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angry_octetyesterday at 4:53 AM0 repliesview on HN

Lady Ada is not impressed:

https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/10/07/qualcomms-latest-ai-pla...

One of their key points is that the AI component is completely tied to the Qualcomm stack, the opposite of Open. Essentially the Arduino brand will live on as a marketing layer over Qualcomm hardware, which you will still need an NDA and significant volume to gain access to.