Joining forces with the Edge AI Foundation enables us to bring our lightweight containerization and orchestration solution to a community committed to pushing the boundaries of edge intelligence. By working together, we’ll accelerate the integration and deployment of agile, portable, and secure AI models in embedded devices and systems spanning all industries.”
— Jason Shepherd, CEO, Atym
Atym is an ideal foundation for deploying and managing containerized applications including AI models on lightweight edge devices. What makes Atym unique:
- Tiny, Portable Containers: Atym delivers “Docker on a Diet,” enabling lightweight OCI-like containers that are chipset and OS agnostic and portable between CPU and MCU-based devices with as little as 256 KB of memory.
- Agile and Secure: Atym supports fractional updates of application containers without requiring reboots and strong security through container isolation and granular permissions—reducing risk and enhancing resilience.
- Built for Scale: With the Atym Hub, organizations can streamline operations by remotely deploying, managing, and debugging containerized apps across large fleets of edge devices.
- Based on Open Standards: Atym leverages the open source Ocre device runtime from the Linux Foundation’s LF Edge organization and is actively working with other industry leaders to evolve standards for WebAssembly-based containerization in the embedded space.
By bridging the historical gap between the cloud and embedded worlds, Atym enables AI and embedded developers to collaborate effectively without having to learn entirely new skill sets. AI developers can write models in choice of programming language and deploy them as containers to edge devices without having to worry about the complexities of the underlying hardware, just like they would with Docker. Meanwhile, embedded developers can evolve their lower-level device functionality without affecting the application layer on top.
Atym’s powerful combination of agility, flexibility, and security for embedded solutions enables our ecosystem to innovate faster and deploy smarter. We look forward to exploring how their forward-thinking device edge orchestration approach can help deliver flexible, secure, and scalable edge AI solutions.