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Ashish Lachhwani

Questioner · DISC type c
Co-Founder at Maieutic Semiconductors
📍 Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Ashish Lachhwani is the Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Maieutic Semiconductors, a startup using AI to accelerate chip design. An alumnus of IIT Madras, where he won the Institute Silver Medal, he previously co-founded Steradian Semiconductors, guiding it to a successful acquisition by Renesas. His expertise lies in RF/SoC development and automotive radar.

Ashish is passionate about fostering the next wave of innovation, recently serving as a jury member for the Sangam 2025 conference at his alma mater, IIT Madras. In this role, he evaluated deep-tech startups, focusing on their market differentiation, scalability, and real-world applicability.

Unique fact: Beyond holding 14 US patents, Ashish is also the co-author of a technical book on ultra-low-power radio design published by Springer.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Ashish shows up

Price-Sensitive
Value Seeker
Cautious & Analytical

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters.

Priorities

Topics Ashish cares about

AI in Chip Design
His current venture, Maieutic Semiconductors, is pioneering a GenAI-first copilot for analog IC design to accelerate development cycles and reduce errors.
Deep-Tech Startups
As a two-time co-founder and a jury member for an IIT Madras innovation summit, he actively evaluates and supports emerging deep-tech companies.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Co-Founder
Maieutic Semiconductors
10-2022 - 8-2024
Product Line Director
Renesas Electronics
1-2016 - 10-2022
Founding Director
Steradian Semiconductors
3-2013 - 1-2016
Senior Staff Engineer
Qualcomm
8-2004 - 3-2013
Lead Design Engineer
Texas Instruments
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1999 - 2004
Bachelor's degree
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
1988 - 1999
High school
St. Paul, Indore
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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