Renesas Electronics announced that a subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Irida Labs, a Greece-based company specializing in embedded software for AI-powered visual perception systems. The move expands Renesas’ edge AI embedded processing portfolio and supports development of system-level solutions that combine physical AI and software for camera and machine vision applications.
The acquisition targets markets including industrial, robotics, smart city, IoT, agricultural, and healthcare sectors. As part of Renesas’ Digitalization strategy, Irida Labs’ software and tools will be integrated into Renesas 365, a platform released to unify electronics system development from discovery through development and lifecycle management.
Demand for edge intelligent systems is increasing across industries, where developers face challenges such as integrating power-constrained embedded processors with software, training and deploying AI models, and managing latency and security risks from data transmission. Vision AI software is used to interpret and process visual data from cameras and sensors in areas like industrial inspection, robotics guidance, in-cabin automotive sensing, traffic and infrastructure monitoring, smart retail analytics, and safety and security systems.
The acquisition combines Renesas’ AI-enabled RA microcontrollers (MCUs) and RZ microprocessors (MPUs) with Irida Labs’ comprehensive tool suite and lightweight Vision AI software. This is intended to provide high-performance, power-efficient edge AI solutions ready for deployment and to advance integrated Vision AI system solutions.
“This acquisition accelerates our efforts to simplify how intelligence is designed and deployed at the edge,” said Gaurang Shah, Vice President and General Manager, Embedded Processing Product Group. “With Irida Labs’ Vision AI tools, software and highly competent AI engineers now part of Renesas, our solution brings together AI perception, embedded processing, development tools and system integration to significantly reduce the learning curve for developers. As a result, they can rapidly develop, train and deploy edge AI systems without deep AI knowledge.”
Vassilis Tsagaris, CEO & Co-Founder of Irida Labs, stated: “The joining of Irida Labs into Renesas marks an important milestone in our edge vision AI journey. By combining Irida Labs’ edge Vision AI expertise and our PerCV.ai software with Renesas hardware and global ecosystem, we open up exciting new opportunities to deliver meaningful impact on edge AI worldwide. I am proud of what the team has built, and genuinely excited to take it forward together with Renesas, turning our shared vision into reality.”
Prior to the acquisition, Renesas and Irida Labs had partnered to develop solutions pairing Irida Labs’ PerCV.ai software with Renesas’ RA and RZ devices. Integrating these capabilities in-house is expected to allow faster delivery of more tightly integrated solutions. Renesas plans to incorporate Irida Labs’ software and tools into Renesas 365. The platform reached general availability in March 2026 with Renesas’ RA MCUs, software, and toolchain, with further capabilities to be added over time. The integration aims to offer customers a seamless, end-to-end development experience for Vision AI and deep-learning applications.
