Renesas VP Mandali Khalesi tells startups: bring "impossible" plans

The session placed the two chipmakers' views side by side. Renesas's Khalesi framed "impossible" ideas as a startup advantage that large companies cannot easily pursue, and he pointed to quantum computing applied to robotics as one area with potential in a very narrow domain. He also stressed the practical side: because Renesas has countless divisions, startups that study the company and target the right unit are more likely to get traction.

Infineon's Goto centered his answer on use cases, asking startups to bring concrete problems and data from attempts that did not work, so the two sides can search for answers while using Infineon products. The contrast is subtle—one leans toward bold ideas plus navigation, the other toward grounded evidence—but both point to collaboration, not just pitching.