AJ Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of Itera

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This is an interview with AJ Cooper, Co-Founder and CEO of Itera. Itera developed the first-of-its-kind 'fluid' circuit board, which uses liquid metal on glass substrates and electrowetting to rewire itself in real time, redrawing traces to match a new design in under a minute, aiming to compress the traditional PCB prototyping validation cycle (the source says it compresses a months-long process into days). Cooper holds a PhD in electrical engineering; his career included developing semiconductor equipment for GlobalFoundries, infrared night vision processes for FLIR, co-founding luxury smartwatch company Olio, and hardware roles at Uber and Lyft. Itera operates an electronics-as-a-service model with secure U.S.-based testing centers where customers get remote access to their 'Configurable Twin.' The source states that a top 5 global auto OEM and defense neoprimes have reserved Itera's production capacity, and that the company is talking with hyperscalers and chipset manufacturers; it also cites $50 billion spent annually on hardware development and validation. No specific component price movement, capacity cut or production halt is mentioned in the article.

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Source: SemiWiki · 10/25/2026 · View original source