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High Tech Series B Founded 2019

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…

📍 Chuo, Japan · AI Infrastructure,

Funding snapshot

Last roundSeries B
Amount$138M
Date14 April 2026
Total raised$138M
Team size62

About

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.

Business model

Edge Computing > Edge AI Processors > AI Accelerators,

AI Infrastructure > Enabling Technologies > Hardware > Processors,

Digital ICs > Microprocessors > Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning > AI Accelerators

Team background

Company Wise > Microsoft

Institutional investors

SBI Investment Global Hands-On VC Renesas Electronics Cycle Group Monozukuri Ventures FuturePlay Vajra NEDO Yanmar Pacific Bays Capital NTT Finance Aero X Ventures SiC Power TDK Ventures Jane Street

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