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Energy-Efficient Ai Semiconductor Company Edgecortix Closes Series A Funding

PRIVATEMar 01, 2022

Round Type

Series A

TokyoHardwareSoftwareData And AnalyticsScience And EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

Description

EdgeCortix® the AI-focused fabless semiconductor company today announced that it has closed over $8 Million USD in series A funding. EdgeCortix's reconfigurable Dynamic Neural Accelerator® processor architecture and AI acceleration SoC SAKURATM brings best-in-class power-efficiency with near cloud-level performance across infrastructure and embedded edge devices. EdgeCortix solutions offer lower latencies for real-time applications and greater than 10x improvement in frames per second per watt (FPS/Watt) compared to existing GPU based solutions.

Quick answer

EdgeCortix raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round, dated March 1, 2022. EdgeCortix is based in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

How much did EdgeCortix raise?
EdgeCortix raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A round on March 1, 2022.
What does EdgeCortix do?
EdgeCortix is an Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform company, pioneering the future of the connected intelligent edge.
Where is EdgeCortix based and how big is it?
EdgeCortix is based in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Fundz records about 52 employees.
Who are the decision-makers at EdgeCortix?
Fundz holds 2 contacts at EdgeCortix. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Hardware and Data And Analytics around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as EdgeCortix that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • Altoida raised an undisclosed amount (Series A) on March 30, 2022.
  • Celestial AI raised $56M (Series A) on February 4, 2022.
  • PassiveLogic raised $15M (Funding Round) on April 12, 2022.
  • Lilt raised $55M (Series C) on April 7, 2022.
  • Zephyr AI, Inc. raised $18M on April 4, 2022.
  • Pinecone raised $28M on April 1, 2022.

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Company Information

Company

EdgeCortix

Location

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

About

EdgeCortix is an Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform company, pioneering the future of the connected intelligent edge. It was founded in 2019 with the radical idea of taking a software first approach, while designing an artificial intelligence specific runtime reconfigurable processor from the ground up using a technique called "hardware & software co-exploration". Targeting advanced computer vision applications first, using proprietary hardware and software IP on existing processors like FPGAs and custom designed ASIC, the company is geared towards positively disrupting the rapidly growing AI hardware space across defense, aerospace, smart cities, industry 4.0, autonomous vehicles and robotics.

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Typical timeline to Series B
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