AI Challenges Network Limits. We Pioneer Breakthroughs.

Upscale AI redefines networking with purpose-built solutions for high-performance compute, accelerating AI democratization with open‑standard, full-stack infrastructure.

The Future of AI Networking Isn’t Proprietary. It’s Open.

At Upscale, we’re not just supporting standards, we’re helping shape them. Upscale AI is an active member of leading open standard consortiums UEC, UAL, and SONiC. Through our active role in these consortiums, we are helping shape how AI systems scale with openness, interoperability, and performance at the core.

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Celesta is incredibly proud to continue to back and partner with Rajiv Khemani, Barun Kar and the incredible team at Upscale.

From enterprise networking to building cloud infrastructure, Upscale AI’s team has been at the center of every major computing shift over the past 20 years.

Founded by Barun Kar (CEO) and Rajiv Khemani, Upscale AI leverages open-standard networking technology to drive innovation across AI infrastructure.

The startup’s network brings together a host of different open standards, enabling complete freedom of choice for data center operators.

Many industry-leading tools remain trapped within closed-circuit vendor-locked systems, but Upscale AI is building a level playing field where innovation, performance, and healthy competition can thrive.

They’re reimagining the entire AI networking stack, starting with scale-up solutions for connecting GPUs based on open standards that break free from proprietary systems.