In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Fabrizio Del Maffeo, co-founder and CEO of Axelera AI, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss edge AI. The conversation covers the importance and benefits of edge AI, such as reduced latency, real-time decision-making, and enhanced privacy, optimizing algorithms and hardware design for edge devices, the potential of AI in various industries, the role of cloud computing, retrofitting existing solutions with AI, and the impact of generative AI.

About Fabrizio Del Maffeo

Fabrizio Del Maffeo is co-founder and CEO of Axelera AI, a Netherlands-based startup building scalable hardware for AI at the edge. Fabrizio leads a world-class executive team, board of directors, and advisors from top AI Fortune 500 companies. Previously, Fabrizio was Vice President and Managing Director of AAEON Technology Europe, the AI and IoT computing company within the ASUS Group. Fabrizio graduated with a Master’s degree in telecommunication engineering from Milan Politecnico University.

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About Axelera AI

Axelera AI is on a mission to provide rapid access to advanced Edge AI-native hardware and software solutions for companies of all sizes across a range of market verticals and place AI in the hands of those who could not otherwise afford it. They do this by delivering faster, more efficient, and easy-to-use inference acceleration while minimizing power and cost. To do this, their platform is purpose-built to support AI strategies across a wide-range of industries while seamlessly integrating with existing technologies.

Key Questions & Topics

(00:10) Introduction to Fabrizio Del Maffeo and Axelera AI
(01:20) What is edge AI?
(02:30) Benefits and challenges of edge computing
(05:17) Privacy and compliance in edge AI
(06:26) Future of edge computing and AI
(08:18) Retrofitting existing edge devices with AI
(11:02) Role of cloud computing
(12:26) Impact of generative AI
(15:24) Industry insights from recent events
(17:11) Learn more and follow up