Enabling Offline AI Chatbot with Arduino and Metis

Alexis Crowell, CMO at Axelera AI, explains how our partnership brings together powerful AI acceleration and a familiar developer ecosystem to enable fully offline, edge-based chatbot applications.

Demonstrating a carrier board with our AI accelerator and the Arduino Portenta X8, the team showcases a live language model demo running entirely without a cloud connection. With real-world examples ranging from hospitality to industrial automation, this conversation highlights the flexibility and potential of deploying intelligent, private, and responsive AI experiences directly at the edge.