Blaize’s edge AI to fuel smart city creation in collaboration with the Chungbuk Digital Innovation Hub
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., April 21, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blaize Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:BZAI) (Blaize), a provider of purpose-built, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled edge computing solutions, today announced it has been selected by the Chungbuk Institute of Science and Technology (CBIST) to develop the region’s Digital Innovation Hub, expanding AI-powered smart city solutions across Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.
Through the partnership, Blaize will provide CBIST with core technologies for smart city implementation, specifically AI, edge computing, IOT, and data analytics capabilities. Additionally, Blaize will provide technical consulting and support during pilot testing.
In mission-critical settings like smart cities, latency, bandwidth constraints, and reliance on legacy cloud offerings are not acceptable. These environments demand real-time decision-making, on-site processing, and AI solutions that are both scalable and cost-effective. Blaize is purpose-built for this market need, delivering high-performance AI at the edge with ultra-low power and latency-optimized architecture – ideal for powering smart cities worldwide.
"CBIST and Blaize share a common vision: a smarter planet, powered by edge AI. This collaboration with the Chungbuk Digital Innovation Hub will not only unlock smart city capabilities in the region, but demonstrate the impact AI can have worldwide," said Dinakar Munagala, CEO and co-founder, Blaize. "We look forward to closely collaborating with CBIST and bringing greater innovation to South Korea."
CBIST is actively developing smart city solutions within Chungcheongbuk-do. In addition to selecting Blaize as its primary innovation partner, it is also working with other leading semiconductor companies in the region to create public services using AI.
Blaize provides a full-stack programmable processor architecture suite and low-code/no-code software platform that enables AI processing solutions for high-performance computing at the network’s edge and in the data center. Blaize solutions deliver real-time insights and decision-making capabilities at low power consumption, high efficiency, minimal size and low cost. Blaize has raised over $330 million from strategic investors such as DENSO, Mercedes-Benz AG, Magna, and Samsung and financial investors such as Franklin Templeton, Temasek, GGV, Bess Ventures, BurTech LP LLC, Rizvi Traverse, and Ava Investors. Headquartered in El Dorado Hills (CA), Blaize has more than 200 employees worldwide with teams in San Jose (CA) and Cary (NC), and subsidiaries in Hyderabad (India), Leeds and Kings Langley (UK), and Abu Dhabi (UAE).
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