
MarketsandMarkets' 360Quadrants Recognizes Top Startups and SMEs in the AI Inference Quadrant Report 2025
The evaluation leverages 360Quadrants' proprietary methodology to map competitive positioning across 7,000+ micro markets within 10+ industries, enabling decision-makers to make strategic, data-backed vendor choices.
Company Highlights in the AI Inference Startups/SMEs Companies Assessment:
Mythic is a pioneering AI hardware company specializing in analog compute-in-memory technology to accelerate AI and machine learning (ML) workloads at the edge. Its flagship solution is the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a compact, high-performance chip that delivers GPU-class computational power while consuming up to 50 times less energy than traditional edge AI processors. Mythic's IPU supports a wide range of deep neural network models, including convolutional, recurrent, and fully connected architectures. The company's solutions are built on a combination of dataflow architecture, computer-in-memory techniques, and the proprietary Mythic AI Workflow platform. Mythic's low-power, high-efficiency AI processors are designed for diverse applications such as smart homes, action cameras, AR/VR, robotics, healthcare systems, intelligent machines, aerospace, security monitoring, and industrial drones.
Groq Inc. is a cutting-edge technology company focused on delivering high-performance hardware and software solutions for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Its processors are engineered to deliver exceptional computational speed and efficiency with low power consumption, making them particularly well-suited for edge computing scenarios. At the heart of Groq's innovation is a novel processor architecture composed of numerous parallel processing cores, each optimized for executing complex AI workloads with remarkable speed and accuracy. This architecture enables Groq's chips to handle intensive data processing and real-time inference tasks across various sectors, including finance, government, and energy (oil & gas).
SAPEON Inc. is an AI semiconductor company offering integrated hardware and software solutions for cloud-based and edge AI computing. Its product lineup includes AI chips, AI accelerator cards, AI servers, and end-to-end platforms designed for data centers and AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS) deployments. SAPEON's technology enables high-performance processing for a variety of use cases such as 5G edge cloud operations, object detection, image enhancement, and indoor navigation. The company emphasizes energy efficiency and scalable AI infrastructure, targeting industries including telecommunications, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. With offices in the United States and South Korea, SAPEON is focused on expanding its footprint in the global AI hardware market.
To explore the full quadrant report and see how companies are positioned in the AI inference Startups/SMEs Companies Assessment, 2025,
Visit: https://www.360quadrants.com/software/ai-inference-startups
Evaluation Criteria
The vendor evaluation was conducted on over 110 companies, of which the top 11 were categorized and recognized as quadrant leaders. Factors such as revenue, geographic presence, growth strategies, investments, and sales strategies for the market presence of the AI inference Startups/Small-Medium Businesses Companies Assessment quadrant. The top criteria for product footprint evaluation included Compute (GPU, CPU, FPGA, NPU, TPU, FSD, Inferentia, T-Head, MTIA, LPU, and Other ASICs), Memory (High bandwidth memory (HBM) and double data rate (DDR) memory), and Network (Network interface cards (NIC)/network adapters and interconnects).
360 Quadrants Scoring Methodology
360 Quadrants employs a comprehensive and transparent scoring methodology to evaluate companies. It identifies relevant evaluation criteria, collects and validates data from multiple sources, and employs an algorithm that considers parameter weights to generate scores. Normalization ensures fair comparisons, and the aggregated scores categorize solutions into quadrants such as Progressive companies, Responsive companies, Dynamic companies, and Starting blocks. This unbiased approach equips users with accurate information, empowering them to make well-informed decisions and select solutions that best suit their needs and objectives.
Download Free Sample @ https://www.360quadrants.com/software/ai-inference-startups.
About 360Quadrants
360Quadrants, a specialized division of MarketsandMarkets™, delivers comprehensive quadrant analyses for various emerging technologies and markets, including start-ups. Our evaluation methodology hinges on two critical parameters: market presence and product footprint. This approach facilitates a graphical representation of competitive positioning across four key categories: leaders, contenders, innovators, and emerging companies. In addition, we meticulously classify start-ups into progressive companies, responsive companies, dynamic companies, and starting blocks. Our expertise equips organizations with insights into market leaders across over 6000 micro markets, enabling a detailed comparison of vendor capabilities and performance. At 360Quadrants, we ensure that each quadrant adheres to the highest standards, empowering our clients to navigate complex market dynamics precisely and confidently.
360Quadrants has also launched quadrants in fields such as –
Indoor 5G Startups/SMEs Companies Assessment, 2025, and
SASE Startups/SMEs Companies Assessment, 2025.
About MarketsandMarkets
MarketsandMarkets™ has been recognized as one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes, as per their recent report.
MarketsandMarkets™ is a blue ocean alternative in growth consulting and program management, leveraging a man-machine offering to drive supernormal growth for progressive organizations in the B2B space. With the widest lens on emerging technologies, we are proficient in co-creating supernormal growth for clients across the globe.
Today, 80% of Fortune 2000 companies rely on MarketsandMarkets, and 90 of the top 100 companies in each sector trust us to accelerate their revenue growth. With a global clientele of over 13,000 organizations, we help businesses thrive in a disruptive ecosystem.
The B2B economy is witnessing the emergence of $25 trillion in new revenue streams that are replacing existing ones within this decade. We work with clients on growth programs, helping them monetize this $25 trillion opportunity through our service lines – TAM Expansion, Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy to Execution, Market Share Gain, Account Enablement, and Thought Leadership Marketing.
Built on the 'GIVE Growth' principle, we collaborate with several Forbes Global 2000 B2B companies to keep them future-ready. Our insights and strategies are powered by industry experts, cutting-edge AI, and our Market Intelligence Cloud, KnowledgeStore™, which integrates research and provides ecosystem-wide visibility into revenue shifts.
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