Ubitium raises $14M to build universal processor for machines that perceive, think and act

German semiconductor startup Ubitium GmbH has secured $14 million in seed funding to develop a universal processor for machines capable of perceiving, thinking, and acting in the real world. The additional funding, led by Ibex Investors, brings the total seed investment to $18 million since the company's inception in 2024. Ubitium specializes in creating custom silicon for autonomous machines, including drones, robots, industrial equipment, and self-driving vehicles.

The company aims to replace specialized chips with a single universal processor designed to handle signal processing, AI inference, and real-time control. Ubitium's approach addresses the challenges posed by the integration of these three core functions, which are typically divided across separate chips, leading to increased latency, data transfer time, and engineering complexity.

The company built its processor using RISC-V technology, an open-source architecture, to reduce costs and dependencies on proprietary frameworks. Ubitium's first chip, the UB108 with 256 processing elements, demonstrated the feasibility of integrating the three processes onto a single silicon die. The company plans to introduce its first commercial processor, the UB410 with 4,096 processing elements, with units available for evaluation in 2027.