All the funding deals in the edge AI market
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The edge AI market is moving fast because more AI now needs to run close to cameras, robots, vehicles, sensors, phones, and industrial machines.
We conducted deep research and collected 68 funding deals in the edge AI market from 2024 to 2026.
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Insights
- The edge AI market is not only about chips. Many large rounds went to robotics, vehicles, industrial systems, and local AI software.
- 2025 was the busiest year in this dataset, with 47 edge AI market deals, far ahead of 2024 and early 2026.
- Large robotics rounds changed the picture. Figure AI, Skild AI, Apptronik, Galbot, and FieldAI together raised more than $2.5 billion.
- Autonomous driving remains a major edge AI market theme because vehicles need fast local decisions without waiting for cloud data centers.
- Edge AI semiconductor companies still attracted strong capital, with Hailo, DEEPX, SiMa.ai, Recogni, MemryX, Axelera AI, and EnCharge AI all raising large rounds.
- The edge AI market is spreading across many use cases, including surveillance, warehouses, factories, drones, gaming, cameras, telecom edge, and industrial inspection.
- Several companies raised more than once, which suggests investors are continuing to back edge AI market winners after earlier rounds.
- Defense and tactical edge AI became more visible in 2025, especially through Shield AI, TurbineOne, and EdgeRunner AI.
This chart, featured in our edge AI market deck, illustrates yearly venture capital investment in edge AI startups
Summary table of the funding deals for the edge AI market since 2024
We define the edge AI market as AI inference that runs on devices or compute nodes located close to where data is generated, rather than in large centralized cloud data centers.
We include AI running on end devices (such as sensors, cameras, robots, vehicles, and phones), local gateways and industrial PCs, on-premise servers at customer sites (factories, stores, hospitals, campuses), and telecom or MEC edge nodes that serve nearby users or machines.
We exclude model training infrastructure, AI workloads that run only in hyperscale or central enterprise data centers, and cloud analytics that process edge data but do not execute AI models close to the data source.
We focused exclusively on pure players, defined as companies with at least 70–80% of their business directly tied to the edge AI market.
Our analysis has been done at a global level with a minimum funding threshold of $300k.
You can also read our detailed analysis to understand how funding activity in the edge AI market has evolved recently.
If you want a longer-term view, we also have a study of how funding activity in the edge AI market has changed over the years.
Also, you should know that we have a dedicated page, updated weekly, with all the latest fundraising deals in the edge AI market.
| Name | What they do | Amount in $ | Quarter | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sereact | Builds robotic brain software for warehouses, factories, and industrial automation. | $110.0M | Q2 2026 | Sereact |
| Quadric | Provides processor IP and tools for on-device AI chips. | $30.0M | Q1 2026 | PR Newswire |
| Sensesemi Technologies | Builds edge AI SoCs for IoT, robotics, vehicles, and medical devices. | $2.75M | Q1 2026 | The Economic Times |
| Helin | Runs industrial AI and analytics on remote machines and energy assets. | $11.8M | Q1 2026 | Helin |
| Gather AI | Uses AI-powered drones to digitize warehouse and factory operations. | $40.0M | Q1 2026 | Business Wire |
| Mirai | Makes on-device AI inference faster on phones, laptops, and edge devices. | $10.0M | Q1 2026 | TechCrunch |
| Axelera AI | Builds edge AI inference hardware for vision and generative AI. | $250.0M | Q1 2026 | Axelera AI |
| Wayve | Develops embodied AI for autonomous vehicles and supervised driving. | $1,200.0M | Q1 2026 | Wayve |
| Oxa | Builds autonomous driving software for industrial and commercial vehicles. | $103.0M | Q1 2026 | Oxa |
| Rhoda AI | Builds video-based intelligence for real-world industrial robots. | $450.0M | Q1 2026 | Rhoda AI |
| Energy Robotics | Provides AI software for autonomous inspection robots and drones. | $13.5M | Q4 2025 | Energy Robotics |
| 375ai | Builds an edge data and AI network for real-world intelligence. | $10.0M | Q4 2025 | Business Wire |
| Forgis | Makes industrial machines more autonomous with edge AI software. | $4.5M | Q4 2025 | StartupTicker |
| Turing Inc. | Develops autonomous driving AI for vehicles in Japan. | $99.0M | Q4 2025 | Bloomberg |
| Iconic | Builds on-device voice AI for offline interactive gaming. | $13.0M | Q4 2025 | EU Startups |
| Dexory | Builds warehouse robotics and automation systems using edge AI. | $100.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| BrainChip | Develops neuromorphic AI chips for low-power edge systems. | $25.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Neurable | Uses edge AI for brain-computer interface and neurotechnology devices. | $35.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Neura Robotics | Builds collaborative robots with edge AI for industrial automation. | $130.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Mind Robotics | Builds advanced robotics systems for industrial automation. | $110.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Galbot | Builds AI robotics for manufacturing and logistics work. | $300.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Skild AI | Develops general-purpose robotics AI for physical automation. | $500.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Apptronik | Builds humanoid robots for industrial and logistics automation. | $350.0M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Aidoptation | Develops edge AI for vehicle autonomy and driver assistance. | $21.8M | Q4 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Foundation EGI | Builds industrial AI tools for engineering and manufacturing work. | $23.0M | Q3 2025 | PR Newswire |
| RealSense | Builds 3D vision systems for robots, biometrics, and machine perception. | $50.0M | Q3 2025 | Tom's Hardware |
| Armada | Builds edge AI infrastructure and modular AI data centers. | $131.0M | Q3 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Netrasemi | Builds edge AI SoCs for IoT, surveillance, robotics, and automation. | $12.9M | Q3 2025 | The Times of India |
| Nuro | Develops driverless delivery vehicles using real-time edge AI. | $203.0M | Q3 2025 | TechCrunch |
| Camera Intelligence | Builds AI-powered cameras with local AI for content creation. | $2.0M | Q3 2025 | UCL |
| 36ZERO Vision | Provides edge AI quality inspection software for factories. | $3.9M | Q3 2025 | Tech.eu |
| SiMa.ai | Builds edge AI chips for computer vision and robotics. | $85.0M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| MOTOR Ai | Builds vehicle edge AI for autonomous driving and fleet intelligence. | $20.0M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| TARS | Builds industrial edge AI for robotics and automation. | $122.0M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| FieldAI | Develops robotics AI for large-scale industrial automation. | $405.0M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| EDGX | Builds edge vision systems for real-time analytics and monitoring. | $2.5M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Plumerai | Builds ultra-efficient AI for smart cameras and edge devices. | $8.7M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Figure AI | Builds humanoid robots powered by physical AI. | $1.0B | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Rebellions | Builds AI chips for local and on-premise inference. | $250.0M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| X Square Robot | Builds AI robotics for logistics and industrial automation. | $100.0M | Q3 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Augury | Uses industrial AI to monitor machines and production equipment. | $75.0M | Q2 2025 | Augury |
| EdgeRunner AI | Builds air-gapped on-device AI agents for defense and enterprises. | $12.0M | Q2 2025 | Business Wire |
| TurbineOne | Provides tactical edge AI for threat detection and decisions. | $36.0M | Q2 2025 | Business Wire |
| Blumind | Builds edge AI chips for vision and low-power inference. | $14.1M | Q2 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Nuro | Develops driverless delivery vehicles using real-time edge AI. | $106.0M | Q2 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| IPercept | Provides industrial edge AI for predictive maintenance and monitoring. | $5.4M | Q2 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| D-Robotics | Builds vehicle edge AI for autonomous driving and fleet systems. | $100.0M | Q2 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| ElastixAI | Provides on-premise AI for secure, low-latency local inference. | $16.0M | Q2 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Intelex Vision | Provides AI video analytics for surveillance and threat monitoring. | $7.0M | Q1 2025 | Intelex Vision |
| Coram AI | Uses LLMs to turn existing cameras into video security systems. | $13.8M | Q1 2025 | Business Wire |
| Sereact | Builds AI software for warehouse and industrial robots. | $27.0M | Q1 2025 | Sereact |
| EnCharge AI | Builds analog AI accelerators for efficient client and edge inference. | $100.0M+ | Q1 2025 | EnCharge AI |
| ClustroAI | Helps deploy AI models on local and edge devices. | $12.0M | Q1 2025 | AI Insider |
| Shield AI | Builds autonomy software for aircraft and drones at the tactical edge. | $240.0M | Q1 2025 | Shield AI |
| MemryX | Builds low-power edge AI semiconductor accelerators. | $44.0M | Q1 2025 | PR Newswire |
| Aidoptation | Develops edge AI for vehicle autonomy and driver assistance. | $5.0M | Q1 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Positron AI | Provides secure on-premise AI for local inference and analytics. | $23.5M | Q1 2025 | New Market Pitch |
| Netrasemi | Builds edge AI SoCs for IoT, surveillance, robotics, and vehicles. | $1.2M | Q4 2024 | Moneycontrol |
| EdgeRunner AI | Builds generative AI models that run locally without internet access. | $5.5M | Q3 2024 | Business Wire |
| Axelera AI | Builds edge AI hardware for vision and generative AI inference. | $68.0M | Q2 2024 | Axelera AI |
| Nota AI | Optimizes AI models for edge devices and on-device generative AI. | $19.9M | Q2 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Expedera | Provides NPU IP for edge inference in vehicles and industrial systems. | $20.0M | Q2 2024 | Expedera |
| DEEPX | Builds on-device AI chips, modules, and edge AI systems. | $80.5M | Q2 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Blaize | Builds programmable processors and software for edge AI computing. | $106.0M | Q2 2024 | Business Wire |
| SiMa.ai | Builds embedded edge ML chips for vision and generative AI. | $70.0M | Q2 2024 | SiMa.ai |
| Hailo | Builds edge AI processors and accelerators for on-device AI. | $120.0M | Q2 2024 | Hailo |
| Recogni | Builds AI inference systems for generative AI and vehicle autonomy. | $102.0M | Q1 2024 | PR Newswire |
| Glass Imaging | Uses edge AI to improve image quality in compact cameras. | $9.3M | Q1 2024 | Gaebler |
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