Ubitium funding news – Germany-based Ubitium has Raised $3.7Million in Seed Funding

For over half a century, general-purpose processors have been built on the Tomasulo algorithm, developed by IBM engineer Robert Tomasulo in 1967. It’s a $500B industry built on specialised CPU, GPU and other chips for different computing tasks.

Hardware startup Ubitium has shattered this paradigm with a breakthrough universal processor that handles all computing workloads on a single, efficient chip – unlocking simpler, smarter, and more cost-effective devices across industries – while revolutionizing a 57-year-old industry standard.

Ubitium was founded by semiconductor veterans dedicated to revolutionizing processor architecture. CTO Martin Vorbach, who holds over 200 semiconductor patents licensed by major U.S. chip companies, spent 15 years developing this groundbreaking technology.

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Drawing from his pioneering work in reconfigurable computing, he created a workload-agnostic microarchitecture that allows the same transistors to be reused for different processing tasks—eliminating the need for multiple specialized cores and enabling AI at no additional cost. Working between Germany and Cupertino, California, Vorbach’s innovation forms the foundation of Ubitium’s mission.

Vorbach met CEO Hyun Shin Cho at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). After two decades of gaining insights across various industrial sectors, Cho reunited with Vorbach to commercialize the technology. Completing the team is Chairman Peter Weber, a veteran of Intel, Texas Instruments, and Dialog Semiconductor, who brings extensive industry expertise.

Hyun Shin Cho, CEO of Ubitium said, “The $500 billion processor industry is built on restrictive boundaries between computing tasks, We’re erasing those boundaries. Our Universal Processor does it all – CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA – in one chip, one architecture. This isn’t an incremental improvement. It is a paradigm shift. This is the processor architecture the AI era demands. For too long, we’ve accepted that making devices intelligent means making them complex. Multiple processors or processor cores, multiple development teams, endless integration challenges—today, that changes. Our Universal Processor delivers workload-agnostic and AI-enabling compute capabilities to edge devices with a single chip, at a fraction of the cost to develop and manufacture compared to today’s offerings.”

With the semiconductor market projected to exceed $700 billion by 2025, Ubitium’s technology initially targets embedded systems and robotics. By simplifying system architectures and reducing costs, Ubitium’s processor makes advanced computing capabilities accessible across all industries without requiring specialized hardware for each application—enabling advanced AI at no additional cost.

Dmitry Galperin, a Berlin-based General Partner at Runa Capital, commented: “We’re impressed by Ubitium’s unique approach to processor microarchitecture, which is now able to adapt to any type of workload—from simple control logic to massive parallel data flow processing.”

Rudi Severijns, Investment Director at KBC Focus Fund said, “What Ubitium brings will provide a real breakthrough to develop and launch any new product with embedded electronics. Their approach will reduce the cost as well as the complexity, allowing a much faster time-to-market. What previously required multiple teams to collaborate on hardware and software design now becomes purely a software project,”

Jonatan Luther-Bergquist, Partner at Inflection said, “Ubitium was a perfect fit as a contrarian bet on a stellar team working on generalized compute capacity in a world of chip specialization,”

Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International said, “We are excited to see Ubitium leveraging the flexibility and scalability of the RISC-V architecture, Their innovative approach to universal processor design exemplifies the freedom of innovation made possible by the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture and highlights the potential for RISC-V to drive advancements in edge computing and AI applications.”

About Ubitium

Ubitium is developing the universal RISC-V microprocessor. Solving computing’s complexity and cost problem to create a future where every device is autonomous.