MarketsandMarkets' 360Quadrants Recognizes Top Startups and SMEs in the AI Inference Quadrant Report 2025

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Fri, Jul 4, 2025, 8:00 AM 6 min read

, /PRNewswire/ -- 360Quadrants has released its latest AI inference Startups/SMEs Companies Assessment, 2025, recognizing key players, including both global giants and emerging innovators, for their excellence in market presence, product innovation, and business strategy. The report highlights Mythic, Groq Inc., SAPEON Inc., and Rebellions Inc., among the top companies, are actively shaping the future of the AI inference Startups/SMEs Companies Assessment.

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.