Chatbots with no cloud dependency — 100% local processing! Axelera AI CMO Alexis Crowell joined us at The Things Conference 2025 to share a bit more about the company's completely offline small language model demo powered by the Metis Dev System, which leverages the Arduino Portenta X8 and Metis AIPU’s 214 TOPS AI inference performance. With real-world examples ranging from industrial automation to hospitality, this Arduino-powered solution highlights the flexibility and potential of deploying i