Ambiq® enables intelligence (AI and beyond) everywhere by delivering the lowest-power semiconductor solutions for battery-powered edge devices. As a pioneer in ultra-low power SoCs, Ambiq empowers wearables, IoT, smart home, healthcare, and industrial products with always-on, energy-efficient intelligence. Backed by its SPOT® technology and global innovation leadership, Ambiq is shaping the future of edge AI.
Why Ambiq
Based in Austin, Hsinchu, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Singapore, our leadership and management teams consist of advocates, builders, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, explorers, incubators, inventors, pioneers, protectors, thinkers, and visionaries. With a diverse spectrum of experiences and skillsets working with leading edge technologies, we came together and united with one goal to enable intelligence (AI and beyond) everywhere with SPOT.
Ambiq has been recognized with many awards of excellence. Below is a list of some of the awards and recognitions received from many distinguished organizations.
EDN Product of the Year - neuralSPOT
DN Product of the Year - neuralSPOT
TIME Best Inventions of 2025 in Artificial Intelligence - SPOT Platform
TIME has listed Ambiq’s Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT®) platform as one of its Best Inventions of 2025 in the Artificial Intelligence category.
Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Global Company of the Year Award for Leadership in Healthcare Semiconductor Solutions
Ambiq recognized for pioneering energy-efficient semiconductor solutions that empower next-generation AI-enabled healthcare innovations
Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards 2025 for Edge AI Organization
Ambiq receives the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award for Edge AI Organization by the Business Intelligence Group.
Embedded Award for heartKIT - Artificial Intelligence
Ambiq won the Embedded Award for the Artificial Intelligence category at the 2025 Embedded World Exhibition and Conference.
IoT Semiconductor Solution of the Year 2025
Ambiq wins the IoT Semiconductor Solution of the Year 2025 for the Apollo510 MCU
Best Energy-Efficient Edge AI Semiconductor Enterprise 2024
Ambiq won the 2024 Technology Innovators Award by Innovations in Business. The award was for Ambiq as the Best Energy-Efficient Edge AI Semiconductor Enterprise of 2024.
2024 Distinguished Golden Bull Award
The 2024 Distinguished Golden Bull Award recognizes those who previously won the Golden Bull Award and their achievements since then. Ambiq's CEO, Fumihide Esaka, previously won the award in 2023.
A-List Award for Growth Catalyst Series C+
A-List Award for Growth Catalyst Series C+
Embedded Award for the Apollo510 - Best Hardware
Embedded Award for the Apollo510 in Best Hardware Category at the 2024 Embedded World in Nuremburg, Germany.
Embedded World 2024 Best in Show for the Apollo510 - Microcontrollers, Microprocessors, & IP
Embedded World 2024 Best in Show - Microcontrollers, Microprocessors, & IP for the Apollo510 by Embedded Computing Design
IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year 2024
IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year 2024
Intellyx Digital Innovator Award
Digital Innovator Award from Intellyx
Singapore Entrepreneur 100 Award
Singapore Entrepreneur 100 Award to Fumihide Esaka
2023 Golden Bull Award
Ambiq is awarded Outstanding SME
2023 BIG Awards for Public Relations and Marketing Excellence
Public Relations Department of the Year for “Ambiq + Xiaomi = Mobile Intelligence” campaign.
2023 BIG Awards for Public Relations and Marketing Excellence
Executive of the Year - Charlene Wan
Gold for Corporate Image Video - Wake up to the Possibilities
Gold for Corporate Image Video - Wake up to the Possibilities.
Gold for Endpoint AI Blog Writing - Endpoint Insider Blog
Gold for Endpoint AI Blog Writing - Endpoint Insider Blog
Platinum for Corporate Website Design - Ambiq.AI
Platinum for Corporate Website Design - Ambiq.AI
Platinum for Overall Corporate Website - Ambiq.com
Platinum for Overall Corporate Website - Ambiq.com
Platinum for Overall Corporate Website - Ambiq.AI
Platinum for Overall Corporate Website - Ambiq.AI
Demo of the Year Award at 2023 TSMC Technology Symposium
Ambiq®, a leading developer of ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions that deliver a multifold increase in energy efficiency, was awarded the Demo of the Year Award by TSMC as a participant of the Innovation Zone at the 2023 TSMC North America Technology Symposium.
Platinum 2023 dotCOMM Awards for Corporate Website Design Creativity: Ambiq.com and Ambiq.ai
The AMCP awarded Ambiq two P
Ambiq positions itself as a pioneer in ultra-low-power SoCs for edge AI, backed by their proprietary and patented SPOT® (Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology) platform, focused on ultra-low power operation.
SPOT is how Ambiq differentiates itself from other semiconductor companies. Rather than operating above voltage levels above 1V, Ambiq has defied physics with SPOT to operate below 1 Volt or at subthreshold levels, providing a quadratic saving in energy-efficiency the lower the volt goes. In turn, developers can add larger and more complex AI models without compromising performance and battery life.
Ambiq highlights applications for AI, gaming, wearables, hearables, smartcards, intelligent remotes, smart home/buildings, and industrial edge sensors, smart glasses, and more.
Ambiq was founded in 2010, by Dr. Scott Hanson, who serves as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Ambiq has sold 290 million devices as of the beginning of 2026.
Ambiq main headquarters is in Austin, TX with other teams based in Hsinchu, Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Singapore.
Fumihide “Humi” Esaka serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ambiq since 2015.
You can reach out to us via Ambiq’s contact page featuring our email address, office phone number, and corporate office locations. Users can also fill out a request form to get in touch.
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