Quadric AI Chip IP Series C: Slashing Cloud Costs with Programmable On-Device Intelligence

A fourfold revenue surge in just one year has caught the eye of deep-tech investors. Quadric, a San Francisco-based chip-IP startup, announced a $30 millionSeries C round led by ACCELERATE Fund. The raise brings the company's total funding to $72 million as the industry pivots from centralized clouds toward localized, on-device AI inference.

Why Quadric AI Chip IP is Winning the On-Device Race

Unlike traditional chipmakers, Quadric doesn't produce physical silicon. It licenses a programmable processor IP—a digital blueprint that customers like Denso and Kyocera can embed into their own chips. This approach allows devices to run complex transformer-based models without being locked into a specific hardware vendor's ecosystem.

The Rise of Sovereign AI and Local Inference

The shift is driven by a desire for Sovereign AI. Governments in regions like India and Malaysia are looking to reduce reliance on U.S.-based cloud infrastructure. By running AI locally on laptops or small office servers, organizations can avoid the high costs and security risks associated with sending every query to a centralized data center. Quadric's chip-agnostic technology is positioning itself as the programmable alternative to the rigid architectures of Qualcomm or Synopsys.