Feb. 6, 2026 – M5Stack, a global leader in modular IoT and embedded development platforms, today announced the release of AI Pyramid series, comprising two models: AI Pyramid and AI Pyramid-Pro.
AI Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped, high-performance AI PC for local AI inference and edge computing. Powered by the Axera AX8850 SoC with an 8-core Cortex-A55 CPU and 24 TOPS INT8 NPU, it efficiently handles workloads such as real-time computer vision, multimodal interaction, and on-device large model inference, while providing robust video processing and flexible connectivity.
Targeting AIPC, edge intelligent terminals, and smart interactive devices, AI Pyramid delivers stable and reliable performance for fully localized AI applications while getting rid of reliance on cloud services.
Key Features
Built for Local AI and Edge Computing
AI Pyramid runs AI inference entirely on-device, ensuring low latency, data privacy, and reliable offline operation. Its flexible architecture supports deployment in smart terminals, interactive devices, and edge environments where consistent performance is essential.
On-Device AI Performance & Multimodal Parallelism
Equipped with a 24 TOPS INT8 NPU, AI Pyramid delivers powerful on-device AI compute for vision, speech, and language tasks in parallel. Its heterogeneous architecture enables developers to deploy and scale mainstream AI models—including Transformers and LLMs—efficiently from prototype to production.
Hardware-Accelerated AI Video Processing
AI Pyramid’s hardware-accelerated video engine, combined with 4GB LPDDR4x memory (8GB for AI Pyramid-Pro), supports multi-stream video processing. It can decode up to 16 channels of 1080p video in parallel while running object detection, face recognition, or multimodal analytics on each stream, ensuring low latency, reliable local processing, and on-device AI acceleration.
Flexible Connectivity and Expansion
For connectivity and expansion, AI Pyramid features HD multimedia interfaces (1× input + 1× output for AI Pyramid-Pro), dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and provides both USB 3.0 and USB Type-C interfaces, offering excellent flexibility for display output, networking, and peripheral expansion.
Detailed Specs
Endless Possibility
With its strong on-device AI computing capability and open, developer-friendly ecosystem, AI Pyramid is well suited for AIPC and edge intelligent terminals. It can be deployed as a smart interactive device, enabling applications such as smart home control (Home Assistant integration), on-device AIGC, voice cloning, and meeting transcription, as well as serving as an AI visual gateway, a local AI photo management platform (Immich), or an AI smart security system (Frigate).
By combining flexible hardware design with reliable on-device AI performance, AI Pyramid provides a solid foundation for developers and makers to build scalable, privacy-preserving AI applications across both desktop and edge environments. Its official launch marks the beginning of new community-driven innovations and the dawn of a new edge AI era.