Siemens Cre8Ventures and videantis: Advancing Europe’s Automotive Ecosystem Through PAVE360 Digital Twin Marketplace

Siemens Cre8Ventures is proud to announce a strategic partnership with videantis, a leader in highly scalable homogeneous SoC architectures for area-efficient processing of various types of algorithms used today in automotive ADAS, autonomous driving, drones, VR and AR and similar applications. This partnership will accelerate the use of AI, will foster innovation and transparency, and increase collaboration within Europe’s automotive ecosystem.
Our partnership, housed within the PAVE360 Digital Twin Marketplace, leverages videantis’ unique AI DSP processing solution, able to run NPU, GPU, DSP as well as ISP and Video Codec algorithms on the same core architecture, within Siemens PAVE360 cutting-edge tools to align with the EU Chips Act objectives, foster on European technologies, while enabling the industry to “shift left” in automotive design and innovation.
Driving Sovereign Innovation in Europe
The collaboration aims to address critical challenges in Europe’s semiconductor and automotive sectors by:
- Empowering Corporates: Using PAVE360 Digital Twin Technology, Automotive companies can evaluate the power and performance of semiconductor innovations, like the newly supported unique videantis processing architecture, at full-system levels, both pre- and post-silicon. This will provide first-mover opportunities while bolstering trust in the EU’s technologies and innovation pipeline.
- Supporting Startups and innovative SMEs: Emerging semiconductor ventures can build valuation pre-silicon, reduce the need for multiple funding rounds, and establish clear pathways to market. The Videantis partnership enables these companies to very quickly get their Videantis-based solution evaluated, designed, and verified, allowing them to also start porting and verifying their software stack even before the silicon is available.
- De-risking Investments: Investors benefit from more capital-efficient opportunities, supported by validated performance metrics and reduced uncertainty in early-stage investments.
- Strengthening Economies: Policymakers can expect stronger GDP growth by creating knowledge-driven semiconductor economies, further bolstering Europe’s sovereignty in chip innovation.
Shifting Left with Digital Twins
By utilising Siemens’ PAVE360 Digital Twin Marketplace, companies gain access to robust modelling and simulation tools that enable early-stage verification of chips, e.g., based upon videantis’ unique processing architecture, within their complex automotive systems. In addition, videantis’ tool set will enable very accurate PPA estimates, which nicely complement PAVE360 findings. This “shift left” approach significantly reduces time-to-market and design costs while ensuring that chips meet stringent power, performance, and safety standards.
videantis’ expertise in ADAS, edge AI and vision technologies, deployed in already more than 20 million cars on the streets, enhances the platform’s capabilities, as already demonstrated e. g. in collaboration with Continental, when developing its ADAS RVS231 Rear-View Camera System, where videantis’ technology is able to run all needed algorithms up to a full advanced emergency brake (AEB) system in a very compact, low-power, high-performance system. This blend of processing insights and hardware optimisation aligns perfectly with the PAVE360 platform, helping partners showcase and refine their innovations with unmatched precision seamlessly scalable from edge sensors up to central ECUs.

A Collaborative Future for Europe’s Automotive Ecosystem
This partnership with videantis reaffirms Siemens Cre8Ventures’ commitment to fostering collaboration among European startups, SMEs, corporates, investors, and policymakers. Together with videantis, Siemens is creating an environment where innovation thrives, time to market accelerates, transparency flourishes, and Europe’s automotive sector continues to lead again on a global stage.
For more information about videantis and Siemens’ Cre8Ventures, visit our website or contact Carson Bradbury, Director – EU Chips Act & Co-founder Cre8Ventures (carson.bradbury@siemens.com)