EmbeddedOS Research Foundation

Open infrastructure for the embedded AI era.

The EmbeddedOS Research Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing open-source operating systems, embedded AI runtimes, and neural interface technology. Founded in 2024, governed by sustaining members, deployed across automotive, industrial, medical, consumer, and aerospace systems worldwide.

Mission

"To make state-of-the-art embedded AI infrastructure freely available to every developer, every organization, and every device — from microcontrollers to neural interfaces."

— Foundation Charter, Article I

Foundation Principles

Four pillars that guide every decision

Open

Apache 2.0 across the entire stack. CLA opt-in. Bit-identical reproducible builds verifiable by anyone.

Foundation-governed

501(c)(3) nonprofit. Board elected by sustaining members. Every governance vote published with full member-by-member breakdown.

Member-driven

Working groups operate by lazy consensus with public RFCs. Anyone can join a working group; voting requires foundation membership.

Industry-deployed

Components shipping in production embedded systems across automotive, industrial, medical, consumer, and aerospace verticals.

Our Story

From three components to a complete ecosystem

Two-and-a-half years of milestones — from the foundation's incorporation to today.

2024 Q1

Foundation incorporated

EmbeddedOS Research Foundation files 501(c)(3) status. First three components (EoS RTOS, eBoot, eBuild) released under Apache 2.0.

2024 Q3

First sustaining members

12 sustaining-tier organizations join. Initial board elected. Working Groups for Safety-Certified and Documentation form.

2025 Q2

EAI 0.5 — first on-device LLM

Embedded AI runtime ships with INT8 quantized inference. Demonstrated on 4 reference boards across 3 architectures.

2025 Q4

ENI 0.4 — neural interface stack

1024-channel deterministic spike pipeline first publicly demoed at ESWEEK 2025. Open dataset license drafted.

2026 Q1

eos-platform 1.0

Meta-distribution reaches 1.0 with stable APIs, unified manifest, reproducible builds across all 14 components.

2026 Q2

EAI 0.9 INT4 + Members Day

1.3B-parameter LLM at 11 tok/s on Cortex-M85. Foundation membership crosses 3,000.

By the Numbers

The foundation in 2026

14open-source components

3,254foundation members

87sustaining organisations

2,142external contributors

6.8Mdevices in production

18universities teaching EoS

6regional chapters

$0vendor lock-in cost

Leadership

Who runs the foundation

The Board is elected annually by sustaining members. Working group chairs are selected by working-group consensus.

Dr. Anjali Rao

President · Board Chair

15 years at the intersection of RTOS engineering and AI accelerators. Previously led the kernel team at a major embedded vendor.

Marcus Chen

Executive Director

Foundation operations, partnerships, and program management. Background in open-source community building (LF Edge, Apache).

Dr. Priya Krishnan

Chief Technology Officer

Steers the technical roadmap across all 14 components. PhD in operating systems; co-author of two ISO standards.

Sofia Bergström

Director of Research

Coordinates the Neural Interface and Embedded AI Ethics working groups. Adjunct faculty at KTH Stockholm.

Akira Tanaka

Director of Standards

Liaises with IEC/ISO committees and partner standards bodies. Lead author of EoS-S Safety-Certified spec.

Carlos Mendez

Treasurer · Board

Foundation financial governance, member dues, grants administration. CPA with 20 years nonprofit accounting.

Recognition

Standing in the field

✅ 501(c)(3) certified — IRS recognition, 2024
🏆 Embedded.com Innovation Award 2025 (Open-source category)
📰 Featured in IEEE Spectrum, Hackster.io, EE Times Asia
🎓 Adopted as reference curriculum at 18 universities
🏅 Open Source Initiative affiliate
🌍 Translated into English, German, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi

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