Physical AI Doesn't Just Scale Up. It Scales Out.
Posts by:
Dr. Sakyasingha Dasgupta
Dr. Sakyasingha (Sakya) Dasgupta is the Founder, CEO & Chairman of EdgeCortix, a Japan-headquartered, globally operating fabless AI semiconductor company pioneering energy-efficient computing for the next generation of Physical AI. An accomplished AI technologist, semiconductor entrepreneur, and innovator, he brings nearly two decades of experience translating breakthrough research into commercially scalable technologies. Before founding EdgeCortix, he held research and leadership positions at Microsoft, IBM Research US/Japan, RIKEN, and the Max Planck Institute in Germany. He also played pivotal roles in establishing and scaling technology ventures across Japan and Singapore, spanning AI semiconductors, robotics, autonomous systems, and financial technology.
Founded in 2019, EdgeCortix has emerged as a leading innovator in energy-efficient AI computing, advancing intelligent systems from the edge to complex Physical AI applications. Under Sakya’s leadership, the company has raised over US$100 million in funding, secured multiple multibillion-yen Japanese government-backed semiconductor development projects under METI, and established strategic collaborations across aerospace, defense, robotics, and industrial AI. EdgeCortix became the first Japanese company to receive a Success Memorandum from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), marking a historic milestone in U.S.-Japan dual-use technology cooperation. Building on its SAKURA family of AI processors, the company unveiled RAIDEN in 2026, its next-generation chiplet-based computing platform designed to accelerate the Physical AI revolution. Sakya’s leadership and contributions have earned international recognition, including the 2024 U.S.-Japan Innovation Award for groundbreaking advances in energy-efficient edge AI and semiconductor technology, and recognition as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2024. He has also been a member of the Forbes Technology Council since 2025.
Sakya holds a PhD in Physics of Complex Systems from the Max Planck Institute in Germany and a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He also completed entrepreneurship studies at MIT Sloan School of Management. An inventor and researcher, he holds over 20 patents worldwide, with his scientific publications garnering more than 1,000 citations.
AI Drives the Software-Defined Heterogeneous Computing Era
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications has created enormous demand for high-performance and energy-efficient computing systems.
Multimodal Generative AI on Energy-Efficient Edge Processors