Deploy AI to any
edge device.

Edge Impulse, a Qualcomm company, is the trusted edge AI platform for developing edge AI solutions and deploying them to edge devices across the global hardware ecosystem. Our tools and technology enable developers and enterprise teams to streamline and accelerate the process of building, delivering, and optimizing embedded AI and machine learning solutions using real-world data.

Edge Impulse was acquired by Qualcomm Technologies Inc. in March 2025 as part of its ongoing strategic investment in IoT transformation and expansion of Qualcomm’s leadership in AI capabilities that power AI-enabled products and services across IoT. The acquisition provides Edge Impulse customers with accelerated support and resources for key edge AI use cases on Qualcomm’s IoT hardware, and equips Qualcomm customers with access to Edge Impulse’s intuitive edge AI development workflows that help significantly accelerate deployment of AI in IoT solutions.

From ML developers to AI innovators

Founded in 2019 by Zach Shelby and Jan Jongboom, we are on a mission to enable developers to create the next generation of intelligent devices. We believe that machine learning can have a significant positive impact on society and industry, and we're working tirelessly to reach our company's mission.

What drives us

This is the foundation for everything that we build.

Transparent engineering

Transparency empowers developers to get their job done.

Community-first

Bringing ML to the edge happens with the community. Better together.

Tech for good

We require a Responsible AI License.

Our achievements

The awards and recognition we receive inspire us to continue driving improvement in every aspect of our business.

Embedded Award 2025

AI Labeling Tool

The annual embedded award honors outstanding innovations in the field of embedded system technologies.

Best in Show Winner, AI & Machine Learning

Embedded Computing Design 2024

Embedded Computing Design’s Best in Show highlights the most innovative products on display at leading tradeshows, conferences, and events dedicated to the Embedded, Industrial, Internet of Things, AI/Machine Learning, Security, or Power electronics industries.

Best Edge AI Developer Tool

Edge AI and Vision Product of the Year 2021, 2022

This award celebrates the innovation and achievement of the industry’s leading companies that are enabling and developing products incorporating edge AI and computer vision technologies.

Best Innovation of the
Year

tinyML Summit, 2021

Our Edge Optimized Neural compiler has been named “Best Innovation of the Year”. EON represents the new standard for tinyML developers seeking to bring better embedded technologies to the market.

Gartner® Cool Vendors™ in Edge Computing

Edge Impulse, 2022

Gartner analysts named Edge Impulse as one of four vendors attacking the edge scale and complexity by simplifying the development of complex edge applications and fast tracking ML.

Best in Machine Learning Platforms

The AI Tech Awards, 2023

This award recognizes the best platform in machine learning, presented by AI Dev World. The 2023 AI TechAwards celebrate technical innovation, adoption and reception in the AI & Machine Learning industry and by the developer community.