Ceva CEO Named AI Company CEO of the Year for AI Fabric Hybrid Inference Strategy
CEVA•Ceva CEO Amir Panush was named AI Company CEO of the Year for aligning Ceva’s AI Fabric portfolio to a hybrid AI inference model. Under his leadership, Ceva secured more than a dozen NeuPro NPU IP licensing wins across consumer IoT, automotive and PC, powering over 2 billion edge devices annually.
1. Award Recognition
Ceva CEO Amir Panush received the "Artificial Intelligence Company CEO of the Year" award in the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards program, highlighting his leadership in the rapidly evolving edge AI market.
2. Hybrid AI Inference Strategy
Panush anticipated a shift from cloud-only processing to a hybrid model and aligned Ceva's Connect, Sense and Infer IP into a unified AI Fabric portfolio to enable efficient on-device inference under power, latency and privacy constraints.
3. Market Momentum
This strategic focus has translated into tangible momentum, with Ceva securing over a dozen NeuPro NPU IP licensing agreements across consumer IoT, industrial, automotive and PC applications, while its technologies power more than 2 billion devices each year.




