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Ai Blox

Founded 2021 · 20 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

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AI-Blox provides modular hardware and software infrastructure for edge AI applications, enabling companies to deploy AI solutions locally without relying on cloud infrastructure. The platform targets engineers and companies building physical AI products that require flexible, evolving infrastructure for real-time processing.

Also known as AI Blox · AI-Blox

Founders & leadership

Ai Blox was founded in 2021 by Hans Stevens, Jeroen Plasman, Lukas van Nunen, and Pieter Bastiaens.

HSHans Stevens
Hans StevensinFounder
JPJeroen Plasman
Jeroen PlasmaninJeroen Plasman co-founded AI-Blox in 2021 and brings 15+ years of professional experience in consulting, team leadership, and business development.
LVLukas van Nunen
Lukas van NuneninFounder
PBPieter Bastiaens
Pieter BastiaensinFounder

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

AI-Blox provides an infrastructure layer for what it calls physical AI: hardware and software used to build, deploy and operate AI workloads on robots, vehicles and machines that run outside cloud environments. The core offering pairs modular, NVIDIA Jetson-based compute devices with Blox_OS, a software layer shipped on every device that provisions, deploys, monitors and updates devices remotely across a fleet.

The hardware line is organised around configurable form factors. Blox_1 is the modular foundation, supporting up to four NVIDIA Jetson modules, an optional integrated 7-inch touchscreen and modular I/O. Blox_V is a rugged variant aimed at heavy-duty and mobile machines, with an IP-67 rated design, support for up to six GMSL-2 or IP cameras and ignition control. Customers can also start from the Blox platform and have a custom device engineered around specific functional and environmental requirements. The company states its devices are designed and produced in Europe and emphasises modularity so that compute, I/O and sensors can be reconfigured as an application grows rather than replaced.

Business model

AI-Blox sells modular edge compute hardware together with Blox_OS, its fleet provisioning, deployment, monitoring and update software, and also engineers custom devices built on the Blox platform for customers with specific functional and environmental requirements.

Traction

The company lists deployments and users including Rematics, which applies AI-driven technology to waste collection using AI-Blox edge compute for real-time inference and object detection; Presien, which supplies vision AI hazard detection for construction and mining sites in partnership with heavy industry OEMs; KION Group, which applies AI-Blox compute to forklift safety through mobile solutions on trucks and stationary smart cameras; and Zygo / Inmotion Robotics, whose Zygo Protector autonomous security robot performs 24/7 patrols and anomaly detection in industrial environments.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

AI-Blox positions itself as a European-designed and European-manufactured edge AI compute platform, describing its offering as sovereign infrastructure that customers own and control.

Differentiators cited by the company include modularity that allows compute, I/O and sensors to be reconfigured without replacing the system, support for all NVIDIA Jetson modules on a single platform as an NVIDIA Preferred Partner, ruggedised designs for harsh environments, bundled fleet management software, and European design and production.

Technology

The platform is built on NVIDIA Jetson modules, with AI-Blox described as an NVIDIA Preferred Partner supporting multiple Jetson modules on a single platform. Devices are designed for low-power, high-performance edge inference with robust cooling for harsh operating conditions, modular I/O and sensor configurations, camera interfaces including GMSL-2 and IP, and an IP-67 rated rugged option. Blox_OS provides remote provisioning, deployment, monitoring and updating across device fleets. On-device processing is positioned to keep sensitive data, such as images of people or patient data, from leaving the device.

Go-to-market

The website offers direct engagement through demo scheduling and platform onboarding, and highlights deployments with named industrial customers and partners.

Robotics and AGV developers, heavy-duty and mobile machine manufacturers, logistics and smart city operators, and healthcare providers requiring real-time on-device inference at the point of care.

Geography

Products are developed and produced in Europe.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Ai Blox do?
AI-Blox builds modular NVIDIA Jetson-based edge compute hardware and Blox_OS fleet software for physical AI systems.
Who founded Ai Blox?
Ai Blox was founded by Hans Stevens, Jeroen Plasman, Lukas van Nunen, Pieter Bastiaens in 2021.
Who are Ai Blox's investors?
Ai Blox's investors include SmartFin.