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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CTO.\n\nSean Lie is co-founder and CTO of Cerebras Systems. He was lead hardware architect of SeaMicro's IO virtualisation fabric ASIC and, after AMD acquired SeaMicro, an AMD Fellow and chief data centre architect. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and has authored 16 patents in computer architecture.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-lie-4a80097/\n\n## What Sean builds\n\n- [Cerebras Inference](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cerebras-inference.md), graded B, 68.6/100, in Model APIs \u0026 inference. Cerebras Inference serves language models on Cerebras wafer-scale processors through an OpenAI-compatible API. It supports streaming, structured outputs, tool calling and prompt caching, with shared and dedicated inference options. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andrew Feldman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrew-feldman/), Co-founder and CEO\n- [Gary Lauterbach](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/gary-lauterbach/), Co-founder, Cerebras Systems Inc.\n- [Hagay Lupesko](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hagay-lupesko/), SVP, AI Inference (official company title: SVP AI Cloud)\n- [Jean-Philippe Fricker](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jean-philippe-fricker/), Co-founder and Chief System Architect\n- [Michael James](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/michael-james/), Co-founder and Chief Architect, Advanced Technologies\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Sean Lie?\n\nSean Lie is co-founder and CTO of Cerebras Systems. He was lead hardware architect of SeaMicro's IO virtualisation fabric ASIC and, after AMD acquired SeaMicro, an AMD Fellow and chief data centre architect. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and has authored 16 patents in computer architecture.\n\n### What does Cerebras Systems Inc. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Cerebras Inference from Cerebras Systems Inc.. Cerebras Inference serves language models on Cerebras wafer-scale processors through an OpenAI-compatible API. It supports streaming, structured outputs, tool calling and prompt caching, with shared and dedicated inference options.\n\n### How are Sean's tools graded?\n\nCerebras Inference is graded B, 68.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.cerebras.ai/company\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hagaylupesko\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdfeldman/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-lie-4a80097/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-philippe-fricker-b39800/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-james-905b1423/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7460759522773569536/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-lauterbach-9689064/\n- https://www.cerebras.ai/build-with-us\n- https://www.cerebras.ai/inference\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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