Neuromorphic computing and sensing had its most active year yet in 2026, as investors, chipmakers and system builders moved from research toward commercial deployment of brain-inspired hardware. Interest was driven by the energy cost of conventional AI. Neuromorphic processors, in-memory compute and event-based sensors process information only when something changes, so they offer large efficiency gains for edge devices, robotics, vehicles and, increasingly, the data centre.
Private capital moved into the sector at unprecedented scale:
- Flourish raised US$500 million in June 2026, in a round led by Jeff Bezos, to reverse-engineer how the brain learns.
- Unconventional AI, led by Naveen Rao, closed a US$475 million seed round at a US$4.5 billion valuation in late 2025 to develop analogue, physics-based AI chips.
- Neurophos raised a US$110 million Series A for optical processing.
- Axelera AI secured more than US$250 million.
- MatX closed a Series B of over US$500 million.
- Salience Labs raised a US$125 million Series B in October.
Europe’s memristor developers also gained momentum. Romania’s CyberSwarm closed a US$50 million Series A led by Falanga Invest Perton to take its memristor-based compute architecture into automotive, aerospace, defence and robotics. The Biological Computing Co. raised a US$25 million seed round to build computers that use living neurons. Applied Brain Research completed an oversubscribed seed round, and Prophesee secured €20 million of new financing after its restructuring.
In Asia:
- SynSense closed a Series B.
- AlpsenTek raised a Series B+ for hybrid event-based vision sensors.
- Moffett AI announced a Series C of nearly CNY1 billion.
- DEEPX began a Series D valuing it at about US$2.2 billion.
- Rebellions, which absorbed Sapeon, raised US$400 million ahead of an IPO.
Strategic activity was just as significant. Marvell completed its acquisition of Celestial AI, Honda partnered with and invested in Mythic to co-develop a neuromorphic chip for vehicles, and Capacity acquired Starmind.
Commercial milestones followed the money:
- BrainChip began shipping AKD1500 chips in volume and licensed its Akida IP to new chip customers.
- Innatera’s Pulsar microcontroller won its first manufacturing customer.
- TetraMem announced first silicon of its MLX200 in-memory compute chip.
- SpiNNcloud delivered large-scale SpiNNaker2 systems to research centres.
Together, these developments mark 2026 as the year neuromorphic technology attracted mainstream venture and corporate capital. The field’s focus has shifted from proving the concept to scaling production, software ecosystems and real-world deployments.
The Global Neuromorphic Computing & Sensing Market 2027-2037 is a comprehensive analysis of this fast-evolving industry. It covers the technologies, materials, manufacturing processes, end markets and companies shaping it. The report gives revenue forecasts to 2037 by end market and region, with conservative, moderate and aggressive scenarios. It also assesses the commercial readiness of each technology and company, giving investors, chipmakers, OEMs and system integrators a clear view of where and when commercial adoption will happen.
Report contents include:
- Executive summary of market performance from 2024 to 2026, revised long-term projections, key trends, growth drivers, challenges and the technology roadmap to 2037.
- Key product launches, system deployments and 2026 funding activity, including venture, corporate and government investment.
- Market value chain, market map, strategic partnerships, and the regulatory, intellectual property and sustainability landscape.
- Neuromorphic approaches, including large-scale systems, non-volatile memory, and memristive materials and devices.
- Fabrication processes, key material suppliers, supply-chain risks and manufacturing capacity.
- Neuromorphic computing technologies, including spiking neural networks, memory architectures, processors and software frameworks.
- Neuromorphic sensing technologies, including event-based vision, auditory, olfactory and tactile sensors, hybrid sensing approaches and signal processing.
- Comparison with conventional, quantum and other emerging computing technologies.
- Market forecasts by end market to 2037 for mobile and consumer, automotive and transportation, industrial and manufacturing, healthcare and medical devices, aerospace and defence, and data centres and cloud services.
- Regional forecasts for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Rest of the World.
- Competitive landscape and analysis of competing technologies.
- Profiles of 154 companies, each with technology, products, funding history to October 2026, recent developments, a commercial-readiness assessment and the Future Markets strategic view.
- Convergence with the broader neural networks market, plus research methodology and references.
Companies profiled include
- Applied Brain Research (ABR)
- AiM Future
- AistarTek
- AIStorm
- AlpsenTek
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Ambarella
- Ambient Scientific
- AMD
- ANAFLASH
- Sagence AI
- AnotherBrain
- Apple
- Arm
- Aryballe Technologies
- Aspinity
- Aspirare Semi
- Avalanche Technology
- Axelera AI
- Baidu
- Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology
- The Biological Computing Co.
- Blumind
- BMW
- Bosch
- BrainChip
- Canon
- CEA-Leti
- CelePixel
- Celestial AI
- Cerebras Systems
- Ceryx Medical
- Ceva
- ChipIntelli
- Clarifai
- CoCoPIE
- CogniFiber
- CrossBar
- CyberSwarm
- d-Matrix
- Deeplite
- DEEPX
- Dialog Semiconductor
- Dynex
- EdgeCortix
- Eeasy Technology
- Evomotion
- Expedera
- Flourish
- Fullhan Microelectronics
- General Vision
- GlobalFoundries
- Google
- Gorilla Technology
- GrAI Matter Labs
- Green Mountain Semiconductor
- Grayscale AI
- Groq
- Gwanak Analog
- Hailo
- Hewlett Packard Labs
- Hikvision
- Huawei
- IBM
- Infineon Technologies
- iniVation
- Innatera Nanosystems
- INSTAR Robotics
- Intel
- Intelligent Hardware Korea
- Intrinsic Semiconductor Technologies