About Us

Bringing brain power to sensors everywhere

Ambient intelligence driven by ultra-low-power neuromorphic processors

Vision

Intelligence belongs where life happens, complementing and anticipating your needs without getting in the way. Our neuromorphic chips are designed to empower devices to sense, understand, and respond in the moment, with ultra-low power consumption and total respect for privacy. This means everyday electronics and IoT devices feel natural, helpful, and quietly brilliant.

Founding of Innatera

Spin-out from Delft University of Technology after a decade of neuromorphic research; mission set to bring brain-like intelligence to sensors.

First prototype cycle

Innatera begins a multi-year silicon prototyping program that will run through 2023, iterating toward deployable neuromorphic microcontrollers.

Seed funding

Raised €5M seed (led by MIG and btov/ITF) to accelerate R&D for sensor-edge AI.

First chips and acceleration

Produces first neuromorphic AI chips and publicly details the architecture; Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli joins as board chair. Innatera also completes Intel Ignite’s Fall ’21 cohort.

Continued silicon iterations

Further prototype generations and validation toward mass-market readiness.

EU backing

Selected for EIC Accelerator grant/equity support, strengthening the path to commercialization.

Product unveil and Series A funding

Unveiled the Spiking Neural Processor T1 at CES 2024; early-access evaluation kits became available. Closed a €15M Series A in March, later extended to a $21M oversubscribed round in June to drive mass production.

Market launch & recognition

Launched Pulsar, as the world’s first mass-market neuromorphic microcontroller for the sensor edge, winning the Best-in-Show at COMPUTEX 2025 in the Microcontrollers, Microprocessors & IP category (June). Solution is deployed in real-world applications by Aaroh Labs, Cyran AI Solutions and more.

A vision for an intelligent future

We dream of a world where every device – from personal gadgets to industrial sensors – is seamlessly smart, making life safer, greener, and more efficient. Our mission is to make a billion sensors intelligent by 2030.

2018

Founding of Innatera

Spin-out from Delft University of Technology after a decade of neuromorphic research; mission set to bring brain-like intelligence to sensors.

2019

First prototype cycle

Innatera begins a multi-year silicon prototyping program that will run through 2023, iterating toward deployable neuromorphic microcontrollers.

2020

Seed funding

Raised €5M seed (led by MIG and btov/ITF) to accelerate R&D for sensor-edge AI.

2021

First chips and acceleration

Produces first neuromorphic AI chips and publicly details the architecture; Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli joins as board chair. Innatera also completes Intel Ignite’s Fall ’21 cohort.

2022

Continued silicon iterations

Further prototype generations and validation toward mass-market readiness.

2023

EU backing

Selected for EIC Accelerator grant/equity support, strengthening the path to commercialization.

2024

Product unveil and Series A funding

2025

Market launch & recognition

Mission 2030

A vision for an intelligent future

Our values

Innatera’s technology is already powering applications.

What we do

We make everyday products quietly brilliant. By bringing brain-like intelligence to the sensor edge, devices sense, understand, and respond in real time.

Why it matters

All while using a fraction of the power and keeping data on-device. Teams can ship features once blocked by latency, battery limits, or cloud dependence.

Real-life impact

Innatera technology is already running in real devices, powering sensing and decision-making where it matters most: at the edge.

Industry

Driving Edge AI Innovation

Innatera’s Pulsar chip has the potential to redefine what’s possible at the edge. By using brain-inspired Spiking Neural Networks, it brings real-time processing to ultra-low-power devices without leaning on the cloud. That means sensors that can think for themselves—faster responses, lower energy use, and smarter performance across everything from wearables to industrial systems.

David Harold

senior analyst, Jon Peddie Research

The combination of Innatera’s Spiking Neural Processor (SNP) and Socionext’s highly integrated, sophisticated radar sensor technology introduces a powerful new approach to reducing power consumption and minimizing false detections in challenging applications, such as battery-powered devices, We are confident that this collaboration will accelerate the adoption of radar sensing solutions in the market, bringing cutting-edge technology to a wider range of industries.

Matthias Neumann

Senior Marketing Manager Smart Sensor & Smart Devices at Socionext

Aria Sensing is committed to providing advanced, highly intuitive Ultra-Wideband system-on-chip and complete solutions. The Pulsar microcontroller by Innatera facilitates real-time sensing with exceptional energy efficiency, thereby creating opportunities for continuous operation applications, We are particularly enthusiastic about the potential of Pulsar’s neuromorphic architecture to integrate brain-inspired intelligence into our state-of-the-art 1D/2D/3D high-resolution sensing systems, leading to enhanced speed, responsiveness, and significantly improved power efficiency.

Alessio Cacciatori

Founder and CEO of Aria Sensing

Innatera’s Pulsar marks a leap forward in edge intelligence. As a partner, we see their neuromorphic approach redefining what’s possible in ultra-low-power, always-on AI – exactly the kind of innovation the edge AI ecosystem needs to thrive.

Pete Bernard

CEO, EDGE AI FOUNDATION

As a trusted solution partner for innovative semiconductor technologies, SmartSoC is proud to collaborate with Innatera to bring cutting-edge AI solutions like Pulsar to market. Pulsar’s unique neuromorphic architecture perfectly complements our mission to deliver smarter, more efficient products to customers across Europe and India, enabling a new generation of intelligent edge applications.