BeAble Capital, a leading science equity firm specializing in Deep Science technologies, has invested €180,000 to support the Balearic spin-off Ars Magna Semiconductors. The company was created in response to the emerging hardware challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI).
This highly disruptive technology aims to enable a more efficient supply of AI chips through energy-efficient edge computing solutions while helping to decentralize AI processing and alleviate the chip shortage currently affecting global markets.
The spin-off was launched by BeAble Capital in its role as an industry builder, leveraging groundbreaking AI chip innovations developed by researchers at the Artificial Intelligence Institute of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).
The technology represents a new generation of AI chips that not only improve existing solutions but fundamentally rethink the way AI hardware is designed, making it possible to bring intelligence to the edge while using significantly fewer computational resources.
Ars Magna: Redefining Edge Hardware
Ars Magna develops unique chips designed from the ground up for resource-constrained environments. Its value proposition extends far beyond energy efficiency. The company's technology combines morphological neural networks with stochastic computing. Rather than performing exact and highly intensive calculations, the system operates using probabilistic methods.
This approach reduces the number of operations required, lowers hardware complexity, and dramatically cuts energy consumption. As a result, it enables a more efficient and distributed AI model while helping to ease pressure on global chip demand.
Beyond smartphones, drones, and wearable devices, Ars Magna's technology enables advanced AI capabilities in small, autonomous, and energy-efficient devices. This is particularly relevant for applications where power consumption, device size, data privacy, or limited connectivity are critical considerations.
Potential applications include continuous monitoring systems for structures and infrastructure such as bridges, buildings, and industrial facilities; smart sensors for industrial, agricultural, and urban environments; biometric security systems including facial, voice, and pattern recognition; wearable medical devices and continuous monitoring systems; computer vision solutions for drones and robotics; as well as intelligent mobility systems and consumer electronics such as smartwatches, connected eyewear, smart collars, and many other devices.
Addressing a Critical Industry Challenge
Today, demand for AI hardware is growing faster than manufacturing capacity, creating a bottleneck that threatens to slow AI development. Much of this challenge stems from the industry's heavy reliance on centralized cloud-based architectures powered by large-scale data centers, an approach that is increasingly showing limitations in terms of scalability and energy efficiency.
Demand for AI chips has surged within a market dominated by a small number of global suppliers, creating risks related to technological dependence and digital sovereignty. According to Nvidia, which controls between 80% and 90% of the AI chip market, the future of AI hardware will largely depend on how much performance can be extracted from each unit of energy consumed.
Against this backdrop, the need for more efficient and distributed computing models such as edge computing has become increasingly evident. Global investment in edge computing is expected to reach $450 billion by 2029, growing at an annual rate of nearly 15%, largely driven by the expansion of AI at the edge.
This is where Ars Magna's unique chip technology can play a pivotal role in decentralizing AI and helping to ease supply constraints across the semiconductor industry.
Why Edge Computing Matters
Compared with cloud-centric architectures, edge computing offers significant advantages by moving data processing closer to where data is generated.
This reduces latency, improves efficiency, and lowers bandwidth consumption. It also provides greater control over data, which is increasingly important for privacy protection and regulatory compliance.
Supporting breakthrough technologies capable of addressing these challenges is a core focus of BeAble Capital, which has established itself as a leader in science equity investing.
"Our role as industry builders is particularly relevant in the current geopolitical landscape, where Europe must strengthen its technological autonomy," said Almudena Trigo, President of BeAble Capital. "In this context, investing in technologies such as Ars Magna Semiconductors represents a significant step forward in high-performance intelligent processing, with strategic applications across global markets."
To date, BeAble Capital has created and invested in more than 45 companies across Spain in fields including advanced computing, quantum technologies, advanced materials, nanotechnology, photonics, micro- and nanoelectronics, and industrial biotechnology. Through these initiatives, the firm has contributed to increasing the creation of science-based industrial companies in Spain by more than 15%, supporting the advancement of European industrial innovation and technological sovereignty
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