“Oculi entered the EvoNexus Incubation program on December 21, 2022, as the pandemic was subsiding. It was during that time, Dr. Charbel Rizk, Professor of electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, applied to enter the EvoNexus Incubation program. Their initial goal was to produce a chip that provided elements of human vision technology for machines. Their first target market was transportation, and in particular, providing a more accurate sensor technology for vehicle identification, wrong-way detection, stationary-vehicle detection, and vehicle-to-vehicle infrastructure. The name Charbel created for the company was absolutely perfect — Oculi.” said Rory Moore, CEO and Co-Founder of EvoNexus. “Six years of research at Johns Hopkins followed by five years of development at Oculi has put the venture in a position to implement their AI Vision technology across a number of sectors that require always-on, real-time presence detection and identification with the world’s lowest system power consumption, lowest system cost, low latency, and built-in privacy to file the future of vision in Physical AI. This past month, Oculi received a prestigious award from the Integrated Circuit Taiwan Grand Challenge. Add to that accomplishment the recent appointment of Patrick Henry as the new CEO of Oculi. Patrick has deep experience scaling semiconductor companies to include leading Entropic Communications to IPO in December 2007. I am confident that Charbel, along with his team, and Patrick, as their new CEO will introduce transformational new products, providing visual-AI at the edge of the network.”
Oculi redefines AI vision at the edge by fundamentally re-architecting how visual data is captured and processed.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 11, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Oculi has been named as a winner of the 4th Batch of the IC Taiwan Grand Challenge. Oculi is redefining AI vision at the edge by fundamentally re-architecting how visual data is captured and processed.
“We are excited and humbled by this important recognition from such a high caliber organization,” said Charbel Rizk, Oculi founder and CTO. “I always enjoy visiting and look forward to growing our collaborations and footprint in a great ecosystem in Taiwan. With Oculi’s AI Vision, devices, machines, and structures can see everything, store nothing, and save energy with world-class security and privacy.”
Oculi revolutionizes visual intelligence at the edge with patented IntelliPixel® technology — enhancing AI-driven applications while saving energy, optimizing efficiency, and ensuring complete privacy.
“This batch (Batch 4) attracted 209 international startup and academic research teams from 38 countries,” said Chen Ping-Hao, Startup Marketing Manager of the ICTGC team. “A total of 11 winning teams were selected, demonstrating ICTGC’s strong appeal as an international innovation platform. The winners will showcase and present at InnoVEX, Asia’s largest and most iconic startup exhibition, and receive their awards during InnoVEX 2026 from June 2 to 5 in Taipei, Taiwan.”
Oculi executives will be attending the ICTGC Award Ceremony & Award-winning Technologies Unveil and the InnoVEX 2026 Exposition in Taipei, Taiwan on June 2–5. The expo will be held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2 (TaiNEX 2), 4th Floor, No. 2, Jingmao 2nd Rd., Nangang District, Taipei 11568, Taiwan.
About Oculi
Oculi is a deep-tech fabless company putting the “eye” in AI by delivering the fastest and lowest energy vision for the edge, making AI-powered cameras with human vision. The company has developed the world’s first Software Defined Vision Sensor™ optimized for Physical AI applications. Oculi aims to transform edge AI through technology inspired by the efficiency of human vision and the rapid processing capabilities of machines. With Oculi’s AI Vision, devices, machines, and structures can see everything, store nothing, and save energy with world-class security and privacy.
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