Penguin Solutions CEO Kash Shaikh appeared on CNBC on July 29 to discuss the evolving AI infrastructure market. He argued that memory bandwidth and capacity are replacing GPU throughput as the primary performance bottleneck for autonomous agentic AI.

Shaikh positioned the firm as an AI factory platform company designed to support these persistent workloads. Penguin Solutions was recently designated as an NVIDIA AI Factory Specialized Partner.

The company's stock price has surged 123% year-to-date. Its AI and memory business grew 104% year-over-year during the fiscal third quarter.