Interview with Innatera CEO Sumeet Kumar

Spiking neuromorphic for the edge in real devices.

January 27, 2026

David Harold

Innatera CEO Sumeet Kumar says 2025 has been a transition year from promise to proof: first production silicon, working as expected, is now shipping to customers. The company is scaling globally (including first hires in the US and China), expanding the team to approximately 110, and closing in on a Series B that would bring total funding to roughly $55 million. Kumar argues Innatera’s efficiency comes from architecture, not process node, and positions spiking neural networks as a practical path to always-on, battery-constrained intelligence at the sensor. JPR’s David Harold (left) and Innatera CEO Sumeet Kumar (right). (Source: JPR) Innatera is in

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