At embedded world 2026, Brian Tristam Williams spoke with Manny Singh at the Qualcomm booth about how Qualcomm is bringing together Arduino, Edge Impulse, and its broader developer strategy to simplify AI and robotics development at the edge.

The conversation also covered the newly announced Arduino VENTUNO Q platform, Qualcomm’s thinking behind the Arduino and Edge Impulse acquisitions, and what the combined hardware-and-software approach is meant to solve for developers. Manny explained how Qualcomm wants to reduce friction at the prototype stage while also giving engineers a clearer path from proof of concept to production.

Topics include:
  • Qualcomm’s developer ecosystem strategy
  • The role of Arduino and Edge Impulse in edge AI development
  • VENTUNO Q’s dual-brain architecture with MPU + MCU
  • App Lab and pre-built software “bricks” for robotics and AI
  • Open-source hardware and software support

Watch the full conversation in the video below.