Kinara, Inc
TypePrivate
IndustrySemiconductors
Founded2013 (2013)
Founders
  • Rehan Hameed
  • Wajahat Qadeer
Headquarters
Los Altos, CA
,
United States
Key people
  • Ravi Annavajjhala (CEO)
  • Rehan Hameed (CTO)
  • Wajahat Qadeer (Chief Architect)
ProductsAra-1
Websitekinara.ai

Kinara is an American semiconductor company that develops AI processors for machine learning applications.

History

Kinara was founded in 2013 by Rehan Hameed and Wajahat Qadeer as CoreViz.[1] The company was rebranded as Deep Vision, and received $35M in a series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management.[2] In 2022 rebranded as Kinara.[3]

Kinara has partnerships with NXP Semiconductors[4] and Arcturus Networks.[5]

Products

In 2020, the company announced its first product, the Ara-1 Edge AI Processor.[6] The product uses a polymorphic dataflow architecture.[7] The Ara-2 was launched in December 2023 and is 5 to 8 times faster than its predecessor.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Kinara Overview". Pitchbook. 2022-11-01.
  2. ↑ "AI semiconductor firm Deep Vision raises $35 mn in Series B funding". Business Today. 2021-09-20.
  3. ↑ Dahad, Nitin (2022-08-26). "embedded news: Hot Chips, face authentication at IFA, and more". Embedded.
  4. ↑ Evans, Scarlett (2022-10-26). "IoT Deals and Partnerships: Nokia, Aeris and more". IOT Today.
  5. ↑ "Kinara and Arcturus Networks partner to provide AI solutions for smart city apps". Help Net Security. 2022-09-16.
  6. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (2020-11-16). "Deep Vision announces its low-latency AI processor for the edge". TechCrunch.
  7. ↑ Maxfield, Max (2020-12-24). "Say Hello to Deep Vision's Polymorphic Dataflow Architecture". EE Journal.
  8. ↑ "Kinara Aims Its Tiny Ara-2 Processor at Big Generative Edge AI Workloads". allaboutcircuits.com. 2023-12-12. Retrieved 2023-12-20.


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