Ayar Labs Appoints Sejal Daswani as Chief People and Operations Officer

High impact operations, people, and innovation executive joins team to scale company globally, build foundation for long-term growth

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ayar Labs, the leader in co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions for AI scale-up, announced the appointment of Sejal Daswani as Chief People and Operations Officer. In this newly created role, Daswani will oversee Ayar Labs’ people strategy as well as operations as the company continues to expand globally and advance its technology to meet hyperscaler deployment requirements.

Daswani brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across people, operations and corporate innovation in the technology, cleantech and software industries. She has led large-scale global growth initiatives, built high-performing teams and supported companies through major operational inflection points.

At Ayar Labs, Daswani will focus on building the people, systems and operating discipline needed for the company’s next stage of growth. Her priorities include scaling global operations, strengthening talent and organizational infrastructure, and integrating AI into business operations as the company prepares to bring its technology to market at scale.

“Sejal stood out immediately for her ability to connect company strategy with the people, systems and operating model required to scale,” said Mark Wade, CEO and co-founder of Ayar Labs. “That is exactly what Ayar Labs needs as we move from breakthrough innovation to commercial scale and expand our global operations. Sejal has a demonstrated track record of helping companies build the infrastructure to support innovation and growth. Her leadership will allow us to scale with speed, focus and rigor.”

Daswani most recently served as Chief People Officer at Deputy, a global HR technology software company, where she led global people strategy and guided future-of-work initiatives. Previously, she served as Chief Human Resources Officer at Sunrun, where she supported the company’s rapid growth from 4,000 to 14,000 employees and played a leadership role in the $3.2 billion acquisition of Vivint Solar.

“Solving the AI infrastructure bottleneck requires a rigorous operating model to match world-class innovation. I am thrilled to join Ayar Labs at this critical inflection point,” Daswani said. “From my first conversations, it was clear that this team possesses a rare combination of technical brilliance and collaborative humility. I look forward to scaling our global workforce and building the disciplined operational framework needed for our next phase of hyper-growth.”

Daswani previously held senior leadership roles at Visa and Pfizer, and currently serves as an advisor to SemperVirens Venture Capital, PeopleTech Partners and Kindred Minds. Sejal holds a dual MBA/MPA from MIT and Harvard University, as well as degrees in Biology and International Affairs from Columbia University.

The appointment comes as momentum accelerates to bring co-packaged optics (CPO) to AI infrastructure, including Ayar Labs recently joining NVIDIA’s NVLink Fusion ecosystem and its partnership with Wiwynn to bring CPO to rack-scale AI systems. In her combined people and operations role, Daswani will help scale teams, systems and execution across global markets.

Ayar Labs is rapidly expanding its engineering and operations teams to meet the immediate demand for co-packaged optics. Visit ayarlabs.com/careers to see a complete list of open roles.

About Ayar Labs

Ayar Labs is transforming AI infrastructure with the industry’s first proven co-packaged optics (CPO) solution manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem. By unlocking performance gains and reducing workload costs in power-constrained environments, Ayar Labs’ optical engines are key to enabling next-generation AI scale-up. Founded in 2015, Ayar Labs is funded by domestic and international venture capital firms, as well as strategic investors including AMD, Applied Ventures, MediaTek, NVIDIA, and VentureTech Alliance. For more information, visit www.ayarlabs.com.