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Peter Salanki

Peter Salanki is co-founder and chief technology officer of CoreWeave, which operates AI data centers. In 2019 he and CoreWeave's co-founders bought large numbers of cheap graphics processors during the crypto crash, and the company was renamed CoreWeave. He became vice president of engineering in April 2022 and chief technology officer in March 2024. In December 2025 he wrote that CoreWeave became the first NVIDIA GB200 Exemplar Cloud. The Research & Development Council of New Jersey named him a Science & Technology Medal honoree in the 2026 Edison Patent Awards.

Now at
CoreWeave

Timeline

  1. 2018–2019

    Director at Sandvine

    He serves as Director, Americas, in the Office of the CTO at Sandvine, an application and network intelligence company, from January 2018 to June 2019.

  2. 2019

    Buying GPUs in the crypto crash

    In 2019 he and CoreWeave's co-founders buy large numbers of cheap graphics processors during the crypto crash. The company is renamed CoreWeave and starts providing cloud computing infrastructure to companies.

  3. 2019–2022

    Director of Engineering

    He joins CoreWeave as Director of Engineering in June 2019 and becomes vice president of engineering in April 2022.

  4. March 2024

    Chief technology officer

    He becomes chief technology officer of CoreWeave in March 2024.

  5. December 2025

    First GB200 Exemplar Cloud

    In December 2025 he writes that CoreWeave becomes the first NVIDIA GB200 Exemplar Cloud, improving upon NVIDIA's own training performance targets.

  6. 2026

    Named a Gartner Visionary

    He writes that CoreWeave is named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud AI Infrastructure.

  7. 2026

    A Science & Technology Medal

    The Research & Development Council of New Jersey names him a Science & Technology Medal honoree in the 2026 Edison Patent Awards.

  8. As of October 2026

    CoreWeave co-founder and CTO

    He is co-founder and chief technology officer of CoreWeave, which operates AI data centers.

Sources and credits

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  1. Peter Salanki | CoreWeave Executive Leadership coreweave.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Svensk AI-pionjär oroas inte över bubbla: "Bra för oss" - Realtid realtid.se. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. CoreWeave - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. CoreWeave Becomes First NVIDIA GB200 Exemplar Cloud coreweave.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. CoreWeave Named a Visionary in 2026 Gartner Cloud AI Report coreweave.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. 2026 Edison Patent Awards - RDNJ rdnj.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Revolution Through Innovation: R&D Council Announces 2026 Edison Patent Awards Honoree - RDNJ rdnj.org. Checked 15 October 2026.