Operations Update
On the 23 October 2025, BrainChip announced a strategic partnership with Blue Ridge Envisioneering (BRE), a Parsons company (NYSE: PSN). BRE is a Virginia-based innovator delivering next-generation solutions to the defence and intelligence sectors.
The terms of the agreement include an initial order of 10,000 chips, supporting the deployment of edge-AI systems that maintain full performance without cloud connectivity. Parsons will integrate BrainChip’s AkidaTM neuromorphic processors into its mission-ready platforms to enhance adaptive performance in constrained and dynamic defence environments. The agreed supply framework with Parsons includes committed volumes for manufacturing scale, continuity-of-supply provisions, and tiered pricing for high-volume deployment.
The engagement will leverage Akida’s industry-leading low-power, real-time inference and on- device learning capabilities to deliver intelligent tactical solutions at the edge. It formalizes a multi- year collaboration, granting Parsons access to the AKD1500 processor. Parsons will use BrainChip’s AI Enablement Package and benefit from supply continuity and support services.
The integration of Akida allows Parsons to deploy AI that performs under the most austere conditions with advanced signal analysis, adaptive architecture, and sovereign defence use cases.
On 4 November 2025, BrainChip announced the commencement of volume production of the AKD1500, its neuromorphic Edge AI accelerator co-processor chip, at Embedded World North America.
Designed to deliver exceptional performance with minimal power consumption, the AKD1500 achieves 800 giga operations per second (GOPS) while operating under 300 milliwatts, setting a new benchmark for edge AI efficiency. This makes AKD1500 ideal for deployment in battery powered wearables, smart sensors, and heat-constrained environments where battery life and thermal limits are critical.
The AKD1500 integrates seamlessly with x86, ARM, and RISC-V host microcontrollers and multiprocessor (MPUs) chips via PCIe or Quad SPI serial interfaces, supporting broad market adoption across a wide range of applications. The AKD1500 co-processor approach is ideal for a wide range of environments and industries, upgrading multi-processor SoCs within defence, industrial and enterprise settings, and upgrading embedded microcontrollers for AI solutions in healthcare, wearables, and consumer electronics without a complete system redesign.
The AKD1500 product has been designed into several customer solutions in AI enabled sensing for medical and defence related applications, including Parsons, Bascom Hunter and Onsor Technologies.
The AKD1500 is supported by BrainChip’s MetaTFTM software development tools environment, enabling easy model conversion, quantisation, compilation and deployment using standard TensorFlow/KERAS formats. BrainChip’s event-based AkidaTM neuromorphic architecture also enables the AKD1500 to provide on-chip learning, a critical differentiator from conventional AI accelerators that rely solely on cloud-based training.
On 12 December 2025, BrainChip received an initial order for 1,200 AKD1500 chips from Nex Novus for use in its NeuromorphyxTM “Neuro Blocks” product. The AKD1500 will accelerate an MCU supporting neuromorphic evaluation of multi-sensor data. While the order size is minor, it represents further market demand for the AKD1500.
AKD1500 samples are available today with volume production scheduled for Q3’26.