Shangda Xu(@shangdaxu ):Anshul Sadana helped build Arista into the defining networking company of the last era. Now he and the @nexthopai team, which is one of the strongest hardware and software teams in the industry, are building the networking company for the AI era. Building a networking company that can serve hyperscalers at this scale requires getting everything right: the hardware, the software, the relationships, and the pace of execution. It’s why companies like this almost never get started. It’s also why, when they do, they can become generational. Excited to invest in Nexthop’s Series B. More on why we invested here:

2026.03.10 15:18

Anshul Sadana helped build Arista into the defining networking company of the last era. Now he and the @nexthopai team, which is one of the strongest hardware and software teams in the industry, are building the networking company for the AI era. Building a networking company that can serve hyperscalers at this scale requires getting everything right: the hardware, the software, the relationships, and the pace of execution. It’s why companies like this almost never get started. It’s also why, when they do, they can become generational. Excited to invest in Nexthop’s Series B. More on why we invested here: