A Physical AI Starter Kit: Ten Short Guides
When somebody asks me where to start with Physical AI, I used to send three links and an apology. The links were long and the apology was short. So I…
Learning That Never Stops: From Laminar Circuits to Physical AI
From LAMINART and SMART to spiking hardware: why Physical AI needs algorithms that are light, learn all the time, and run on silicon that computes only when something happens.
What AI Teaches Us About Ourselves: My TEDxCortina Talk
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. At 17 I crashed a motorcycle two weeks after I got it. No broken bones, but the doctor ordered a month in bed.…
Robots Are Stuck on YouTube: My TEDxFulbright Talk
If aliens learned about Earth only from YouTube, they would think the planet is run by robots. Walking robots, flying robots, cow-shaped robots… The truth is that most of those…
More Data Centers Is the Answer. But What Was the Question?
Our Physical AI Summit panel at MIT is now online: does AI really need bigger data centers to scale? For robots, the answer is computing next to the sensors.
Brains, Not Bodies: Notes From the Physical AI Summit at MIT
Notes from the first Imagination in Action Physical AI Summit at MIT, where I spoke on The Physical AI Stack: why building robot brains is harder than building bodies.
Physical AI Explained: What 15 Years of Building Robot Brains Taught Me
By Massimiliano “Max” VersaceAI executive, computational neuroscientist, and founder working across robotics, brain-inspired AI, and commercialization. A robot can have a beautiful answer and still drop the glass. That is…
From Computational Neuroscience to Physical AI
By Dr. Massimiliano “Max” VersaceAI executive, scientist, Neurala co-founder and former CEO; Global Head, Emergent AI at Analog Devices. Intelligence becomes a different engineering problem when it has to operate…
Edge AI is not a place, it’s a constraint
It was a pleasure speaking at the EDGE AI FOUNDATION meeting in London, where a stimulating conversation developed around new technologies shaping the future of Edge AI and humanoid robotics,…
How AI-powered robotics helped shape NASA’s research and made it into our Earthly devices
The 2026 Space Foundation induced into the Space Foundation Hall of Fame to the AI technology my colleagues & friends and I started years ago at Boston University. To the…
Space Foundation Hall of Fame
Honored to be in Colorado Springs today at the Space Foundation symposium and to see work we started years ago recognized in the 2026 Space Technology Hall of Fame. 📸…
How tinkering with brains could lead to the Space Technology Hall of Fame
Title Two decades ago, AI was not really a market. It was barely a pitch deck, let alone a product roadmap. AI was still mostly confined to academic research, and…
New year, new AI: excited to share my 2026 chapter at Analog Devices
Over the past few months, I have shared thoughts on Physical Intelligence, a new breed of AI where digital meets physical. It is also the area I work on at…
From Mars rovers to factory floors, from NASA grants to commercial success, leading Neurala has been an amazing ride!
In 2006, AI was not mainstream. One of my earlier memories of Neurala is pitching the idea of using Neural Networks to solve problems in robotics, computer vision, defense, biology,…
What happens when AI gets a Body? Physical Intelligence as a gateway to better AI
Robotics forces AI to operate in a world where latency, uncertainty, power, sensors, control and physical consequences all matter. Drawing from computational neuroscience, neuromorphic computing and years of deploying AI…
Neurala Announces 2024 Year in Review: A Year of Growth and Innovation
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. BOSTON– Neurala’s 2024 was a year defined by strong growth in revenue, new strategic partnerships, and technical and product innovation. As the global…
Immigrant Nation Podcast
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Happy to have shared a podcast with the Immigrant Nation where I shared my path from Italy to becoming an early AI researcher…
How I think about betting on a new AI architecture
New AI architectures are easy to admire and difficult to evaluate. Drawing from my experience as a computational neuroscientist, founder and CEO, I look at how scientific evidence, intellectual property,…
Why we are getting AI Explainability all wrong
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. How is our misunderstanding of human decision-making muddying the waters of the AI debate One of my early memories biking in the Italian…
Neurala & NASA
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. NASA-funded AI technology enabling autonomous rovers and drones now keeps an eye on conveyor belts Originally published 06/11/2024 on NASA Spinoff Artificial intelligence…
AI in 2024 is impressive – yet biological intelligence is still unmatched. Why?
AI can translate languages, analyze medical data, and hold conversations, yet there remains a gap between artificial and biological intelligence. Why? In my latest article, I explore key differences: Always-On…
The next AI revolution will be hardware + software
As AI moves from data centers into robots, cameras, factories, vehicles and intelligent sensors, the distinction between the neural architecture and the hardware executing it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain.…
AI: the opacity myth and the rise of explainability
"A mystery is only a mystery when you don't know the answer. Once you do, it's just a fact,"
One AI model isn’t enough? Stack a Cascade of brains!
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. In the non-distant future, we will enter our autonomous car and get to our destination, with driving managed by “AI”. Our self-driving car…
AI: What’s the Hype? Legal and Ethical Implications
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Looking forward to speaking at the upcoming event hosted by the PIB – Italian Professionals in Boston on AI: What’s the Hype? Legal…
From AI Research to the real world: lesson learned building a brain-inspired AI company
What happens when an AI idea leaves the laboratory and has to survive customers, hardware constraints, venture capital, factories, robots and the physical world? After nearly two decades building Neurala,…
Seeing beyond the human eye: AI-powered quality control on the factory floor
Manufacturing is changing, rapidly. Pressed by efficiency, and in the middle of a race to embrace automation, an overdue revolution is unfolding, driven by the power of artificial intelligence (AI)…
Solving AI’s energy challenge: learning at the compute Edge
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. AI unplugged: rethinking energy use with Edge Learning This morning, as I sipped my espresso and watched my dog Noah chase — and…
Neurala’s 2023: A Year of Unprecedented Success
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Neurala soared to new heights in 2023, achieving milestones that confirm its status as a frontrunner in the vision AI sector. The year…
Is Artificial Intelligence Accelerating the Universe’s Entropic Destiny?
Is AI a mere technological milestone, or it represents a fundamental shift in the Universe’s journey?
Doubt as a Strength: How AI Learns to Question Itself
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. “Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum,” AI ponders Questioning leads to thinking, and thinking defines existence—a step forward for AI It’s the beginning of…
Reshaping Our Physical World: The Impact of AI
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Is AI solely confined to digital technology, or does it possess the power to profoundly transform our physical reality? John Archibald Wheeler, a…
How can my turtle (AI discovery) make it to the ocean?
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Keynote speech at the Math 2 Product (M2P) on 30/5, Taormina. Yogi Berra famously said: “In theory there is no difference between theory…
How AI Can Make Us Greener
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Manufacturing, Sustainability And Profitability: How Deep Learning Can Improve our Environmental Impact This article was originally published on Forbes In the mid-1700, the…
SDIAFest 2022
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Super happy to have talked to more than 500 students at SDIA fest 2022, which took place in my own (little…) hometown, Monfalcone,…
Homecoming: University of Trieste, 2022
Excited to visit my beloved Università degli Studi di Trieste at the 2022 Homecoming event (Dec 14th, Trieste)
How Deep Learning and Vision AI are revitalizing Manufacturing
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Neurala presents at VISION 2022 in Stuttgart. In the talk, Neurala’s CEO Max Versace talks about the state-of-the-art in AI and Deep Learning…
Utilizing Vision AI in Manufacturing
In the fourth of our series of A3 interviews with AI leaders, Max Versace, CEO of Neurala, discusses how integrating deep learning into a facility can benefit the manufacturing industry.…
Towards flawless AI-powered Manufacturing
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Artificial Intelligence, Automation and robotics can help people to build a more sustainable and human centric world. In this video realized in collaboration…
How Deep Learning and Vision AI are Turning the Tables on Manufacturing
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. 53 articles This is a recorded talk given at Automate 2022, Detroit, June 7, 2022, for Neurala. The manufacturing world is facing old…
AI-Based Detector Solution Improves Quality Inspection
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Originally appeared on TechXchange – by Alix Paultre Neurala’s detection solution can ensure the correct number of parts are in any given product…
Manufacturing is Getting ‘Futurized’ with Artificial Intelligence
Two forces in manufacturing are converging: 1) the need to bring more automation into the system during a time when workers are becoming scarce, and 2) advances in automation tools…
Why 2022 Will Be An AI-Powered Renaissance
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. As we approach the end of a dramatic 2021, our expectations are now focused on what many hope will be a year of…
La sfida piu’ grande per l’Intelligenza Artificiale? Varcare la soglia fra il mondo digitale e quello fisico
a sfida piu’ grande per l’Intelligenza Artificiale? Varcare la soglia fra il mondo digitale e quello fisico
Inauguration of Academic Year at the University of Trieste
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. I had the pleasure to join Roberto Di Lenarda, President of my alma mater Università degli Studi di Trieste, and Alessia Rosolen, “Assessore…
Leveraging Vision AI to Produce over 1 Million Meals
Read the full case study here: Neurala_Apetito Case Study
Broken supply chain? Fix it with AI
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. How AI and automation can address America’s broken path from factories to consumers There are few things that can turn the mood faster,…
Somebody Will Be Last at Medical School: The Case for AI in Healthcare
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. When it comes to caregiving, the human touch is irreplaceable. With AI’s help, that might actually happen more often. In 2017, the CDC…
Neurala launches European Subsidiary in Italy
Neurala opens up European Subsidiary in Italy to foster Neurala VIA sales and technology development
A 2021 Talk on Artificial Intelligence at Work
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Professionisti Italiani a Boston presents a discussion on Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), where it stands and where it’s headed with CEO and Co-Founder of…
FLIR e Neurala annunciano collaborazione per soddisfare la crescente domanda di telecamere equipaggate con Deep Learning per la manifattura industriale
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Fin dalla sua fondazione, l’obiettivo di Neurala è stato quello di portare sul mercato un’intelligenza artificiale (IA) sofisticata e in continuo apprendimento per…
Why ‘Explainability’ Is The Next Step For AI In Manufacturing
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. (Article first appeared on Forbes) Automation: A word that simultaneously evokes technological and societal progress and a deep sense of fear. Manufacturers have…
Can AI Explain Itself?
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. As an end user, you may never have to work with artificial intelligence from a developer’s perspective, but knowing how it works is…
Rebounding From The Pandemic: What Our Past Teaches Us About The Future
While 2020 might be remembered as the year the world stopped, there are reasons to be optimistic about what’s in store for us, and for artificial intelligence (AI), in 2021.
Neurala adds “explainability” to its AI-based image recognition software
Artificial intelligence startup Neurala Inc. today added “explainability technology” to its vision AI software that it says can identify objects in an image that present an anomaly or cause other…
The Future of Manufacturing passes through AI
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. From wearing masks to social distancing, the rippling effects of Covid-19 are being felt by everyone and with the change in people’s day…
Coping With Black Friday 2020 — and Manufacturers’ ‘Crazy Thursday’
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. (originally published in SupplyChainBrain) For a child growing up in Northern Italy, Christmas arrived in a stream of festive decorations, hearty meals, church…
Neurala Announces Strategic Partnership with IMA Group to Accelerate AI Technology for Industry 4.0 Initiatives
Vision AI software company Neurala announced today a new strategic partnership with global manufacturing leader IMA Group. The partnership will deliver AI solutions for industrial machines, focused on field testing…
Neurala Launches Global Channel Partner for AI in Manufacturing
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Vision AI software company Neurala announced the launch of its Neurala VIA Authorized Partner program, to help manufacturers leverage the power of vision…
Cloud vs Edge: an Industrial Manufacturing dilemma
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. When it comes to deploying AI for an application, manufacturers need to think deeply not only what to develop, but also the physical…
AI In Manufacturing – A Second Set of Eyes
There has been a lot of hype around the potential for AI in the manufacturing industry, but historically, AI has been too expensive or complex to deploy at scale. But…
Form Computer Vision to Deep Learning: the AI path to innovation in industrial applications
While machine vision has been around for more than 60 years, the recent surge in the popularity of deep learning has elevated this sometimes misunderstood technology to the attention of…
How to take steps to pandemic-proof Manufacturing with AI
Neurala's CEO Max Versace speaks about AI at The future of Manufacturing Digital Event
How visual inspection in manufacturing can get a boost from AI
In manufacturing, faults and defects on products inevitably occur from time to time. Industrial inspection, then, becomes critical. In this regard, AI can play a significant role.
The great escape: Where did the AI & Robot fear epidemic go?
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Hiding with its proponents! Why the fear-spreading opponents of robotics, automation & AI are today hiding under a rock? COVID-19 deficiencies tell you…
Understanding AI startups
I recently came across this nice article by Martin Casado and Matt Bornstein from Andreessen Horowitz. I actually had the chance to chat with Matt a few months ago around…
How an STTR to Develop AI for Mars has Improved our Life on Earth
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Neurala is on a mission to make artificial intelligence more applicable and useful in the real world. Its core technology allows you to…
Industry 1st Deep Learning software able to learn at the Edge – upcoming release!
Industry 1st Deep Learning software able to learn at the Edge - upcoming release!
Neurala, AviSight team up for AI-powered drone inspections
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Drone inspection system will be integrated with artificial intelligence software to speed inspection processes. JANUARY 23, 2020 RBR STAFF BOSTON – Neurala, which…
It from Bit: how AI is shaping our physical world
Is AI only a ‘digital thing’, or is it radically changing our very physical world?
The Next Frontier in AI: Nothing
How an overlooked feature of deep learning networks can turn into a major breakthrough for AI
How does Lifelong-DNN work in a real world use case?
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. As described in other posts, Neurala’s Lifelong-DNN emulates the way biological brains see the world and continuously learns from it. L-DNN markedly differs…
How AI is Changing the Way We Work, MIT Future of Compute
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. A retrospect, how much AI has changed in 5 years.. and how much it has not! My talk at MIT Future of Compute…
Humanizing AI: From Myth to Reality
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. In 2014, Max Versace stood on the stage of TEDx Fulbright telling the story on how he and his colleagues developed this cool…
AI in Manufacturing: 5 myths
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Can artificial intelligence work in manufacturing, and what does it take to turn myth into reality? This article originally appeared on Machine Design.…
When DNNs become more human: DNNs vs Transfer Learning vs. Continual Learning
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. As new approaches to deep neural networks (DNNs) and deep learning continue to emerge, it’s important to understand the differences between them. Not…
Interview on AI, Immigration, Entrepreneurship
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. As part of the Immigrant Entrepreneur Video Interview Series, I go over what it meant to come to US as an immigrant to…
On The VentureFizz Podcast: Where AI Is Going
Misinformation on AI... this clears it up
The story of Neurala
The story of Neurala, the AI startup rooted in pioneering work done with DARPA and NASA, today's deployed in 45M+ devices.
The VentureFizz Podcast: Max Versace – Co-Founder & CEO of Neurala
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. For Episode 139 of The VentureFizz Podcast, I interviewed Max Versace, Co-Founder & CEO of Neurala. Very few people have the same level…
Three mistakes in embedding AI in Robots
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. At RoboBusiness 2019 I discussed a new paradigm of data collection and training for artificial intelligence.
How to train your Robot’s AI
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. This is the recording of a talk I gave at the October 3, 2019 RoboBusiness in The Bay Area. It highlights common mistakes…
Max Versace speaks at Heros meet in Maratea, 2019
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. (Recording in Italian) L’intelligenza artificiale incombe come uno spettro nei giorni in cui l’essere umano mostra le sue debolezze e il suo essere…
Rai Uno Codice parla di AI, robots, e droni con Max Versace e Neurala
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Massimiliano Versace è nato a Monfalcone e si è laureto a Trieste. Ha ottenuto un finanziamento di oltre 16 milioni di dollari negli…
Neurala on RAI Italia
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Intervista con is bravissimo Stefano Salimbeni per RAI Italia – Neurala, Boston, MA, USA.
AI For Seeing The World – And Ourselves
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Podcast on James Kotecki show. Neurala powers practical forms of computer vision. But Neurala CEO Max Versace has a deeper vision for AI.
AI will be the global equalizer in the unbalanced industrial landscape
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. If you believe that robots and AI are the cause of all evils of humankind because you have seen it in a movie…
Deep Learning that Keeps Learning – Near-Time Training at the Edge
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. This article originally appeared in Enterprise AI – June 11, 2019 by Doug Black Deep learning is still a stick-figure emulation of human…
Making AI accessible to the Enterprises
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. At many companies, only data scientists with PhDs know how to use machine learning tools and applications. Companies like Neurala are creating more…
Neurala teams with Badger Technologies on vision AI for robotics
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. BOSTON — Today, Neurala Inc. announced a number of milestones in its work bringing custom vision systems to the robotics industry. Through an…
The new wave in AI will happen with its WordPress
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. About 30 years ago, when the World Wide Web was invented, people had no idea of the impact it would have on society…
What happens when AI never stops learning? Continual learning vs. DNN learning vs Transfer Learning
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. One of the questions we I often get in working with AI is: “Cool… I see this AI never stops learning. But it’s…
Are we doing our best to deserve to win against AI?
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Complaining about or taxing AI won’t help. Putting your smart phone down and working hard will. It’s a cold and rainy April Tuesday…
Adding AI to your organization: from myths to reality
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. No enterprise wants to be a dinosaur when it comes to innovation, and today, AI is on the cutting edge. With an estimated…
Neurala hosted at Bloomberg Radio
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Baystate Business: Facebook, Tesla and Neurala (Radio) On the Wednesday, April 24 edition of Bloomberg Baystate Business we spoke with Jessica Liu, senior…
Turning every AI Insight into better AI
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Use each and every insight your AI performs to improve … every insight! We imagine AI as this ever-present, omniscient software entity that…
Neurala launches Brain Builder end-to-end AI platform: visual AI for everybody
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Out of 100 organizations that want to adopt AI in their product and infrastructure, a staggering 91 of them still face significant barriers…
Stopping AI and robots from turning on you!
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. Rapid prototyping as a solution to costly, time-intensive, and ultimately ineffective AI projects AI as the world knows it is still in its…
Vaccinate now! How to spot AI imposters in 3 easy steps
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. This morning I was sipping my usual espresso before starting the day, peacefully browsing LinkedIn posts, when I came across the nth+1 article…
Changing AI mindset for 2019
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. (This article has appeared on the December 26th, 2018 edition of Xconomy – by Jeff Engel) It was an eventful year for the…
4 Predictions on AI for 2019
Written when I was CEO of Neurala. AI is a topic that has definitely become mainstream in the tech circles, yet it is still an area that is developing. Where…