--- title: Larry Smith Appointed to Advisory Board description: AI Infrastructure Partners Appoints Larry Smith to Advisory Board image: https://aiipartners.ai/hubfs/AIIP%20Squares%201080x1080-Dec-23-2025-10-34-22-5647-PM.png --- [Skip to content](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/larry-smith#main-content) [![AIIP Logo](https://aiipartners.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/AIIP%20Logo%20(2%20White)-R.png?width=200&height=78&name=AIIP%20Logo%20(2%20White)-R.png)](https://aiipartners.ai/) - [Home](https://aiipartners.ai/) - [Manufacturing](https://aiipartners.ai/manufacturing) - [IaaS](https://aiipartners.ai/iaas) - [Workforce](https://aiipartners.ai/workforce) - [About](https://aiipartners.ai/about) - [Updates](https://aiipartners.ai/insights) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://aiipartners.ai/) - [Manufacturing](https://aiipartners.ai/manufacturing) - [IaaS](https://aiipartners.ai/iaas) - [Workforce](https://aiipartners.ai/workforce) - [About](https://aiipartners.ai/about) - [Updates](https://aiipartners.ai/insights) - [Contact us](https://aiipartners.ai/contact) [Contact us](https://aiipartners.ai/contact) Dec 23, 2025 2:34:34 PM # Larry Smith Appointed to Advisory Board ![Picture of Jason Frank & Bill Woodruff](https://aiipartners.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/AIIP%20Logo%20(2%20White)-R.png?width=50&name=AIIP%20Logo%20(2%20White)-R.png) [Jason Frank & Bill Woodruff](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/author/jason-frank-bill-woodruff) Share: [linkedin-in icon](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://aiipartners.ai/insights/larry-smith) [Twitter icon](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://aiipartners.ai/insights/larry-smith) [envelope icon](mailto:?body=https://aiipartners.ai/insights/larry-smith) **AUSTIN, Texas - **AI Infrastructure Partners (“AIIP”), the operating company building and owning the industrial backbone of advanced compute, today announced the appointment of Larry Smith to the firm’s Advisory Board.  Mr. Smith is a widely respected semiconductor industry leader with more than three decades of executive experience at a top-ranked global wafer-fab equipment and services provider, where he most recently served as senior advisor to the president and CEO and previously chaired the U.S. holding company. He is a former chair and member of the SEMI North America Advisory Board and serves on the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium Executive Committee, which advises on statewide strategy for semiconductor R&D, workforce, and manufacturing.  “We are honored for Larry’s partnership. As an executive and fiduciary of the highest caliber, Larry has set the standard for factory-level operating knowledge, customer empathy, and mission-driven leadership,” said Jason Frank, CEO and Co-Founder of AI Infrastructure Partners. “As we scale our vertically integrated platform for semiconductor factory infrastructure and AI ‘factory’ systems, Larry’s collaboration will strengthen our capability to deliver copy-exact quality, speed, and reliability for our customers and partners across the United States and allied ecosystem.”  Beyond his industry credentials, Smith is a civic leader and Chairman of the Board of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, the Austin-based nonprofit behind Community First! Village. He and his wife have lived and served in that community, reflecting a personal commitment to dignity, neighborliness, and service to those transitioning out of homelessness.  “Jason and his team are on a mission to reindustrialize America’s semiconductor and AI infrastructure by reshoring tradecraft and industry expertise through workforce development and apprenticeship. This is a generational project that demands execution discipline and values-based leadership, and this is the time for it. I am excited to contribute to AIIP’s culture, aligned with the national security imperative to build, qualify, and scale capacity.”  Larry led U.S. operations for a Japanese, global semiconductor equipment leader with multi-billion-dollar regional revenue and thousands of employees. In addition to his industry service, he previously chaired Austin Habitat for Humanity and remains active in workforce development, veteran pipeline initiatives, and faith-driven community building. He holds a B.S. in General Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.  AIIP’s Advisory Board convenes senior operators, technologists, policy and related industry leaders across the compute supply chain to guide the company’s execution in three areas essential to U.S. competitiveness: (1) Semiconductor factory infrastructure, including factory infrastructure systems and environmental controls; (2) AI-optimized data-center systems, powertrain, liquid cooling, and delivery platforms; and (3) Engineering & integration services, EPC/EPCM, modular delivery, and integration for high-availability operations.  **About AI Infrastructure Partners**  AI Infrastructure Partners (AIIP) is restoring American technology manufacturing leadership. As the manufacturing platform and strategic operator behind next-generation semiconductor fabs and AI-optimized data centers, AIIP is driving reindustrialization by modernizing and vertically integrating the critical infrastructure that powers them. After five decades of offshoring and fragmentation, we’re realigning the ecosystem at the foundation of AI computing, restoring resilience, control, and innovation to United States soil.  **Media Contact: **[**info@aiipartners.ai**](mailto:info@aiipartners.ai)| [www.aiipartners.ai](https://www.aiipartners.ai/)  *Notes for editors: Background on Larry Smith’s civic and industry leadership can be found via the Texas Governor’s Office (Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium Executive Committee), *[Mobile Loaves & Fishes](https://mlf.org/board-members/?utm_source=chatgpt.com)*, and SEMI/industry conference biographies.* ([Texas Government](https://gov.texas.gov/business/page/texas-semiconductor-innovation-consortium-executive-committee?utm_source=chatgpt.com))  [Story](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/tag/story) ## Related posts [![SemiconX Closed](https://aiipartners.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/AIIP%20Squares%201080x1080-Dec-23-2025-06-45-51-4845-PM.png?height=200&name=AIIP%20Squares%201080x1080-Dec-23-2025-06-45-51-4845-PM.png)](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/semiconx-closed) [Story](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/tag/story) ## [AIIP Announces the Closing of its Investment in SemiConX](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/semiconx-closed) ![Picture of Jason Frank & Bill Woodruff](https://aiipartners.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/AIIP%20Logo%20(2%20White)-R.png?width=50&name=AIIP%20Logo%20(2%20White)-R.png) [Jason Frank & Bill Woodruff](https://aiipartners.ai/insights/author/jason-frank-bill-woodruff) Dec 23, 2025 10:46:22 AM Austin, Texas: AI Infrastructure Partners (AIIP), an Austin, Texas based company focused on... 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