About Guru Chahal
Guru Chahal is a partner at Lightspeed and a director of Warp Sciences. He also sits on the boards of Arrcus and Ketryx.
He joined Lightspeed as an investor in 2012, then co-founded Avi Networks. VMware acquired Avi Networks in 2019, and Chahal returned to Lightspeed.
Experience
This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Guru Chahal in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.
Warp Sciences Inc. Current
Director
2026 – Present · Portola Valley, CA
A U.S. chemistry research service that uses chemists, AI and robotics to make compounds for biotech and pharmaceutical drug-discovery teams.
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Lightspeed Current
Partner
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Arrcus Current
Director
Exa Labs Inc.
Director
2025 – 2026 · San Francisco, CA
Exa sells web search tools for developers building AI applications and agents.
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Avi Networks
Co-founder
2019
Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Guru Chahal works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
Warp Sciences Inc. · Form D, Oct 26, 2026
Kevin Weil
Chief Executive Officer and director
Balmanohar Paluri
Chief Technology Officer
Dhanurjay Patil
Chief Operating Officer
Solomon Reisberg
Chief Scientific Officer
Exa Labs Inc. · Form D, Sep 28, 2026
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Peter Fenton
Director
Jeffrey Wang
Co-founder and director
William Bryk
CEO and director
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Sarah Wang
Director
Ketryx Corp · Form D, Sep 5, 2025
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Jan Poschko
Director
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Erez Kaminski
President and director