What Morphing Machines does

Morphing Machines is a fabless semiconductor IP company founded in 2006 and incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India. The company develops REDEFINE™, a runtime reconfigurable, polymorphic many-core ASIC platform that can dynamically instantiate diverse Domain Specific Architectures (DSAs) on the same silicon. REDEFINE™ scales from 16 cores to 4,096 cores without software changes, delivering up to 512 GFLOPS / 1 TOPS at 1 GHz in a 256-core configuration, and combines ASIC-class performance and power efficiency with FPGA-like runtime reconfigurability, built-in fault tolerance with graceful degradation, and a toroidal mesh Network-on-Chip.

The company targets four primary verticals: avionics/aerospace (Integrated Modular Avionics, Full Authority Digital Engine Control), automotive (ADAS through SAE Level 5 autonomy), 5G/6G telecom (network slicing, NFV, edge processing), and high-performance computing including AI/ML workloads. Its publicly disclosed named customer is Safran Electronics & Defense, which is co-developing REDEFINE™-based SoCs for safety-critical avionics. The company also publishes research in IEEE, ACM, and Digital Avionics Systems Conference venues, and has been recognized as a Top 50 Finalist (Top 6 in Data & AI Track) at the 2016 Hello Tomorrow Global Startup Summit in Paris.

Morphing Machines monetizes through semiconductor IP licensing and royalty arrangements, supplemented by co-development partnerships and Proof-of-Concept engagements with enterprise customers. The company distributes technology through direct enterprise sales globally, with stated expansion targets in the US and Europe, and participates in India's domestic semiconductor ecosystem via the Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab (SFAL). As of October 2025, the company closed a Series A round of ₹38.36 crore (~$4.32 million) at an ₹80 crore post-money valuation led by IAN Alpha Fund, followed by an approximately $4.46 million Series B in April 2026 led by Hero Enterprise Partner Ventures, with cumulative disclosed funding of roughly $11.5 million across three rounds.

Name

Morphing Machines

Legal name

Morphing Machines Pvt Ltd

Website

https://morphing.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Morphing Machines is a Bangalore-based fabless semiconductor IP company developing REDEFINE™, a runtime reconfigurable polymorphic many-core ASIC platform targeting avionics, automotive, 5G/6G telecom, and high-performance computing customers worldwide through IP licensing and co-development partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor IP

NAICS

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Compute & Acceleration ICs (CPU/GPU/AI/FPGA/ASIC) (HDAHABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Application Processors & Microprocessors (MPUs/CPUs) (HDAHAJAB), Hardware/Chip Design IP Cores (Processor, Interface, Analog, Security) (HDAHAFAF)

Keywords

• Reconfigurable processor design
• Polymorphic ASIC solutions
• Many-core embedded processors
• Semiconductor IP licensing
• Domain specific architectures

Headquarters

HQ city

Bangalore

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Semiconductor IP Licensing: The company licenses its semiconductor IP, systems, and solutions to key customers around the world. This includes licensing of REDEFINE™ technology for integration into customer products.
2. Custom Chip Development Services: Co-development partnerships for custom processors and Proof of Concept (PoC) development with target customers in avionics, automotive, and telecom sectors.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Morphing Machines designs and licenses REDEFINE™, a runtime reconfigurable many-core polymorphic ASIC / System-on-Chip platform that enables dynamic instantiation of diverse Domain Specific Architectures (DSAs) on the same silicon. The company is fabless, licensing semiconductor IP and systems to enterprise customers while co-developing custom chip solutions and Proof of Concepts (PoCs) for avionics, automotive, 5G/6G telecom, and high-performance computing applications. Product configurations scale from 16-core to 256-core (up to 4K-core) processors delivering up to 512 GFLOPS / 1 TOPS at 1 GHz.

Product overview

Morphing Machines is a fabless semiconductor IP company that offers REDEFINE™, a runtime reconfigurable many-core processor platform. REDEFINE™ is a polymorphic ASIC that instantiates diverse Domain Specific Architectures (DSAs) on demand on the same silicon. The product family includes configurations ranging from 16-core to 256-core processors delivering up to 512 GFLOPS/1 TOPS peak performance. The company licenses semiconductor IP, systems, and solutions to customers worldwide, targeting market verticals including avionics, automotives, 5G/6G telecom, and high-performance computing applications such as genomics, big data analytics, and VR/AR.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• REDEFINE™: Runtime reconfigurable many-core processor platform that enables dynamic instantiation of diverse Domain Specific Architectures (DSAs) on the same silicon, targeting avionics, automotive, 5G/6G telecom, and high-performance computing applications.

Products and services

• REDEFINE™ Runtime Reconfigurable Polymorphic ASIC REDEFINE™ is a many-core, massively parallel, runtime reconfigurable embedded processor (polymorphic ASIC) that delivers domain-specific architectures on demand on the same silicon. It provides ASIC-class power and performance efficiency with FPGA-like reconfigurability, scaling from 16 cores to 256 cores (extensible up to 4K cores) without software changes. The 256-core configuration delivers 512 GFLOPS/1 TOPS at 1 GHz. It is licensed as semiconductor IP to enterprise customers and co-developed into custom chip solutions for data centers, HPC, AI workloads, avionics, automotive, and 5G/6G telecom applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• 512 GFLOPS/1 TOPS peak performance on 256-core configuration @1 GHz
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab (SFAL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership through Technology Entrepreneurship initiative. SFAL (Semiconductor Fabless Accelerator Lab) is a key ecosystem partner supporting the company's fabless semiconductor development journey. Provides resources, mentorship, and network access for fabless semiconductor startups emerging from Indian Institute of Science.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Tenstorrent: AI accelerator and RISC-V-based compute IP company building domain-specific architectures. Comparable as a fabless semiconductor design house targeting AI/HPC compute with custom silicon and IP licensing.
• SiFive: Fabless designer of RISC-V processor IP and chiplets, directly comparable as a fabless semiconductor IP company licensing customizable compute cores to enterprise customers in AI, automotive, and edge markets.
• Esperanto Technologies: Develops RISC-V-based many-core AI processors. Directly comparable in building massively parallel many-core SoCs for AI/ML workloads using a domain-specific architecture approach.
• Achronix Semiconductor: Provides FPGA and embedded FPGA (Speedcore) IP for SoC integration. Comparable as a fabless vendor offering reconfigurable silicon IP to enterprise chip designers, combining FPGA flexibility with ASIC-style integration.
• Flex Logix Technologies: Licenses embedded FPGA (EFLX) IP and inferencing fabric. Comparable as a fabless semiconductor IP company selling reconfigurable logic cores to SoC developers.
• Graphcore: Designs IPU many-core AI processors with novel interconnect. Comparable in building highly parallel custom compute silicon targeting AI/HPC data center workloads.
• Quadric: Provides unified processor IP combining DSP, ML, and CPU capabilities for SoC integration. Comparable as a fabless vendor licensing a novel compute architecture to chip developers.

Broad incumbents

• Cerebras Systems: Designs wafer-scale AI compute systems. While not an IP licensor, it is a comparable custom-silicon competitor targeting the same HPC/AI data center workloads.
• Synopsys (ARC processors / DesignWare): Largest semiconductor IP licensor, offering ARC processor cores and DesignWare IP. Comparable as a broad incumbent selling processor IP to chip designers across automotive, networking, and embedded markets.
• Arm: Dominant processor IP licensor (Cortex, Neoverse). Comparable as the incumbent IP standard across avionics, automotive, and 5G/6G, against which any new ISA or architecture must compete.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/morphing-machines

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors11 records

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M&A

Investments

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