Viswanathan, who divides his time between Silicon Valley and New Delhi, began his career as a research engineer in Wipro in 1987, before spending 19 years at Intel. Viswanathan stepped down as the vice-president of architecture and general manager of innovation and incubation from Intel in May 2012. He founded Celesta Capital in 2013 with current Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan, through which the company has invested in 15 Indian startups—including rocket maker Agnikul Cosmos, digital radiology firm 5C Network, corporate healthcare provider Connect N Heal, AI marketing platform Pixis, and defence imaging and sensor maker Tonbo.
