Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) has completed its acquisition of Modular Inc, an AI software infrastructure company. The transaction brings Modular’s software technology and engineering team into Qualcomm Technologies as the company expands its artificial intelligence capabilities across devices, edge systems and data centre infrastructure.
Modular develops software that helps developers optimise and deploy generative and agentic AI workloads across different computing architectures. Its platform is designed to support a range of processors and accelerators, including CPUs, GPUs, NPUs and custom silicon.
Qualcomm said the acquisition will strengthen its ability to provide complete AI solutions across devices, data centres, edge infrastructure and personal and industrial applications. The combination brings together Modular’s AI software capabilities with Qualcomm Technologies’ portfolio of high-performance and energy-efficient computing platforms.
Modular will continue to support an open computing environment designed to give developers greater flexibility in selecting hardware platforms. Its Mojo, MAX and Modular Cloud products will continue under their existing names, with Qualcomm Technologies planning further investment and support for the products.
Chris Lattner, Co-Founder and CEO of Modular, will become Executive Vice President of Advanced AI Software and Platforms at Qualcomm Technologies. He will lead efforts to expand AI software capabilities and support developers working across different hardware architectures.
Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, said the combination of Modular’s AI software platform with Qualcomm Technologies’ computing solutions would help accelerate the development of energy-efficient AI from the edge to the cloud.
Mr Amon said the acquisition would also support a more open approach to AI software development, allowing AI applications to operate efficiently across different hardware platforms while improving performance and giving developers greater choice. Mr Lattner said joining Qualcomm would provide Modular with the scale needed to bring its software technology to a wider range of AI and computing platforms. He added that the combined capabilities would help developers improve AI performance, portability and productivity.
The acquisition comes as demand for AI computing continues to expand across smartphones, personal computers, industrial systems, automotive platforms, data centres and edge devices. Qualcomm is positioning its computing portfolio to address these markets with a combination of AI processing, low-power computing and connectivity.
Qualcomm has more than four decades of experience in semiconductor and communications technology and operates businesses spanning licensing, chipsets, computing platforms and connectivity solutions. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. manages substantially all of the company’s engineering, research and development, products and services businesses.
The company said the addition of Modular will strengthen its AI software offering and help developers build and deploy applications across a wider range of computing systems. The move also supports Qualcomm’s broader strategy of expanding AI capabilities beyond smartphones into edge and infrastructure markets.
