American company Blaize, a developer of energy-efficient AI accelerators for edge computing, announced on July 18, 2025, that it has secured a major contract worth $120 million with an unnamed major customer in Asia. This 18-month contract, confirmed in an official company press release and covered by industry media such as AI-TechPark, involves the deployment of a comprehensive hybrid edge AI infrastructure. This deal is one of the largest in Blaizes history and marks a significant success for the company in the highly competitive Asian market, which is a growth driver for smart city and industrial automation technologies. Blaize specializes in creating AI chips and platforms that can perform complex computations directly on devices (such as cameras, industrial sensors, or automobiles) rather than in a remote cloud. This approach ensures minimal latency in decision-making, enhanced data security, and reduced load on network infrastructure. The "hybrid" infrastructure contract likely involves creating a multi-tiered system where numerous edge devices with Blaize chips for real-time data processing will work in conjunction with local servers or a regional cloud for management, data aggregation, and more complex computations. This success confirms the growing global demand for efficient and scalable edge AI solutions and strengthens Blaizes position as a serious competitor to giants like NVIDIA (with its Jetson lineup) in the rapidly growing AI for the Internet of Things (IoT) sector.
Blaize Secures $120M Contract for Edge AI Deployment in Asia
