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Alay Desai

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Enterprise AI Business Development at Qualcomm
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Alay is a product management executive specializing in AI, data, and cloud platforms. With experience at Qualcomm, AWS, and Microsoft, he focuses on scaling AI-powered solutions and building strategic partnerships. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an MS from Rutgers University.

He has a strong passion for the startup ecosystem, serving as an advisor and mentor to new ventures. He is well-respected by venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, who often seek his advice on investment theses and product roadmaps.

His former company, Shoreline.io, where he served as Head of Products, was acquired by NVIDIA.

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Experience
27 Years
Current Role
Enterprise AI Business Development
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI Infrastructure Costs
He recently spoke on a panel about the challenges of scaling AI infrastructure and managing the associated costs, a core part of his work.
Data Processing Performance
He actively writes about unlocking CPU performance through vectorization and SIMD to lower query costs and improve throughput for data platforms.
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Career

Work history

2026
Enterprise AI Business Development
Qualcomm
2023 - 2026
VP Product and Marketing
DataPelago
2022 - 2022
VP / GM, Platform
Very Good Security
2019 - 2022
Head Of Products
Shoreline.io (Acquired by NVIDIA)
2016 - 2019
Principal Product Manager
Amazon Web Services
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Education
MBA
The Wharton School
MS
Rutgers University
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