Nordic Semiconductor has acquired its long-term partner, Memfault, a Cloud platform provider for large-scale deployments of connected products. This signals a major leap in Nordic’s evolution – from a hardware supplier to a complete solution partner.
This news follows Nordic’s announcement of its acquisition of Neuton.AI as it looks to solidify its capabilities in Edge AI.
Nordic now delivers a comprehensive platform that simplifies development and accelerates time-to-market. Throughout the product lifecycle, continuous software upgrades strengthen the security, performance, power consumption, and functionality of products in the field. This enables customers to focus on innovation – free from the burden of navigating fragmented and complex IoT ecosystems.
Memfault has established itself as a platform provider for device observability and management, and secure over-the-air (OTA) software updates to ensure the highest device reliability without field returns. It is trusted by a growing developer community and customers to monitor, maintain, and scale connected products. As part of the acquisition, Nordic will integrate Memfault’s capabilities across its complete product portfolio and into its existing nRF Cloud services platform, creating a significantly more powerful solution.
“This acquisition is a declaration of intent,” said Vegard Wollan, CEO of Nordic Semiconductor. “Together, we enable thousands of customers to continuously interact with millions of devices in the field.
“We are setting a new standard in the global semiconductor landscape for integrating hardware, software, tools, and services. By combining Nordic’s ultra-low power wireless connectivity solutions with Memfault’s Cloud services, we are making it faster, simpler, and more secure to develop, maintain, and improve connected products through their entire lifecycle.”
“Nordic’s world-class Systems-on-Chip, paired with Memfault’s Cloud platform, creates an unmatched full-stack solution for connected products,” added François Baldassari, CEO of Memfault. “Our shared goal is simple: free our customers and engineers to innovate while the platform guarantees reliability and insights for millions of products in the field.”
This acquisition further strengthens Nordic Semiconductor’s position in addressing current and future market demands. As IoT nodes become increasingly intelligent through Edge AI, and as security standards evolve under frameworks such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act, Nordic’s software and Cloud services will empower product developers with comprehensive tools to stay ahead of industry and regulatory expectations.
Nordic and Memfault share a broad base of mutual customers and common markets. Nordic is committed to supporting every IoT device maker – including all existing Memfault customers – regardless of their choice of hardware. The Memfault platform will continue to grow, with further enhancements and investments in hardware integration, device management, and advanced AI capabilities.
This acquisition highlights Nordic’s commitment to an exceptional customer experience. Nordic’s new software services will remove complexity and add value for thousands of customers who can now focus on product innovation. This solution will reduce time-to-market, lower operational costs, and enable our customers to manage their connected products effectively across the entire lifecycle.
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