Quadric is a semiconductor IP company developing programmable AI processor technology for on-device inference. Its Chimera General Purpose Neural Processing Unit (GPNPU) combines matrix, vector and scalar processing in a unified architecture, allowing neural-network inference, DSP and control code to run through one processor and software toolchain. Quadric licenses processor IP and its Chimera SDK to semiconductor and systems companies building chips for automotive, AI PCs, enterprise vision, robotics, wearables and networking. Public customers and licensees include DENSO, Kyocera Document Solutions and TIER IV. Quadric is headquartered in Burlingame, California and has engineering and commercial teams across North America, Asia and Europe.
Quadric offers engineers the opportunity to work on processor architecture, compilers, AI inference, SoC design and low-level software for real production silicon. The company raised $90 million in total funding by July 2026, more than tripled product revenue in 2025 and reported reaching profitability. Its technology is licensed for automotive, enterprise, AI PC and edge applications, with publicly announced customers including DENSO, Kyocera and TIER IV. Current openings span hardware design, verification, LLVM and deep-learning compilers, AI kernels, inference optimization and safety software across the US, India and other locations. Quadric's Chimera technology was also named the 2025 Best Edge AI Processor IP by the Edge AI and Vision Alliance.
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Co-founder and CEO of Quadric. Kheterpal previously co-founded 21.co and Fabbrix, which was acquired by PDF Solutions, and has extensive experience building semiconductor and deep-tech companies. He holds a B.Tech. in ECE from IIT Kharagpur and an MS and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Co-founder and CTO of Quadric. Drego was previously co-founder and Chief Architect at 21.co, where he helped design multiple generations of ASICs. Earlier experience includes PDF Solutions and Intel. He holds graduate degrees, including a PhD, from MIT and leads Quadric's processor architecture and compiler technology.
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Quadric. Firu previously co-founded 21.co, where he worked across processor microarchitecture, physical implementation, manufacturing, product and customer relationships. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida.
Chakaravarthy leads Quadric's software engineering organization and development of the Chimera embedded AI software stack. Before joining Quadric in 2025, he led AI software development at AMD and previously held engineering leadership roles at Broadcom, MIPS and Hewlett-Packard.
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Quadric demonstrated an agent-assisted workflow that ported Liquid AI's newly released LFM3 model to its GPNPU architecture and FPGA prototype within hours, highlighting the company's work on automating AI-model deployment through its Chimera SDK.
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Quadric extended its Series C to $46 million in a second close led by the International Finance Corporation, bringing total capital raised to $90 million. The funding is being used to expand customer support and go-to-market teams across automotive, AI PCs, robotics, wearables and networking.
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TIER IV licensed Quadric's Chimera AI processor SDK to evaluate and optimize future versions of Autoware, its open-source autonomous-driving platform, expanding Quadric's presence in automotive AI development.
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