--- title: "BrainChip Announces $25 Million Funding Ahead of CES to Power Next-Gen Edge AI" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/269285257.md" description: "BrainChip Holdings Ltd. secured $25 million in funding to advance its neuromorphic AI technology and expand its product offerings in chips and modules. The company aims to capture a larger share of the global neuromorphic computing market, projected to reach $20.27 billion by 2030. At CES, BrainChip will showcase its latest AI innovations, including the AKD1500 chip and Akida GenAI model, highlighting their applications in various edge devices and partnerships with companies like Quantum Ventura and HaiLa Technologies." datetime: "2025-12-10T21:16:18.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/269285257.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/269285257.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/269285257.md) --- # BrainChip Announces $25 Million Funding Ahead of CES to Power Next-Gen Edge AI BrainChip Holdings Ltd., the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low-power, fully digital, event-based neuromorphic AI, secured a capital raise of $25 million to fuel the development and commercialization of its neuromorphic AI technology and expansion of its product offerings in chips and modules. BrainChip is expanding its product portfolio to capture more of the global neuromorphic computing market which Grand View Research projects will reach USD 20.27 billion by 2030, growing at acompound annual growth rate of 19.9% from 2024 to 2030. At CES, BrainChip will put its latest AI innovations on display, highlighting how the funding enables robust capabilities and partnerships such as: - **AKD1500 modules**to enable AI for rugged deployments with**Industrial PCs** - **Always-on**enablement with**Pico**evaluations on**Akida Cloud** - AI-powered cybersecurity with Akida with**Quantum Ventura partnership** - **BrainChip 1.2 B LLM goes on-device**in mobile and embedded devices “Our capital raise positions BrainChip to further build its lead in edge AI and neuromorphic computing,” said CEO Sean Hehir. “Investor support lets us advance Akida 2 chip development and Akida GenAI model development. We can expand into new commercial opportunities through chip and module products that provide real-time, on-device AI with ultra-low power and no cloud dependency. CES is the ideal stage to showcase our growth trajectory, our consistent groundbreaking innovations and our growing product portfolio.” AKD1500 and Akida GenAI highlights: - **Powered by the ultra-compact AKD1500 chip**for on-edge devices.**Ideal for sensors, medical devices, and wearables**, offering low development and production costs - **Support On-device LLMs**with the release of advanced TENNs model that underpins the**real-time and private GenAI**capabilities needed for secure platforms - Backing these devices and model advancements is BrainChip’s Akida 2 platform that enables low-power on-device learning. Akida 2 brings robust, efficient and flexible on-device intelligence to various edge applications. BrainChip will present cutting-edge demonstrations of the AKD1500 and AKD1000 in collaboration with various partners.HaiLa Technologieswill present ultra-low power Bluetooth and Wi-Fi integration with the AKD1500 for wearable visual classification.Deep Perceptionwill demonstrate a full visual compute pipeline using the AKD1000 for drones and mobile devices.Quantum Venturawill highlight its Neuro RT cybersecurity model running on the Akida Edge AI Box, showing how it can protect small office networks. BrainChip will host demos and meetings throughout CES in the Venetian Tower, Suite 29-116. Attendees can reserve a demo session or book a private meeting using the links below and are invited to RSVP for BrainChip’s Wednesday Mixer. - Demo sessions - Private meetings - Wednesday mixer RSVP ## Related News & Research - [Broadcom Says AI Demand Is 'Insatiable'](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288720075.md) - [Why Tempus AI Stock Is Surging On Thursday?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288752450.md) - [Wall Street banks and CEOs promote SpaceX in flashy events with BofA, Morgan Stanley, JPM events planned](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288753814.md) - [IONQ vs. RGTI: Analysts See Big Upside for One Quantum Computing Stock, Downside for the Other. Here's Why](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288694066.md) - [Why Is Redwire Stock Soaring Thursday?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/288750924.md)