SiMa.ai

Facilities & manufacturing

• Production setup

  2023-06-13 - SiMa.ai completed production-grade characterisation and testing and moved its first-generation MLSoC silicon, boards and Palette software into mass production. - Embedded-AI compute platform; no disclosed chip or robotics-system unit count

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Supply chain relationships

• Micron Technology

  Inbound - Memory - SiMa.ai Modalix platforms and SoMs integrate Micron LPDDR5X memory

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• ARK Electronics

  Outbound - Components - SiMa.ai supplies Modalix MLSoC compute for ARK production-ready autonomous-drone compute bundles

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• AVerMedia

  Outbound - Compute & Control - AVerMedia’s D137SM drone AI solution incorporates SiMa.ai Modalix MLSoC

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• Advantech

  Outbound - Compute & Control - SiMa.ai supplies Modalix MLSoC technology for Advantech Modalix PCIe Card programme

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• 2026-09-28 - Series C - $150M - SiMa.ai raises $150M Series C at $1.45B valuation

  SiMa.ai completed a $150 million Series C co-led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and Amplify, bringing total capital raised to $500 million. - source: markets.financialcontent.com

• 2025-08-01 - Venture financing - $85M - SiMa.ai raises $85M to scale Physical AI platform

  SiMa.ai raised an oversubscribed $85 million round to expand its Physical AI hardware-software platform. - source: sima.ai

• 2024-04-04 - Additional financing - $70M - Maverick Capital leads SiMa.ai additional financing

  SiMa.ai raised additional financing to meet embedded-AI demand and accelerate its second-generation machine-learning chip. - source: sima.ai

• Maverick Capital - Lead - VC - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-04-04 - latest 2026-09-28
• Dell Technologies Capital - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-04-04 - latest 2026-09-28
• Fidelity Management & Research Company - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-04-04 - latest 2026-09-28
• Point72 - Participant - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2024-04-04 - latest 2026-09-28
• StepStone Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2025-08-01 - latest 2026-09-28
• +ND Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• AllianceBernstein - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• Alter Venture Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• Amplify - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• Amplify Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-04
• Baron Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• Fidelity Management & Research Company; Amplify - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• J.P. Morgan - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28
• Jericho - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-04
• Lip-Bu Tan - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-04
• State of Michigan - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-09-28

• Krishna Rangasayee - Founder and CEO - He founded SiMa.ai in 2018 and leads its software-centric silicon and software strategy for physical AI at the edge.
• Harry Kroeger - President, Automotive; Sales and Automotive
• Gopal Hegde - Engineering and Operations
• Azfar Hasib - People and Culture - He leads SiMa.ai's people and culture function across its global physical-AI organisation.

Curated durable documents and official technical references.

• Modalix Development Kit 3.0 product brief

  PDF · Development hardware; Rev. 2026.6 · SiMa.ai

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• Palette software suite product brief

  PDF · AI development software; Rev. 2026.6 · SiMa.ai

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Events

• 2026-09-28 - Funding - SiMa.ai raises $150M Series C at $1.45B valuation

  Alter Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Maverick Capital, +ND Capital, Point72 and StepStone Group participated; AllianceBernstein, Baron Capital, J.P. Morgan and the State of Michigan joined as new investors. The capital will scale the Palette Neat software environment and fund next-generation Physical AI silicon. SiMa.ai targets 1,000 dense TOPS for its next-generation hardware in H1 2028 across robotics, drones, automotive and industrial systems.

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• 2026-08-31 - Partnership - SiMa.ai and ARK Electronics launch Modalix drone compute bundles

  The packages combine SiMa.ai’s Modalix System-on-Module, built on the Modalix MLSoC, with ARK’s made-in-the-USA drone electronics. ARK built and validated the joint solutions for defence, industrial and agricultural UAS applications. The bundles became available immediately to qualified drone OEMs and system integrators.

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• 2026-08-24 - Product Launch - SiMa.ai and AVerMedia make integrated drone AI platform available

  The platform combines SiMa.ai's Modalix MLSoC and Palette Neat software with AVerMedia embedded hardware. SiMa.ai states 50 TOPS of AI compute at under 10 watts for the integrated configuration. Availability began with the announcement; the 27 August Drone Seminar remained a separately scheduled showcase.

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• 2026-06-23 - Partnership - Mistral and SiMa.ai partner on autonomous drone intelligence

  The reference design combined Mistral drone hardware expertise with SiMa.ai Physical AI compute. The design targeted GPS-denied navigation, obstacle detection, sensor fusion and mission planning on-device. The partnership was aimed at drone OEMs and system integrators building autonomous AI-powered drones.

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• 2026-06-16 - Product Launch - SiMa.ai launches Palette Neat physical-AI development environment

  Palette Neat is built for physical-AI application development at the edge. The launch pairs the software environment with SiMa.ai Modalix system-on-module hardware. The product gives SiMa.ai a concrete offering for commercial automation and autonomous-system workflows.

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• 2026-03-25 - Partnership - SiMa.ai integrates Nota AI NetsPresso with Palette SDK for physical-AI development and commercialization

  The companies will jointly develop and commercialize on-device AI solutions, identify customers and execute pilot projects for industrial environments. NetsPresso integrates with SiMa.ai's Palette SDK; Nota says its compression and optimization can reduce model sizes by more than 90% while maintaining high accuracy. Nota's NVA video-intelligence solution is being optimized for SiMa.ai hardware for intelligent transportation, safety and security, with planned expansion into robotics and mobility.

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• 2026-03-23 - Partnership - SiMa.ai and Advantech partnered to develop the Modalix PCIe Card for industrial edge AI

  SiMa.ai developed the Modalix PCIe HHHL Card in partnership with Advantech, and said it doubles the performance of its predecessor. The card supports multimodal models and LLMs at the edge, with direct GMSL camera interfaces, Ethernet connectivity and support for 16 video channels. At announcement, samples were available and general availability was planned for Q2; the card runs under 10W and is offered with 8GB or 16GB memory.

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• 2026-02-25 - Partnership - SiMa.ai and STIGA partner on robotic-mower physical AI

  The 25 February 2026 announcement establishes a strategic partnership to bring AI-powered solutions to STIGA’s domestic and commercial robotic lawn-mower products. STIGA plans to use SiMa.ai’s ultra-low-latency, low-power edge-computing platform for real-time decision-making and a scalable solution architecture across its robotic-mower range. The cooperation is framed as joint development of more adaptive and efficient outdoor equipment; the announcement does not claim a named product launch or volume-production deployment.

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• 2025-08-01 - Funding - SiMa.ai raises $85M to scale Physical AI platform

  Maverick Capital led the round, with StepStone Group joining as a new investor. The capital supported global expansion, software innovation, go-to-market operations, customer success and the automotive roadmap. The platform serves robotics, industrial automation, aerospace and defense, automotive, smart vision and healthcare use cases.

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• 2025-07-30 - Partnership - SiMa.ai and Synopsys expand automotive AI collaboration

  The expanded collaboration combines SiMa.ai's energy-efficient machine-learning processing with Synopsys' automotive IP and design tools for chiplet architectures and reference SoC designs. The partners are targeting low-power, real-time ADAS workloads such as object detection, lane keeping, automated parking and collision avoidance, alongside AI-enabled infotainment. SiMa.ai says early-access accelerator IP and software are planned for mid-2026, a production release is targeted for the end of 2026, and a joint ML IP chiplet is planned for mid-2027.

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• 2025-07-29 - Partnership - Macnica becomes SiMa.ai physical-AI distributor in Japan

  Macnica TecStar will distribute SiMa.ai's MLSoC platform and Palette software suite to Japanese customers across industrial, robotics, healthcare, smart-city and automotive markets. The arrangement adds Macnica's local technology-solutions network and embedded-systems expertise to SiMa.ai's route to market in Japan. The announcement highlights SiMa.ai's Modalix platform and compact system-on-module as edge-AI hardware, including a stated up-to-50-TOPS option designed as a drop-in replacement for NVIDIA Jetson Nano and NX.

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• 2024-09-09 - Product Launch - SiMa.ai launches Modalix multimodal edge-AI product family

  The product family extended SiMa.ai beyond vision-centric edge inference into multimodal physical-AI workloads. SiMa.ai positioned Modalix for embedded edge applications including robotics, industrial automation and autonomous systems. The product gives SiMa.ai a concrete offering for industrial automation, construction or production workflows.

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• 2024-04-04 - Funding - Maverick Capital leads SiMa.ai additional financing

  Point 72 and Jericho joined Amplify Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Fidelity Management & Research Company and Lip-Bu Tan. The company’s cumulative capital raised reached$270 million following the round. The next-generation MLSoC was planned for release in the first quarter of 2025.

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• 2023-06-13 - Production Milestone - SiMa.ai first-generation edge-AI platform enters mass production

  SiMa.ai said its first-generation MLSoC silicon, boards and Palette software reached production-grade release readiness and mass production. The milestone included full characterization and testing for production-grade silicon, boards and software functionality. The boards had CE and FCC certifications, with UL safety certification testing underway.

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Relationships

• ARK Electronics

  Autonomous UAS Compute Integration Partner - SiMa.ai and ARK Electronics jointly offer production-ready Modalix MLSoC compute bundles for autonomous drone OEMs and integrators.

• Mistral Solutions

  Physical AI Partner - Mistral Solutions and SiMa.ai partnered on autonomous drone intelligence reference designs.

• Advantech

  Modalix Pcie Card Development Partner - SiMa.ai and Advantech partnered to develop the Modalix PCIe Card for industrial edge AI.

• STIGA S.p.A.

  Robotic Lawn Mower AI Partner - SiMa.ai and STIGA partner to integrate physical-AI compute into robotic lawn mowers.

• Synopsys

  Automotive AI Technology Partner - SiMa.ai and Synopsys expanded a strategic collaboration for automotive physical-AI development.

• AVerMedia

  Drone Edge AI Integration Partner - SiMa.ai and AVerMedia introduced a production-oriented edge-AI stack for drones that combines Modalix compute with AVerMedia embedded platforms.

• Nota AI

  Physical AI Sdk Integration - SiMa.ai integrates Nota AI NetsPresso with Palette SDK for physical-AI development and commercialization.

• Macnica

  Japan Distribution Partner - Macnica distributes SiMa.ai physical-AI products and technology in Japan.

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Context tags

• Edge AI compute - Capability - SiMa.ai supplies Modalix edge-AI compute and Palette deployment software; industrial deployment is background customer context.
• Edge AI and robotics compute layer - Stack Layer - SiMa.ai supplies Modalix edge-AI compute and Palette deployment software; industrial deployment is background customer context.
• Industrial edge deployments - Customer Environment - SiMa.ai supplies Modalix edge-AI compute and Palette deployment software; industrial deployment is background customer context.