Axelera AI
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Edge AI
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$145M
11 rounds on record
Latest round
$68M
Series B · Jun 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
8
+4 posted in 30 days
Grants
$39.7M
8 grants · CORDIS
Backers
3
Endeavor, CDP Venture Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
27 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
45/100
hiring for its size, a new city, in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Sep 15
Launched Axelera AI Launches Europa: Delivers Physical and Enterprise AI Through Growing Partner Ecosystem Including Dell and Supermicro · axelera.ai
Jul 15
Launched Axelera AI Publicly Releases Voyager Wingman, an AI Assistant That Speeds Application Development · morningstar.com
May 1
Won a grant $182k · CORDIS
Nov 1, 2025
Won a grant $2.7M · CORDIS
Oct 20, 2025
Launched Axelera AI launches Europa chip for Edge AI applications · datacenterdynamics.com
Jul 1, 2025
Won a grant $650k · CORDIS
Mar 1, 2025
Won a grant $13.3M · CORDIS
Mar 1, 2025
Won a grant $14.6M · CORDIS
Mar 1, 2025
Won a grant $5.4M · CORDIS
Jun 27, 2024
Raised a round Series B $68M
Mar 1, 2024
Won a grant $2.7M · CORDIS
Jun 7, 2023
Raised a round Series A $50M · Pulse 2.0
Nov 1, 2022
Won a grant $271k · CORDIS
Oct 24, 2022
Raised a round Series A $27M
2021
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2
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | May 2026 | $182k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Nov 2025 | $2.7M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Jul 2025 | $650k | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2025 | $5.4M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2025 | $14.6M | — | CORDIS |
| Grant | Mar 2025 | $13.3M | — | CORDIS |
| Series B | Jun 2024 | $68M | — | businesswire.com |
| Grant | Mar 2024 | $2.7M | — | CORDIS |
| Series A | Jun 2023 | $50M | — | Pulse 2.0 |
| Grant | Nov 2022 | $271k | — | CORDIS |
| Series A | Oct 2022 | $27M | — | businesswire.com |
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Endeavor 
CDP Venture Capital 
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Overview
Axelera AI is a Dutch semiconductor company that designs AI processing units for inference at the edge. Its Metis AIPU chips, PCIe cards and M.2 modules accelerate computer vision and generative AI workloads in applications such as industrial automation, retail, security and automotive systems, supported by its Voyager software development kit. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
News
Axelera Europa targets enterprise data centers with far more efficient AI
Axelera's betting enterprises don't need Google-scale power bills to run serious AI-just a smarter chip that fits the servers they already own.
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Dell shares rise after Axelera AI unveils Europa inference processor
Shares of Dell Technologies rose 5.8% after Axelera AI announced its Europa inference processor, which is expected to be integrated into future Dell systems.
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Axelera AI Launches Europa: Delivers Physical and Enterprise AI Through Growing Partner Ecosystem Including Dell and Supermicro
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, September 15, 2026--Axelera AI, the European leader in AI acceleration hardware, announced the launch of the Europa architecture with a growing ecosystem of OEM, ODM and technology partners, including validated systems with Dell an
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Axelera AI Launches Europa: Delivers Physical and Enterprise AI Through Growing Partner Ecosystem Including Dell and Supermicro
Axelera AI announced the launch of the Europa architecture with a growing ecosystem of OEM, ODM and technology partners, including validated systems with Dell and Supermicro.
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Report
Axelera AI Publicly Releases Voyager Wingman, an AI Assistant That Speeds Application Development
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DeGirum Announces Partnership with Axelera AI
Axelera AI and DeGirum, leaders in Edge AI, have partnered to introduce solutions compatible with an array of Edge AI applications.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Axelera AI over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
50
Postings analysed
16
Stack modernity
76/100AI adopter
Languages
Python44%
C++25%
Verilog13%
Bash6%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch38%
PyTorch C++25%
OpenCL19%
TensorFlow19%
Cloud & platforms
Linux44%
CUDA Toolkit13%
GitHub13%
Debian13%
AI & ML
LLM19%
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50 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Growth
Hiring Momentum
87/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
7
5 opened / 7 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
83 days
faster than 16% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
AI/ML
18% ▲
Sales
18% ▲
Industrial Engineering
18% ▲
Backend
9% ▲
Leadership
9% ▼
Finance
9% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Transfer Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added OpenVINO to stack
Sep 2026
Added ONNX Runtime to stack
Sep 2026
Added MLIR to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Home Assistant to stack
Sep 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Sep 2026
Added Discord to stack
Sep 2026
Added C to stack
Sep 2026
Added Sensor Fusion to stack
Sep 2026
Added Embedded C to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
8
Hiring now
7
Countries
6
Busiest office
Eindhoven
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Eindhoven
Netherlands
HQ
Axelera AI Wins Deloitte's Rising Star Award
3 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 67% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Hardware, Sales
HTC5, High Tech Campus, 5656 AE Eindhoven
Florence
Italy
2 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales, Early Careers
Amsterdam
Netherlands
1 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Paris
France
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Milan
Italy
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Athens
Greece
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Leuven
Belgium
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 100% remote 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
Freedom
United States
Regional office
Freedom to innovate
HTC5, High Tech Campus, 5656 AE Eindhoven
Earlier presence
Bristol, United Kingdom
Porto, Portugal
Timișoara, Romania
Jobs
Hybrid • Internship • Bachelor's Degree • Eindhoven
Python
C++
Bash
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Quantization
Computer Vision
AI Agents
ONNX
TensorRT
PyTorch
LLM
DevOps
Git
Docker
Linux
Robotics
GStreamer
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≈ $189k – $366k per year (Estimated) • Remote (EU, Europe, United States, Taiwan) • Full-Time • 15+ years exp • Eindhoven
Platform Engineering
HPC
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Financials
Total raised
$184.7M
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
11
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | 2026 | $182k | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $2.7M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $650k | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $5.4M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $14.6M | Details |
| Grant | 2025 | $13.3M | Details |
| Series B | 2024 | $68M | Details |
| Grant | 2024 | $2.7M | Details |
| Series A | 2023 | $50M | Details |
| Grant | 2022 | $271k | Details |
| Series A | 2022 | $27M | Details |