About SynSense
SynSense designs neuromorphic chips that run spiking neural networks, a type of model where artificial neurons communicate with brief pulses and consume power mainly when something changes in the input. Its Speck chip pairs a dynamic vision sensor with a processor for always-on camera tasks, and its Xylo chips target audio and other sensor signals. The company was founded in Zurich in 2017, based on research at the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. It also publishes open-source tools named Rockpool and Sinabs for training and deploying such networks.
SynSense was founded in 2017 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. It is listed under Neuromorphic Computing. Reported funding is $27.7M (Jul 2025).
Compute Technologies
- Neuromorphic
What SynSense works on
Neuromorphic Computing
Neuromorphic computing builds chips that copy some features of the brain. Instead of a central processor and separate memory, a neuromorphic chip has many small units that act like neurons, each with its own local memory, joined by connections that act like synapses.
