The Maini Group, an electric vehicle industry announced a strategic partnership with SiMa.ai, the embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip (MLSoC) company. This collaboration aims to integrate SiMa.ai’s ONE Platform for Edge AI into Virya Mobility’s autonomous transport solutions.
Virya Autonomous Technologies, a Maini Group Company, is developing AI-driven autonomous systems from the ground up, focusing on delivering intelligent, safe, and efficient mobility solutions.
The partnership is expected to deliver significant benefits in terms of improved performance, lower power consumption, and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), providing cost-effective solutions for applications involving autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
Commenting on the partnership, Sandeep Maini, Chairman, Maini Group, said, “Partnering with SiMa.ai is an exciting step for us as we look to shape the future of autonomous mobility. We chose SiMa.ai as our AI partner because we see strong alignment between our expertise and their leadership in AI, making this collaboration a natural fit for driving innovation across our products. We’re just getting started—this partnership opens up incredible opportunities to scale AI across more of our products and create solutions that are not only more intelligent but also more sustainable in the long run.”
“Our collaboration with the Maini Group in India marks a game-changing moment in pushing AI-powered autonomous mobility to the next level. The rapid advancement of AI is transforming the landscape of autonomous mobility. SiMa.ai’s powerful MLSoC technology and flexible software, combined with Maini Group’s deep expertise in sustainable and autonomous vehicle solutions, is paving the way for the next generation of intelligent mobility. SiMa.ai’s software-centric ONE Platform for Edge AI seamlessly integrates with Virya’s mobility systems, enhancing performance, scalability, and adaptability across a wide range of applications. Together, we are setting a new benchmark for AI mobility solutions that address real-world challenges and propel the industry forward,” said Harald Kroeger, Head of Sales and President of Automotive Business at SiMa.ai.
Saba Gurusubramanian, CTO, Virya Autonomous Technologies , commented, “AI is set to reshape the future of robotics, and at Virya, we are committed to leveraging its full potential to deliver solutions that create real value for our customers. Our collaboration with SiMa.ai aligns perfectly with this vision, providing the edge-AI capabilities needed for real-time decision-making and dynamic sensing—all with a low power footprint. This partnership enables us to offer faster, smarter, safer, and scalable solutions that evolve with our customers’ needs. We are excited to be one of the first Indian companies in the autonomous mobility space to integrate SiMa.ai’s platform into our systems, collaborating closely as we grow together to reshape the future of intelligent mobility.”
SiMa.ai is a software-centric, embedded edge machine learning system-on-chip (MLSoC) company. SiMa.ai’s hardware-to-software stack flexibly adjusts to any framework, network, model, sensor, or modality all in one platform. Edge ML applications that run completely on the SiMa.ai MLSoC see a tenfold increase in performance and energy efficiency, bringing higher fidelity intelligence to ML use cases spanning computer vision to generative AI, in minutes. With SiMa.ai, customers unlock new paths to revenue and significant cost savings to innovate at the edge across industrial manufacturing, retail, aerospace, defense, agriculture, and healthcare. SiMa.ai was founded in 2018, has raised $270 million and is backed by Fidelity Management & Research Company, Maverick Capital, Point72, MSD Partners, VentureTech Alliance and more.
