Krishna Rangasayee, Founder & CEO at SiMa.ai
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Krishna RangasayeeFounder & CEO

In this interview, SiMa.ai founder and CEO Krishna Rangasayee discusses the transition of physical AI from early adoption to mainstream production. Speaking at the RAISE Summit in Paris, he explains the launch of their Gen 2 silicon and a pin-to-pin GPU system-on-module replacement. Rangasayee outlines their new agentic software wrapper, Palette Ne, which enables programming edge applications in plain English, and highlights strategic partnerships in automotive, robotics, and drone technology.

Krishna Rangasayee

Krishna Rangasayee

Founder & CEO

SiMa.ai

SiMa.ai

Founder Stats

  • AI
  • Started 2018
  • Not Publicly Disclosed/mo
  • 235+ team
  • San Jose, California, United States

About Krishna Rangasayee

Krishna Rangasayee is the founder and CEO of SiMa.ai, an Edge AI hardware and software company valued as a leading deep-tech innovator. Before founding the company in 2018, he spent nearly two decades in senior executive roles at Xilinx and Groq. Under his leadership, SiMa.ai has raised 355 million USD to deliver purpose-built Machine Learning System-on-Chip (MLSoC) solutions, helping enterprises seamlessly deploy power-efficient physical AI applications.

Interview

July 14, 2026

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How do you view the current massive investment cycle in AI infrastructure?

Question 1 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

We are in an amazing set of circumstances. While it looks like an enormous investment cycle today, we will look back in twenty or thirty years and realize this was just the very beginning of the AI journey.

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What does the transition of AI from the cloud to the physical world mean for society?

Question 2 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

We have seen massive AI adoption in the cloud, but the next step is moving compute closer to where we live. As AI touches and integrates with the physical world, it will expand its footprint and completely reshape our daily lifestyles.

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What is SiMa.ai's current positioning and what are your primary target markets?

Question 3 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

Physical AI is entering mainstream focus and adoption. Our top three volume markets are robotics, automotive, and drones, though we are also seeing significant participation in medical, aerospace, and defense applications.

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How does your Gen 2 platform simplify hardware migration for customers?

Question 4 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

Our Gen 2 platform and silicon are now in production. We designed it to allow a friction-free transition from GPU AI infrastructure to our far more power-efficient and capable MLSoC platforms.

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What is a System on Module (SOM) form factor and how does it accelerate time to production?

Question 5 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

A SOM is a system-on-module board that helps customers speed up product development. We have launched a pin-to-pin replacement for the industry's leading GPU SOM, meaning developers can physically swap out a GPU for our module in seconds.

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Can you share the strategic importance of your partnership with Micron?

Question 6 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

While we cannot disclose the full details of our partnership, memory is incredibly critical to scaling AI. Micron is an outstanding partner, and together we are focused on bringing combined value in compute and memory to our customers.

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Why is heterogeneous compute critical for scaling AI inference and reasoning?

Question 7 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

There is no one-size-fits-all solution for AI. As AI moves into reasoning and inference workloads, developers need heterogeneous compute rather than a GPU-only structure. Our platform integrates Arm processors, Synopsys DSPs, and our own proprietary machine learning accelerator.

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How is the drone market evolving with the integration of AI?

Question 8 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

Drones are transitioning from traditional first-person view units to fully AI-enabled, GPS-denied systems that can navigate without knowing the environment beforehand. Due to current geopolitics, we expect massive demand for AI drones and anti-drone technology.

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How do you view the timeline for the commercial adoption of humanoid robots?

Question 9 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

While we participate in the humanoid space, my view is that the adoption of humanoids will happen at a much slower pace than the market currently expects. However, the AI-enablement of traditional mobile, warehouse, and logistics robots is scaling rapidly today.

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How are traditional outdoor robotics, like lawnmowers, becoming agentic?

Question 10 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

We are seeing traditional tools like lawnmowers become autonomous and agentic. With our technology, users can speak directly to a mower to set schedules, and the machine itself can predict when its rotors need replacement, removing the need for manual monitoring.

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What is the difference in market risk between edge AI and enterprise software applications?

Question 11 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

Unlike enterprise software applications where companies are searching for revenue and product-market fit, edge AI targets existing, known markets. We are introducing new productivity and capabilities to established industries, so there is no market risk.

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How does your new agentic software wrapper, Palette Ne, simplify AI programming?

Question 12 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

Palette Ne acts as an agentic wrapper on our software development kit. It allows developers to build complex edge systems in plain English rather than complex code, reducing the time to migrate and bring applications to production from months to hours.

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Why are traditional GPUs an inefficient fit for physical AI at the edge?

Question 13 of 13
Krishna Rangasayee

GPUs are graphics cards built primarily for data centers. They are far too power-hungry and inefficient for edge applications. Physical AI requires ruggedized, cost-effective, and power-efficient silicon designed specifically for industrial edge environments.

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Video Interviews with Krishna Rangasayee

Krishna Rangasayee, SiMa AI | RAISE Summit 2026

 Krishna Rangasayee, SiMa AI | RAISE Summit 2026

Krishna Rangasayee, SiMa AI | RAISE Summit 2026

AI on the Edge - Interview with Krishna Rangasayee, Founder and CEO of SiMa.ai

AI on the Edge - Interview with Krishna Rangasayee, Founder and CEO of SiMa.ai

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