AI for a green, fair and safe world.
We aim to lead the democratization of Artificial Intelligence. Offering faster, easy-to-use AI acceleration while minimizing power and cost, to simplify AI at the Edge.
We can do this because we are not a regular deep-tech company. Led by our CEO Fabrizio del Maffeo, in just three years since our inception we’ve grown a team of brilliant engineers, developers and business experts to over 190 colleagues around the globe. We are advised by the brightest minds in the AI sphere and backed by major investors, including the European Innovation Council Fund, Innovation Industries, Invest-NL, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Verve Ventures, Fractionelera, the Italian sovereign fund CDP Venture Capital SGR, RVO, Bitfury, Federal Holding and the Investment Company of Belgium (SFPIM) and imec. With an oversubscribed series A, we're bringing the total amount invested into Axelera up to US$ 50 million. An oversubscribed US$68 million Series B financing round, bringing the total amount raised to US$120 million. Axelera AI's Series B funding round is Europe’s largest oversubscribed Series B funding round in the fabless semiconductor industry.
Since July 2021, we’ve taped out two chips (AI Processing Units), and introduced our Metis AI Platform. The hardware and software platform, consisting out of our Metis AIPU and our adaptable Voyager SDK, makes the deployment of machine learning models an effortless task.
Now we are focused on building our solutions and the ecosystem, that together will drive the democratization of AI, enabling a green, fair and safe world.
Innovation Industries
Innovation Industries is a European venture capital fund investing in impactful deep tech, focusing on sustainability and scalability.
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RvO)
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO) is an executive body of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.
Verve Ventures
Verve Ventures is a network and technology-driven venture capital firm headquartered in Switzerland. Founded in 2010, Verve Ventures has grown to more than 45 team members and has become one of the most active venture investors in Europe with over 140 technology and science-driven startups in its portfolio.
The Belgian Federal Holding and Investment Company
The Federal Holding and Investment Company (SFPIM) is Belgium's “Sovereign Wealth Fund”. SFPIM is intent on being a reliable partner for Belgian companies, both SMEs and scale-ups, helping them grow into a reference in their sector by providing “smart capital solutions”.
Fractionelera
Fractionelera, a consortium specifically created to fund Axelera AI, is comprised of multiple experienced investors and entrepreneurs. Members of the consortium have a track record of investing in startups from the seed stage to the growth stage.
Samsung Catalyst Fund
The Samsung Catalyst Fund is the evergreen venture capital fund of Samsung Electronics. The fund invests in deep technology, artificial intelligence and big data startups. The fund's headquarters are located in San Jose, California, with offices in Seoul, Tel Aviv, and Paris.
Headquarters: San Jose, California, United States
Bitfury
Bitfury Group is building solutions for the future, with the most significant technologies of the millennium.
CDP Venture Capital Sgr
The largest Venture Capital manager in Italy and among the largest in Europe. We were born thanks to a systemic approach in the management of public and private resources aimed at creating a market operator able to combine aims of return on investment and support for market development.
Imec
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies with headquarters in Belgium. Luc Van den hove has served as president and CEO since 2009.
Headquarters: Leuven, Belgium
Imec Xpand
Imec.xpand is a revolutionary way of investing in early stage innovation on the crossroads of technology transfer, corporate venturing and traditional venture capital. The fund will heavily leverage the extensive technology, knowledge, vision and expertise of imec and of its strategic investors, targeting nanoelectronics-based innovation projects in smart applications for a sustainable society such as smart health, smart mobility, smart cities, smart industries, smart energy.
Five Cool Chip Solutions For Edge AI
CRN has acknowledged Axelera AI as one of the leading players in Edge AI solutions, standing alongside industry leaders like AMD, Intel Corporation, and NVIDIA.
Axelera AI Selected for the Tech Tour Growth50 Europe List 2024
Axelera AI has been selected for the Tech Tour Growth50 Europe List, showcasing the 50 European technology companies with the biggest growth potential. The collective of market leading, disruptive companies on the Growth50 List 2024 is a clear indication of the strength and diversity of Europe’s tech sector. tech companies.
Axelera AI Named as CES 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree
Axelera AI's Metis™ AI Platform was named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree. The company will showcase its products in the Innovation Awards Showcase at CES 2024 event, taking place on January 9-12 in Las Vegas, NV.
Axelera AI Wins Deloitte's Rising Star Award
Axelera AI was recently awarded the Rising Star by Deloitte. This competition is a part of the Technology Fast 50 program, which recognizes and supports young companies with great growth potential that have been active in the technology sector for less than four years.
The European deeptech startups to watch in 2023
Axelera AI has been recognized as one of Europe's top 100 deep tech startups and scaleups to watch in 2023, according to Sifted's recently released Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2023.
The 10 Hottest Semiconductor Startups Of 2023 (So Far)
Axelera AI recognized as one of the notable Semiconductor Startups of 2023 by CRN. Our cards and modules, powered by the Metis AIPU, can provide “faster, easy-to-use AI acceleration while minimizing power and cost.”
Silicon 100: Startups Worth Watching in 2024
Axelera AI has been featured in EE Times Silicon 100: Startups Worth Watching in 2024. We are recognized as an innovative startup with the potential to impact the electronics and semiconductor industry significantly.
Axelera AI has been selected for the Lazard VGB AI Infra 40
Axelera AI has been selected for the Lazard VGB AI Infra 40, highlighting their innovative contributions to overcoming AI infrastructure challenges, including hardware, energy, data, and talent shortages.
Axelera AI and Innovation Industries winners Vectrix startup deal and investor of the year 2024
Axelera AI has been recognized as the Startup Deal of the Year 2024, alongside Innovation Industries as Investor of the Year, by Vectrix in collaboration with the NextStage Foundation. Every year, Vectrix and the NextStage Foundation organize the Startup Deal and Investor of the Year awards. This recognition is open to all startups based in the Netherlands that are less than five years old and have raised at least €200K in the past year. We are pleased to be the Startup Deal Winners this year.
Axelera AI is one of the winners at the Tech Tour Next Gen Integrated Circuits 2024!
Axelera AI was honored as one of six award winners at the Next Gen Integrated Circuits 2024 event, held on October 15-16 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. This gathering brought together over 60 investors and recognized pioneering companies in the industry.