Ambarella designs and supplies low-power, high-definition AI semiconductor chips and a full-stack video processing platform for intelligent video products. Founded in 2004 by Fermi Wang and Les Kohn, the company has deployed more than 42 million AI system-on-chip units across security cameras, dash cameras, autonomous vehicles, drones, police body cameras, industrial robots, and related applications.
The company's core offering spans highly optimized silicon to programmable software and AI agentic frameworks, enabling manufacturers to capture, compress, and process high-quality video whilst maintaining minimal power consumption. This integration across the stack - from semiconductor design through software tools to AI frameworks - positions Ambarella as a vertically differentiated player in video processing semiconductors.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Ambarella maintains offices across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The company strengthened its computer vision capabilities through the acquisition of VisLab, a research centre from the University of Parma in Italy, reflecting its strategic focus on advancing video intelligence technologies.
