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Maker Kluang | 居鑾創客邦

Oct 09, 2025

🚀 A Merger That Was Bound to Happen: AI, Open Source, and the Edge

This week’s biggest tech news:

Qualcomm has officially acquired Arduino.

Yes — that Arduino.

The little open-source board that taught millions of students how to blink their first LED,

the cornerstone of the global maker movement,

is now a subsidiary of the AI-chip giant Qualcomm.

This isn’t just a corporate acquisition.

It may mark a turning point for the entire open-hardware era.

According to TechOrange, the deal is rooted in a simple but powerful vision: Edge AI —

bringing artificial intelligence from the cloud to the device.

Arduino has more than 33 million active developers worldwide,

spanning education, research, startups, and hobbyists.

Qualcomm, meanwhile, owns some of the most advanced mobile and embedded AI processors on the planet.

Together, they connect two worlds —