The Future of Edge AI - Notes from the Workshop

On April 4 2025, EPoSS and INSIDE industry associations hosted a webinar outlining Europe’s strategic direction in Edge AI, a domain at the forefront of AI innovation.

These are the key takeaways:

  • Cooperation before competition: European tech leaders emphasized the need for a united front to build competitive ecosystems.
  • Edge AI is accelerating: From LLMs to digital twins and frugal AI, innovation is rapidly reshaping the edge computing stack.
  • Cross-layer optimization is crucial: True impact requires co-design across chips, software, and applications.
  • Europe must act now: Limited access to advanced nodes and reliance on non-EU infrastructure highlight the urgency for investment and collaboration.
  • A call to action: The Edge AI Working Group is advocating for a European roadmap, open ecosystems, and robust training infrastructure.

Short reports on all parts of the workshop are now available for download. Our special thanks go all contributors and presenters: 

  • Inessa Seifert, VDI/VDE-IT
  • Paolo Azzoni, INSIDE
  • Danilo Pau, STMicroelectronics 
  • Anders Lindgren, RISE
  • Alain Pagani, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
  • Hans-Jörg Vögel, BMW
  • Lior Klein, MultiSpin.AI
  • Davis Sawyer, NXP
  • Wolfgang Ecker, Infineon