EdgeCortix

EdgeCortix is a fabless semiconductor company that develops energy-efficient AI processors, accelerators, modules, cards, and systems designed for edge computing applications. The company applies a software-first approach to AI processor design, co-developing its IP with equal emphasis on software and chip design to create a symbiotic software-centric hardware ecosystem. Its flagship product, SAKURA-II, is an AI accelerator that delivers up to 240 TOPS in systems, handling multi-billion parameter generative AI models and vision tasks in low-power environments. The SAKURA-II has been validated by NASA for radiation resilience in orbital and lunar missions, and has received a Success Memorandum from the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit after demonstrations with the U.S. Air Force. EdgeCortix also offers the MERA compiler and framework, an industry-first software platform enabling AI inference across heterogeneous systems, and its proprietary Dynamic Neural Accelerator (DNA) technology, a flexible, run-time reconfigurable, highly-parallelized architecture. The company serves industries including embedded systems, enterprise, industrial, robotics, smart city, smart home, space, and aerospace and defense. Founded in July 2019 and headquartered in Chuo, Japan, EdgeCortix has raised approximately $138 million in Series B funding from investors including SBI Investment, Renesas Electronics, NTT Finance, TDK Ventures, Jane Street, Yanmar, Axiro Semiconductor, and MPower Partners.