Kneron - About the company
Kneron is a series B company based in San Diego (United States), founded in 2015 by Frank Chang. It operates as a Developer of edge artificial intelligence solutions including SoCs and AI models. Kneron has raised $226M in funding from investors like Horizons Ventures, Sand Hill Angels and Horizon Ventures, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 90 active competitors, including 44 funded and 8 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Hailo, Quadric IO and Lightelligence.
Company Details
Developer of edge artificial intelligence solutions including SoCs and AI models. The company provides systems on chip, neural processing units, and visual recognition solutions. These solutions are designed for smart vehicles, security devices, smart homes, and edge servers. The company's technology supports mainstream AI frameworks and CNN models.
- Website
- www.kneron.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@kneron.us
- Registered Address
- San Diego, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
San Diego, United States
Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$226M in 10 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Oct 22, 2024
Investors
Ranked
8th among 90 active competitors
Employee Count
93 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Legal entities associated with Kneron
Kneron is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
KNERON, INC CIN: 810738831 , United States, Active | Dec 31, 1999 | - | 29 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
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Kneron's funding and investors
Kneron has raised a total funding of $226M over 10 rounds. Its first funding round was on Nov 15, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Sep 26, 2023 for $*****. 7 investors participated in its latest round. Kneron has 31 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Kneron:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 26, 2023 | 6790947 | Series B | 7917017 | 8900475 | 8844017 | 8841295 |
Aug 03, 2023 | 8576141 | Series B | 1211028 | 6549789 | 2718399 | |
Oct 05, 2022 | 4444914 | Series B | 6363961 | 6383684 |
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Kneron's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Kneron is Frank Chang.
Here are the details of Kneron's key team members:
- Frank Chang: Co-Founder of Kneron.
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Kneron's employee count trend
Kneron has 93 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Kneron's employee count trend over the years:
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Kneron's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Kneron include Hailo, Quadric IO and Lightelligence. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Kneron, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Provider of neural learning processors for edge AI applications | $340M | 66/100 | ||
2nd |  Quadric IO 2016, Burlingame (United States), Series C | Developer of AI processor IP and related software development tools | $76M | 64/100 | |
3rd |  Lightelligence 2017, Boston (United States), Series C | Developer of optical chips and software solutions for artificial intelligence based computing | $247M | 63/100 | |
4th | Innatera 2018, Rijswijk (Netherlands), Series A | Provider of neuromorphic microprocessors | $43.3M | 62/100 | |
5th |  Rain 2017, Redwood City (United States), Series A | Developer of energy efficient hardware for artificial intelligence applications | $40M | 61/100 | |
6th | Provider of device first continuum AI platform for agentix-native software systems | $14.4M | 61/100 | ||
7th |  Syntiant 2017, Irvine (United States), Series C | Provider of neural processing units for edge computing applications | $121M | 60/100 | |
8th | Kneron 2015, San Diego (United States), Series B | Developer of edge artificial intelligence solutions including SoCs and AI models | $226M | 61/100 | |
9th |  ANAFLASH 2021, Sunnyvale (United States), Series A | Provider of nonvolatile reflex computing enabler | $7.23M | 59/100 | |
10th |  Expedera 2018, Santa Clara (United States), Series B | Provider of AI accelerators | $38M | 59/100 |
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Kneron's Investments and acquisitions
Kneron has acquired 2 companies including OTUS IMAGING and VATICS. Kneron has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Kneron
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News related to Kneron
Filter this listMedia has covered Kneron for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates.
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Kneron’s access control biometrics pass Fime performance and PAD assessmentsBiometricUpdate.com•Feb 07, 2026•Kneron
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Kneron unveils AI chip for edge LLM performance, challenging cloud dominanceSiliconAngle•Nov 25, 2025•Kneron
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Kneron and Tiny Traveler Partner for AI-Powered Baby Monitoring with New Smart CamerasSecurityworldmarket•Oct 06, 2025•Kneron, mytinytraveler.com
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Kneron debuts Gen AI and advancing security solutions at ISC WestSecurityworldmarket•Mar 06, 2025•Kneron
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Kneron sets up subsidiary in Saudi Arabia to work with National Semiconductor HubTelecompaper•Jan 09, 2025•Kneron
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AI chip unicorn Kneron is wearing $ 300 million in financing. It is expected to be listed on Nasdaq in 2025TMTpost•Oct 22, 2024•Kneron
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Qualcomm-backed firm launches latest AI chips — posing a challenge to giants like NvidiaCNBC•Jun 05, 2024•Kneron, Qualcomm
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Qualcomm-backed Full-stack AI Technology Company Kneron Launches its latest Edge AI server and an AI-embedded PCAiThority•Jun 05, 2024•Kneron
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