Sakyasingha Dasgupta is CEO of EdgeCortix, a Japanese startup.
Sakyasingha Dasgupta is CEO of EdgeCortix, a Japanese startup.
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EdgeCortix is making energy-efficient AI chips and software for the edge

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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EdgeCortix is pioneering energy-efficient AI processors for the edge. It’s a mighty dream, obstructed only by this little company worth $2.76 trillion called Nvidia.

But EdgeCortix has been pursuing its dream step by step, said Sakyasingha Dasgupta, CEO of the Japan-based company. A 25-year veteran of AI, Dasgupta founded the company in Japan in July 2019, and I met him at the recent Japan-U.S. Innovation Awards at Stanford University, where his company was one of those honored in the awards show.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.