Interview with Steve Roddy, chief marketing officer, Quadric, Inc.

Quadric’s bet on software-first NPUs starts to pay off.

February 9, 2026

David Harold

Quadric has closed an oversubscribed $30 million Series C round as revenues triple and design wins accelerate across edge LLMs, automotive, and enterprise. The company argues that fully programmable, software-centric NPUs, not bolted-on accelerators, are the only scalable path for on-device AI. With customers taping-out silicon and partners like Tier IV validating its SDK, Quadric is positioning its Chimera architecture as a platform, not a point solution. Steve Roddy, CMO, Quadric. (Source: Quadric) At CES, Quadric’s Chief Marketing Officer Steve Roddy sounded notably relaxed. That confidence was reinforced days later when Quadric announced an oversubscribed $30 million Series C round, bringing total capital raised to

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