APMIC raises $7M Series A
Taiwan-based APMIC closed a US$7M Series A to accelerate on-premise, private small-model inference for manufacturing and supply chains — positioning local private inference as an alternative to cloud models reported. The round signals demand for edge hardware that preserves data privacy in sensitive industrial settings.
[APMIC completed]apmic.ai a US$7 million Series A on March 12, 2026, led by Pasadena-based private equity fund AIPO with participation from Trend Micro. The [company stated]apmic.ai the proceeds will deepen private small‑model R&D, strengthen AI‑agent application capabilities, and fund expansion across Taiwan and overseas markets. APMIC and Trend [Micro reported]apmic.ai a technical breakthrough in model quantization—converting FP16 models to NVFP4 reduced memory requirements by more than 50% while keeping answer-accuracy loss below 2%, and APMIC said it will open‑source those quantized models. [APMIC said]apmic.ai its PrivStation product has been trialed by over 1,100 enterprise customers and the company posted 119% revenue growth in 2024, with explicit go‑to‑market focus on manufacturing, government and finance.
