Social+Capital Partnership
  • Craft Ventures
  • Eniac Ventures
  • Good Capital
  • Roach Capital
  • VSC Ventures
  • Time Zero Capital
  • Firework Ventures
  • Trust Fund
  • More at:
  • https://angel.co/sundeepm
Angel InvestingVenture CapitalInvestment Strategy

Xtreme labs

Co-Founder / CTO

Nov 2007Nov 2013 · 6 yrs · palo alto, ca

  • I started Xtreme Labs with Amar in 2007. The 2 of us grew Xtreme Labs to over 300 people and we built hundreds of apps for the worlds leading companies including Facebook, Uber, Instagram, NBA Game Time, NFL mobile, Twitter and Vine.
  • In October 2013 Xtreme Labs was acquired by Pivotal!
  • http://pivotal.io/agile/press-release/pivotal-acquires-xtreme-labs
Mobile SolutionsMobile DevelopmentPlatform as a Service

Extreme venture partners

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

Oct 2007Nov 2013 · 6 yrs 1 mo · palo alto, ca

  • Amar and I founded Extreme Venture Partners (EVP) to focus on providing early stage capital to Canadian companies.
  • Companies Amar and I invested in include:
  • BumpTop (acquired by Google)
  • J2Play (acquired by EA)
  • Kontagent (now part of Play Haven)
  • Engag.io
  • Chango (acquired by Rubicon)
  • Fixmo (acquired by Good Technologies)
  • Xtreme Labs (sold to founders + Chamath)
  • Visibli
  • Uken Games (assets acquired Jam City)
  • Locationary (acquired by Apple)
  • LocalResponse
  • Rypple (acquired by Salesforce.com)
  • Well.ca (acquired by McKesson Canada)
  • Guardly
  • Influitive
  • In Nov 2013, after a very successful run (9 exits of companies we funded) Amar and I decided to sell our founders stake in EVP and refocused on making personal angel investments.
App DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Semifore, inc.

Engineering and Business Development

May 2006Dec 2006 · 7 mos · Mountain View, California, United States

  • Helped Richard and Jamsheed start Semifore.
  • Great outcome in 2023!
  • https://www.arteris.com/press-releases/arteris-acquires-semifore-to-accelerate-system-on-chip-development
Early Stage CapitalVenture CapitalInvestment Strategy

Cisco systems

Hardware Engineer

Jan 2000May 2006 · 6 yrs 4 mos · san jose, ca

  • Learned a lot and worked with very smart people. Worked on the following projects:
  • GSR-12000 ASIC development
  • Cisco Quantum Flow Processor development
  • ASIC Design, Verification and Multi-chip Simulation
  • Prototype integration and manufacturing test support

Education

University of Ottawa

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) — Computer Engineering

Jan 1998Jan 2001

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