In conversation with Ainekko

Ainekko: Opening the AI hardware stack.

November 14, 2025

David Harold

In a discussion at the RISC-V Summit USA, Ainekko’s founders outlined their fully open, software-first approach to massively parallel RISC-V compute. Their AI Foundry model integrates RTL, simulators, APIs, and tooling under an openly governed framework—aiming to enable an ecosystem rather than a single accelerator product. With a focus on low- to mi-range edge AI, the team sees openness and developer usability as the levers for adoption. The Ainekko team: (l. to r.) Gregory Chase, Roman Shaposhnik, Tatiana Dadasheva, and Gianluca Guida. (Source: JPR) We recently covered the launch of Ainekko, an open-source initiative that brings together promising RTL, emulation, APIs,

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