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Socionext

• Partnership Focus: Development and manufacturing of the Akida Neuromorphic System-on-Chip (SoC).
• Details: In 2019, BrainChip partnered with Socionext to create a low-power AI platform designed for edge applications. Socionext contributed their expertise in SoC design and development, while BrainChip provided its groundbreaking neuromorphic processing technology. The partnership aims to meet the demand for efficient AI processing in consumer electronics, IoT, and automotive markets.

Infineon Technologies

• Partnership Focus: Automotive and general edge AI applications.
• Details: Infineon has collaborated with BrainChip for over two years, exploring Akida’s potential in automotive and industrial solutions. At CES 2024, Infineon’s Senior Principal Platform Architect described Akida as “very promising” and highlighted its ability to address numerous use cases. Infineon intends to continue working closely with BrainChip to expand the scope of Akida’s applications.

ON Semiconductor (Onsemi)

• Partnership Focus: Automotive edge applications, particularly active airbag deployment.
• Details: Onsemi is testing Akida to improve the efficiency and reliability of edge AI in vehicles. This partnership, discussed at CES 2024, underscores Akida’s capability in real-time decision-making for critical automotive safety systems.

Microchip Technology

• Partnership Focus: Embedded systems using BrainChip IP.
• Details: Microchip was highlighted as a “close partner” at CES 2024. They demonstrated a product featuring Akida, emphasizing its integration into embedded systems to enable low-power, high-efficiency AI for edge devices.

Accenture

• Partnership Focus: Advancing AI applications across industries.
• Details: Accenture referenced BrainChip in a patent and has collaborated on leveraging Akida’s neuromorphic capabilities for AI innovation. The partnership focuses on incorporating efficient AI processing in industries such as finance, healthcare, and automation.

Prophesee

• Partnership Focus: Optimization of computer vision AI performance using event-based vision systems.
• Details: Prophesee collaborates with BrainChip to combine their event-based Metavision sensing approach with Akida's neuromorphic processor. This integration aims to develop high-performance, low-power edge AI applications for OEMs, enhancing efficiency in computer vision tasks.

MYWAI

• Partnership Focus: Industrial automation and robotics.
• Details: BrainChip and MYWAI are working together to integrate Akida with MYWAI’s Equipment as a Service (EaaS) platform. This partnership aims to revolutionize industrial automation by delivering next-generation Edge AI solutions.

Reality AI (A Renesas Company)

• Partnership Focus: On-device learning for AI applications.
• Details: Reality AI is leveraging Akida’s capabilities to develop advanced AI models that process data directly on devices, reducing latency and energy consumption. This partnership aligns with Renesas’ commitment to efficient AI for industrial and consumer use.

VVDN Technologies

• Partnership Focus: Development of Edge AI solutions.
• Details: VVDN Technologies is collaborating with BrainChip to deliver an Edge box powered by Akida. This product supports edge AI deployment in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and retail.

Edge Impulse

• Partnership Focus: AI development platform integration.
• Details: Edge Impulse integrates Akida technology into its platform, streamlining the development of edge AI models. This partnership allows developers to build, test, and deploy Akida-powered solutions faster and more efficiently.

CVEDIA

• Partnership Focus: Video analytics for edge AI.
• Details: CVEDIA incorporates Akida into its platform for real-time video analytics. Applications include security, transportation, and retail, where Akida enables efficient processing of video data at the edge.

GMAC Intelligence

• Partnership Focus: AI for quick-service restaurants.
• Details: GMAC Intelligence is validating Akida for applications like facial, vehicular, and voice recognition. These technologies aim to enhance customer service and operational efficiency in the quick-service restaurant industry.

Intel Foundry Services (IFS)

• Partnership Focus: High-quality IP integration for edge applications.
• Details: Since 2022, BrainChip has been part of Intel's Foundry Services Accelerator IP Alliance ecosystem. This collaboration aims to enable designers to access high-quality IPs, supporting their design needs and project schedules while optimizing for performance, power, and area in edge AI deployments.

SiFive

• Partnership Focus: Integration of Akida neuromorphic IP with RISC-V processors.
• Details: BrainChip partners with SiFive to combine Akida's neuromorphic capabilities with SiFive's RISC-V processor IP. This collaboration provides power-efficient solutions for AI processing at the edge, benefiting applications from embedded systems to complex tasks like object detection and robotics. BrainChip

Nano Artificial Nose (NaNose)

• Partnership Focus: Medical diagnostics.
• Details: NaNose uses Akida for non-invasive electronic breath diagnosis of diseases. This technology provides accurate, low-power diagnostic tools for healthcare.

Renesas Electronics America

• Partnership Focus: Space applications.
• Details: Renesas signed an IP license agreement to use Akida in their system-on-chip products for space exploration. Akida’s low-power, efficient AI processing is ideal for the challenging conditions of space.

Emotion3D

• Partnership Focus: Automotive interior monitoring.
• Details:Emotion3D collaborates with BrainChip to enhance vehicle interior monitoring using Akida’s neuromorphic AI. Applications include driver behavior analysis and passenger safety systems, aiming to improve in-cabin experiences.

NVISO

• Partnership Focus: Human behavioral analytics.
• Details: In April 2022, NVISO partnered with BrainChip to integrate their human behavioral analytics with Akida's neuromorphic processing. This collaboration focuses on enhancing AI capabilities in automotive systems and edge devices, improving real-time monitoring and interaction.

Tata Elxsi

• Partnership Focus: Intelligent, ultra-low-power solutions for medical devices and industrial applications.
• Details: In August 2023, Tata Elxsi, a design and technology services provider, joined BrainChip's Essential AI ecosystem. The partnership leverages Akida's neuromorphic technology to deliver efficient AI solutions in demanding markets, enhancing the performance and power efficiency of medical and industrial devices. Tata Elxsi

BeEmotion

• Partnership Focus: Robotics and mobility devices.
• Details: BeEmotion integrates Akida into its AI solutions for robotics and mobility devices, emphasizing power efficiency and advanced AI capabilities. This partnership aims to enhance the performance of battery-operated devices in various applications.

MegaChips

• Partnership Focus: Development of next-generation edge-based AI solutions.
• Details: In November 2021, MegaChips, a leading custom ASIC company, licensed BrainChip's Akida IP to enhance its technology for edge AI solutions. This collaboration aims to integrate Akida's ultra-low-power neuromorphic capabilities into MegaChips' ASIC offerings, targeting applications across consumer electronics, industrial IoT, and electric vehicles. BrainChip

AI Labs

• Partnership Focus: Development of next-generation AI applications.
• Details: BrainChip partnered with AI Labs to integrate the Minsky AI Engine with the Akida platform, aiming to intelligently identify and predict points of failure in systems, thereby proactively addressing issues before they occur. BrainChip

EDGX

• Partnership Focus: Advanced data processing solutions for space applications.
• Details: In collaboration with EDGX, BrainChip is developing brain-inspired data processing units tailored for demanding space environments, enhancing onboard AI capabilities for next-generation spacecraft. BrainChip

Circle8 Clean Technologies and AVID Group

• Partnership Focus: Smart city initiatives utilizing AI and IoT technologies.
• Details: This collaboration focuses on creating smart bins equipped with Akida technology to enhance waste management efficiency in urban environments, initially targeting municipalities in Australia. BrainChip

Lorser Industries

• Partnership Focus: Advancement of Software-Defined Radio (SDR) devices.
• Details: Partnering with Lorser, BrainChip aims to integrate Akida's neuromorphic technology into SDR designs, enhancing adaptability, reliability, and scalability of these devices. BrainChip

Quantum Ventura

• Partnership Focus: Cybersecurity applications for critical infrastructure.
• Details: Under the U.S. Department of Energy's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Quantum Ventura is utilizing Akida technology to develop advanced methods for detecting and preventing cyberattacks on computer networks and critical infrastructure. BrainChip

Neurobus

• Partnership Focus: Neuromorphic technology for aerospace and defense applications.
• Details: Neurobus integrates BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic processors (AKD1000 and AKD1500) with event-based cameras to develop advanced systems for real-time, efficient onboard data processing. This partnership enhances capabilities in space surveillance and in-orbit services. By collaborating with major industry players such as Airbus and the European Space Agency (ESA), Neurobus leverages Akida’s low-power, high-performance AI processing to improve data analysis and operational efficiency in space missions.

Mercedes-Benz

• Partnership Focus: In-cabin AI for automotive applications.
• Details: Mercedes-Benz has integrated BrainChip's Akida technology into its Vision EQXX concept car, enhancing in-cabin artificial intelligence functionalities such as driver and voice authentication, keyword spotting, and contextual understanding. This collaboration aims to improve user experience and safety through advanced, low-power AI processing within the vehicle. Next Platform

NASA

• Partnership Focus: Neuromorphic processing for spaceflight applications.
• Details: NASA's Ames Research Center procured BrainChip's Akida Early Access Evaluation Kit to assess its suitability for spaceflight requirements. The Akida neuromorphic processor's capabilities in incremental learning and ultra-low power consumption are being evaluated for potential use in space missions, aiming to enhance onboard data processing and autonomy. Small Caps

ANT61

• Partnership Focus: Development of autonomous robots for space infrastructure maintenance.
• Details: In March 2024, BrainChip's Akida AI technology was launched into low Earth orbit aboard the Optimus-1 spacecraft, developed by Space Machines Company. This mission integrated Akida into the ANT61 Brain computer, serving as the primary intelligent control unit for robots designed to repair and maintain space vehicles. The collaboration aims to enhance autonomy in space operations, leveraging Akida's low-power, event-based neuromorphic architecture to perform complex repair tasks in the challenging conditions of space. BrainChip

University of Western Australia (UWA)

• Partnership Focus: Enhancing AI education and research.
• Details: In March 2024, UWA joined BrainChip's University AI Accelerator Program, granting students access to neuromorphic technology to tackle technological challenges and devise innovative solutions. This collaboration aims to prepare students for industry roles by advancing capabilities in developing solutions supported by incremental learning and high-speed inference across various use cases. BrainChip

University of Virginia

• Partnership Focus: Advancing computer engineering education.
• Details: In August 2023, the University of Virginia joined the AI Accelerator Program, providing students with opportunities to learn about neuromorphic computing and its applications, thereby enhancing their educational experience in fields revolutionizing computing. BrainChip

Cornell Tech

• Partnership Focus: Integrating neuromorphic computing into graduate curriculum.
• Details: In February 2024, Cornell Tech partnered with BrainChip to introduce a course on neuromorphic computing, offering students access to brain-inspired computing resources to solve real-world challenges. BrainChip

Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)

• Partnership Focus: Enhancing neuromorphic computing research.
• Details: In May 2024, Penn State joined the AI Accelerator Program, providing students with access to cutting-edge neuromorphic technology to address community challenges and global issues, thereby advancing their learning through graduation and beyond. Business Wire

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

• Partnership Focus: Incorporating neuromorphic technologies into computer engineering.
• Details: In December 2022, RIT became an inaugural academic partner in the AI Accelerator Program, receiving neuromorphic chips and lecture modules to educate students on programming and applying these technologies to real-world problems. Rochester Institute of Technology

Teksun

• Partnership Focus: End-to-end IoT product development.
• Details: Teksun integrates BrainChip's Akida technology into its product development channels, enhancing intelligent solutions such as predictive maintenance devices, portable healthcare analytics, and vision-based security systems. This collaboration aims to proliferate AI capabilities across various IoT applications. BrainChip

Unigen

• Partnership Focus: Manufacturing of Edge AI servers.
• Details: Unigen provides end-to-end solutions for BrainChip's Cupcake Edge AI Server, encompassing engineering to mass production. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in the U.S.A. and Vietnam, Unigen ensures high-quality products and services across various industries, facilitating the deployment of Akida-powered solutions. BrainChip

Eastronics

• Partnership Focus: Sales and distribution in Israel.
• Details: Eastronics, a high-tech distributor, collaborates with BrainChip to optimize local market sales of the Akida neuromorphic computing platforms throughout Israel. This partnership introduces Akida technology to customers in sectors such as medical, military, and industrial IoT. BrainChip

SalesLink

• Partnership Focus: Sales and distribution in Europe.
• Details: SalesLink, a European technology solutions provider, partners with BrainChip to expand the reach of Akida neuromorphic computing platforms across the EMEA region. This collaboration aims to leverage BrainChip's IP across applications including industrial IoT, cybersecurity, and autonomous vehicles. BrainChip

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