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Axelera AI Announces Six New Partnerships to Unlock What Edge AI Can Build Next

Written by Admin | Feb 20, 2026 8:33:20 AM
OEM PARTNER

Prodrive Technologies: Purpose-Built Systems for Industrial AI

Axelera AI has partnered with Prodrive Technologies to integrate the Metis® AIPU into fully engineered server, rack, and cabinet solutions, complete with thermal management and power delivery. With over 30 years of high-volume hardware design across the Netherlands, the US, and China, Prodrive brings the engineering depth needed to take DIMC-based AI acceleration from module to production-grade infrastructure. Both companies are rooted in Eindhoven, at the heart of Europe's leading high-tech corridor. The partnership was formalized by Janssen Pieter, CEO and co-founder of Prodrive Technologies, and Fabrizio Del Maffeo, CEO and co-founder of Axelera AI.

 

SOFTWARE PARTNERS

AIKO: Real-Time Intelligence Where Ground Communication Cannot Reach

Axelera AI is partnering with AIKO, a specialist in AI software for space autonomy, to bring true onboard intelligence to satellites and spacecraft. By pairing AIKO's decade of flight-proven autonomous software with Axelera AI's ultra-efficient edge processors, satellites can process data in real time, detect anomalies, and respond autonomously, from collision avoidance to near-instant wildfire detection, without waiting for ground commands.

Innowise: Where Purpose-Built Hardware Meets Custom AI Software

Axelera AI has partnered with Innowise, a specialist in custom AI software development, to explore what extraordinary applications become possible when precision-engineered hardware and quality custom software are built in close alignment. This is what purpose-built AI is all about.

 

VALUE ADDED RESELLERS

aizoOn Technology Consulting: Sovereign AI for Space Missions

Axelera AI has partnered with aizoOn Technology Consulting to deliver AI inference engineered for the extreme constraints of space missions. Founded in Turin in 2005, aizoOn brings two decades of aerospace AI expertise, including high-profile European Space Agency projects such as the Galileo navigation satellite system. Together, they are enabling autonomous spacecraft capable of real-time on-board processing and critical decision-making without ground intervention.

Nisko Technologies: Bringing Edge AI to New Markets

Axelera AI has partnered with Nisko Technologies to extend the reach of high-performance edge AI inference into new markets and verticals. As a value-added reseller, Nisko brings deep domain expertise and established customer relationships that allow Axelera AI's purpose-built acceleration technology to be deployed in applications and regions where it can have immediate, meaningful impact.

Note: please review and update this section with Nisko's specific focus areas and regional coverage.

 

DISTRIBUTOR

CIDEV Group: High-Performance AI Inference Now Available in Israel

Axelera AI welcomes CIDEV Group as an official distributor in Israel, bringing high-performance AI inference within reach for one of the world's most innovative technology markets. Founded in 1973, CIDEV brings over 50 years of expertise serving mission-critical sectors including space, defense, medical devices, and robotics. Israeli innovators now have local access to the Metis AIPU and Voyager SDK today, with the Europa AIPU (628 TOPS) arriving later this year.

 

Advanced AI for Every Innovator Building the Future

These six partnerships reflect a clear conviction: advanced AI capabilities should be attainable for any innovator building real applications. From the high-tech corridors of Eindhoven to orbital environments above us, Axelera AI is building an ecosystem where purpose-built silicon, world-class system engineering, and vertical expertise come together to make the previously impossible possible.