It is confusing. GRAIN is the name of the project and everything falls under that. The GR801 chip was its first chip and was/is fully commercial.
The VAIAS project falls under the GRAIN project (everything does).
The original GR801 chip was commercial in the sense it was available for sale to research labs, universities, early adopters etc but it was not yet fully commercial in the sense that it was not qualified for actual space travel - hence the VAIAS project to get the qualification.
Pretty much standard practice in the industry. If chip makers waited for full commercial space qualification pretty much nothing would ever leave the ground.
Its confusing for sure.
Its amazing how long these project take. Even Autos when they are 'very' neuromorphic and the roads full of them people would not believe the concept was first introduces maybe 7, 8 or 9 years ago.
I guess that is why the BRN rush is currently on wearables and defense with wearables likely the quickest.
Frontgrade Gaisler partners with BrainChip to integrate Akida IP, enabling advanced AI chip deployment for reliable, low-power processing in space missions.
brainchip.com
The Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA) has awarded us a contract to commercialize the first neuromorphic System on Chip (SoC) device for space applications.
www.gaisler.com
The Frontgrade licence was granted in Dec'24 and the VAIAS project funded by Sweden announced in Dec'25.