Methods2Business Joins SiemensCre8Ventures Sovereign Digital Twin Marketplace
Siemens Cre8Ventures is delighted to welcome Methods2Business to our Sovereign Digital Twin Marketplace and our first-of-a-kind dual-use sovereign dual use drone campaign, designed to accelerate Europe’s leadership in secure, intelligent, and energy efficient connected systems. This groundbreaking partnership represents a pivotal moment in European technological sovereignty, bringing together semiconductor innovation with digital twin capabilities to create next-generation autonomous platforms.
Company Profile
Methods2Business, headquartered in Eindhoven (Brainport, Netherlands) with an R&D centre in Novi Sad (Serbia), is a fabless semiconductor company pioneering the world’s first Wi-Fi HaLow chip with integrated Edge AI. As a co-founder of the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow# standard within the Wi-Fi Alliance, the company combines deep protocol expertise with silicon-validated IP platforms and strong ecosystem partnerships.
Revolutionary Technology
The HaLowEdge chip uniquely merges low-power, long-range Wi-Fi HaLow connectivity with on-chip intelligence, enabling real-time decision making at the edge. This paradigm shift from cloud-centric to edgecentric
AI allows autonomous systems to act faster, consume less energy, and ensure data sovereignty4attributes vital for both civil and
defence applications across European operations.
Wi-Fi HaLow + Edge AI Integration
Contributing advanced capability to enable autonomous sensing and communications subsystems in next generation drones and other connected platforms, establishing new standards for European sovereign technology.
Proof-of-Technology Engagement
Participating in ideation with European universities
through the Higher Education Programme alongside Arm, leveraging Siemens EDA tools and accessing nondilutive
EU Chips Act funding opportunities.
Proof-of-Concept Pilots
Integrating HaLowEdge into Siemens’ multi-physics
digital twin capabilities to demonstrate secure, long range, low-power connectivity in comprehensive full system simulations and validation environments.
Proof-of-Value Collaborations
Enabling start-ups, OEMs, and tier-suppliers to co-innovate across full-system multi-physics digital twins, accelerating sovereign manufacturing whilst reducing time-to-market for critical applications.
Technology Advantages & Impact
Long-Range Connectivity
Wi-Fi HaLow delivers up to 10x the range of conventional Wi-Fi, enabling robust communications across challenging environments whilst maintaining exceptional energy efficiency profiles.
Edge Intelligence
On-chip AI processing eliminates cloud dependency, enabling real-time autonomous decision-making with reduced latency, enhanced privacy, and complete data sovereignty for sensitive
operations.
Energy Efficiency
Optimised power consumption extends operational duration for battery powered platforms, reducing environmental impact whilst enabling deployment in remote or infrastructure limited
scenarios.
“Edge AI and Wi-Fi HaLow together represent the next frontier for autonomous, intelligent systems. Through Siemens Cre8Ventures we can demonstrate how our technology helps Europe’s sovereign innovation agenda fly higher.”
-Marleen Boonen, CEO & Founder, Methods2Business
Application Domains
Secure communications for autonomous platforms requiring data sovereignty and resilient connectivity in contested environments, Smart Logistics: Long-range coordination of warehouse automation, inventory tracking, and autonomous delivery systems Critical Infrastructure: Real-time monitoring and control of energy grids, water systems, and transportation networks Agricultural Technology: Precision farming applications with extended coverage across large rural deployments
Ecosystem Partnership Benefits
Academic Collaboration European
Universities gain access to cutting-edge semiconductor IP and digital twin platforms, fostering next-generation talent development in strategic technology domains whilst accelerating research-to-market pathways.
Manufacturing
Excellence
OEMs and tier-suppliers can co-innovate using comprehensive
digital twins, reducing physical
prototyping costs, shortening
development cycles, and enabling
sovereign European manufacturing capabilities.
Start-up Acceleration
Emerging companies benefit from
non-dilutive funding access, world class design tools, and validation infrastructure, accelerating their path from concept to commercial deployment in strategic markets.
Technical Differentiation
Standards Leadership
Co-founder status in Wi-Fi Alliance’s HaLow certification programme ensures protocol maturity, ecosystem readiness, and long-term interoperability across European deployments.
Silicon-Validated AI
Proven on-chip intelligence
architecture delivers deterministic
performance for safety-critical
applications whilst maintaining ultralow power consumption profiles essential for autonomous operation.
Sovereign Security
Edge-based processing architecture ensures sensitive data never leaves the device, meeting stringent European data protection requirements and defence-grade security standards.
Looking Forward: Shaping Europe’s Technological Future
By combining Methods2Business’s leadership in sustainable, intelligent IoT with Siemens Cre8Ventures’ digital-twin-based collaborative venturing model, this partnership will help Europe pioneer new classes of autonomous drones capable of secure, resilient, and energy-efficient operation across defence,
logistics, and smart-infrastructure domains. The collaboration represents more than technological integration it embodies a strategic commitment to European sovereignty in critical semiconductor and
embedded systems capabilities. Through comprehensive digital twin validation, accelerated development cycles, and access to strategic funding mechanisms, Methods2Business and Siemens Cre8Ventures are establishing a new paradigm for how European innovation ecosystems can compete globally
whilst maintaining strategic autonomy.
Together, we are shaping a future where sovereign connectivity and intelligence meet sustainability4by design. This partnership demonstrates that European technology leadership is not merely aspirational but achievable through focused collaboration, world-class engineering, and strategic ecosystem partnerships that leverage our collective strengths.
About the Sovereign Digital Twin Marketplace: Siemens Cre8Ventures’ innovative platform enables collaborative venturing through comprehensive digital twin environments, connecting start-ups, academic institutions, and industrial partners to accelerate European technological sovereignty whilst reducing time-to-market for critical innovations.
