Glossary / Edge AI
Edge AI
Intelligence that runs on the device itself rather than in the cloud — one of the layers that turn static hardware into systems that keep evolving after sale.
Introduced in Chapter 4 — The Moat Erodes of Tangibles.
Related terms
- Commoditization — The slide by which a once-distinctive product becomes interchangeable with rivals' and loses its price premium — the erosion that connected, software-driven features are meant to resist.
- Moat (competitive) — A durable competitive advantage that keeps rivals from copying you.
- Data flywheel — A self-reinforcing loop in which a product's use generates data that improves the product, which attracts more use and still more data.
- Electrum — An open-source companion toolkit for the hardware-software boundary decision — taking a concept from a one-line idea through boundary definition to a gate review.