Facts

• Segment: AI Compute
• Country: South Korea
• Founded: 2018
• Website: https://deepx.ai

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• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
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Summary

DEEPX develops on-device AI chips and edge AI systems for cameras, robots, vehicles and industrial devices. Its DX series accelerators are designed to run neural-network inference locally at low power, reducing reliance on cloud processing for real-time AI workloads.

Market context

DEEPX is part of the emerging physical AI stack, providing edge compute that enables robots to operate autonomously with low power consumption. AI semiconductor chips (DX series).

• Capability: on-device AI inference for robotics systems - real-time perception and decision-making on robots - low-power compute for battery-operated robots
• Capability: AI acceleration for vision and autonomy workloads
• Strategic position: robotics compute layer (edge AI) - physical AI infrastructure provider - enabling autonomous robots without cloud dependency

Products

• DEEPX Edge AI Chip (DX Series)

Facts

• Website: https://deepx.ai
• HQ: Seongnam, South Korea
• Founded: 2018
• Segment: AI Compute

Edge AI semiconductors for robotics, factories and autonomous machines

DEEPX develops low-power edge AI semiconductors and systems for on-device intelligence. Its robotics relevance comes from AI accelerators and compact edge systems for robots, smart factories, inspection and autonomous machines.

• Target environment: Robotics platforms, smart factories, industrial inspection systems, delivery robots, autonomous machines and embedded AI environments.
• Deployment model: AI compute supplier model built around NPU chips, edge AI modules, compact systems, software support, customer partnerships and semiconductor production.
• Customer context: Robot builders, industrial automation customers, smart-factory users, autonomous vehicle developers and embedded AI system integrators.
• Workflow context: On-device AI, robot perception, industrial vision, low-power inference, embedded compute, physical AI platforms and factory automation.
• Commercial maturity: DEEPX has explicit robotics positioning and public partnership activity with Hyundai Motor Group Robotics LAB. Commercial maturity depends on chip production, design wins and sustained customer adop…
• Market position: Korean edge AI chip company positioned in the compute layer for robotics and physical AI.
• Adoption constraints: Semiconductor production timing, customer qualification, software support, performance per watt, competition from larger AI chip suppliers and integration into robot platforms.
• Adjacent context: AI compute, robotics semiconductors, edge AI, physical AI, smart factories and industrial vision.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-07-03 - Partnership - DEEPX signs Japan distribution partnership with Koshida Tech - The agreement was signed at Koshida Tech?s Tokyo headquarters on July 2.
• 2026-06-27 - Product Launch - Sixfab ships Raspberry Pi 5 edge-AI boards using DEEPX NPUs - The Sixfab AI HAT+ lists DEEPX DX-M1ML and DX-M1M options rated at 13 TOPS and 25 TOPS.
• 2026-04-15 - Partnership - DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group expand collaboration on next-generation on-device AI chips for robots - DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group are expanding their collaboration to develop a generative AI…
• 2026-03-10 - Product Launch - DEEPX unveils DX-M1M and DX-AIPlayer mass-production product lines at Embedded World 2026 - DEEPX introduced the mass-produced DX-M1M M.2 module and the DX-AIPlayer integrated edge-AI accel…
• 2026-01-08 - Partnership - DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab validate on-device AI for next-generation robots and security systems - At CES 2026, DEEPX said Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab had validated its on…
• 2026-01-08 - Product Launch - Hyundai and DEEPX Unveil On-Device AI Chip for Robots - • Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics LAB and DEEPX co-developed an on-device AI chip for robots, unveiled at CES Foundry 2026.
• 2025-12-18 - Partnership - DEEPX signs strategic partnership with Avnet Silica to expand into Europe, the Middle East, and Africa - DEEPX signed a franchise agreement with Avnet Silica to distribute its ultra-low-power…
• 2025-08-13 - Partnership - DEEPX and Wind River collaborate on mission-critical edge AI for robotics and industrial systems - DEEPX announced a collaboration with Wind River that combines DEEPX on-device AI semiconducto…

Operations / Deployments

• 2026-03-10 - Product Launch - DEEPX unveils DX-M1M and DX-AIPlayer mass-production product lines at Embedded World 2026 - DEEPX introduced the mass-produced DX-M1M M.2 module and the DX-AIPlayer integrated edge-AI accel…

Team

• Lokwon Kim - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Supply chain relationships

• Sixfab - DEEPX NPU edge-AI boards - Sixfab integrates DEEPX NPU acceleration into Raspberry Pi 5 AI HAT and edge-AI expansion boards.

Relationships

• Wind River - Edge AI / embedded stack partner - DEEPX on-device AI semiconductors integrate with Wind River VxWorks RTOS and Helix for mission-critical edge AI.
• Avnet Silica - EMEA distributor - Avnet Silica signed a franchise distribution agreement for DEEPX NPUs across EMEA.
• Hyundai Motor Company - On-device AI chips / robotics platforms - DEEPX and Hyundai Motor Group's Robotics LAB began working together on on-device AI semiconductors for robot platforms in 2023. The relationship grew int…
• Hyundai Motor Company - partner - Hyundai and DEEPX unveiled an on-device AI chip for robots (Jan 2026). DEEPX co-developed an "edge brain" chip with Hyundai Motor Group Robotics Lab enabling robots to perceive, decide,…
• Japan distribution partner - DEEPX signed a strategic partnership with Koshida Tech to expand distribution of low-power AI semiconductor products in Japan.

Context tags

• Edge AI compute - Capability - NPU and edge AI processors for on-device inference
• Robotics compute supplier - Peer Group - Core peer group: AI edge compute chip supplier
• Robotics compute infrastructure - Stack Layer - Compute hardware layer for robotics and edge AI systems
• Component supply - Commercial Stage - Commercial position is as a component and chip supplier
• Factories - Customer Environment - Industrial automation as target compute application