Artificial Intelligence at Denovo | Terni, Central Italy
Artificial intelligence is one of Denovo’s four R&D streams, alongside mechatronics, blockchain and cybersecurity. From Terni we develop machine learning pipelines, vision pipelines and models running on edge devices: proprietary AI technology, built in-house and also carried forward together with companies and partners across Central Italy and the entire EU.
What we work on
The main specialisation is edge AI: models running directly on the physical device, without relying on cloud or data centres. It means working with dedicated NPUs, neural network quantisation, low-latency inference pipelines, contained energy budgets.
We also develop RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) systems with vector databases and local AI solutions, running on-device without sending data to external services.
The flagship public project is ABC (AI Book Cataloguer): an edge-AI system for automatic book cataloguing, based on the Axelera AI Metis NPU. Selected in 2025 among the top 10 European projects in the Smarter Spaces Project Challenge.
Combinations with the other streams
- AI and mechatronics: adaptive control systems that learn from operational events and optimise production parameters;
- AI and cybersecurity: anomaly detection on network flows, behavioural monitoring, event correlation support;
- AI and blockchain: oracles bringing off-chain data and inferences into smart contracts, with cryptographic guarantees.
How we work
We build our AI systems on our own proprietary technology and bring them into the real-world context of the organisations we work with: we train and tune our models with attention to privacy, energy efficiency and portability. Training pipelines stay documented and reproducible; on each joint project we define licensing and scope of use case by case.
Every artificial intelligence product we use, develop, produce or sell complies with the GDPR and is designed to comply with the AI Act, the EU regulation on artificial intelligence.
Our base is in Terni, Umbria. As an Italian innovative startup we work across the entire EU single market plus Switzerland.
Who reaches out to us
- companies with industrial or commercial data looking to extract value through our AI models;
- device manufacturers who want to integrate our AI directly on-device, without cloud dependence;
- public bodies in Central Italy looking for a technology partner on vision, classification or document automation projects.
To discuss a collaboration on artificial intelligence, reach us through the contact page.