What Went Extinct in IoT: Edge AI, Security and Chip Start-ups — Deep Tech Strategy

The 50 billion devices never came and cloud-only data is on its way out; what is buzzing now is edge AI, security by design and a new wave of chip start-ups. Guest: Navneeta Deo (Deep Tech Strategy) The Things Podcast, recorded live at The Things Conference 2026, Amsterdam, 22 September 2026 Navneeta Deo, an adviser to semiconductor deep-tech start-ups with about 15 years in semiconductors and IoT, looks at the IoT ideas that went extinct: the 50 billion devices forecast for 2020, easy IoT revenue and sending all data to the cloud. She explains why edge AI and security by design now lead, which ideas she sees from chip start-ups, from neuromorphic computing to optical processing, and how the go-to-market of chip companies and IoT companies differs.