Napatech Receives First Production Order for AI Infrastructure Design Win
2026-05-08 07:30:00
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — May 8, 2026 (OSLO: NAPA.OL), — Napatech™ a leading provider of Programmable Network Interface Cards used in data centers, today announced that it has received the first material commercial purchase order associated with a major AI infrastructure design win secured in 2025. Napatech received its first production order in 2026 for its next-generation platform from a pioneer in AI inference systems. The initial order of 1,000 units, with multi-million dollar value, marks the transition from development into commercial production. This milestone represents the start of a multi-year deployment with the customer and provides strong validation of Napatech’s long-term strategy, technology roadmap, and product leadership in the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market. “Receiving our first production order is an important milestone in our journey to enable efficient AI infrastructure at scale,” said Kartik Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer of Napatech. “It validates our strategic direction and reinforces that Napatech’s technology is solving critical data movement and performance efficiency challenges for customers deploying AI inference solutions.” The customer’s AI Inferencing platform leverages Napatech’s high performance programmable SmartNIC architecture to deliver efficient, high-throughput, low latency, scale out connectivity for distributed AI workloads. As inferencing continues to expand across clustered server environments, demand for flexible and deterministic networking solutions that ensure valuable AI compute resources are fully utilized is accelerating. The contract supports Napatech’s financial guidance for the full year of 2026, which is unchanged. About Napatech Napatech is the leading provider of programmable SmartNIC and DPU solutions that accelerate AI, network, storage, and security workloads for cloud, enterprise, and telecom datacenters worldwide. Through commercial-grade software suites integrated with high-performance hardware, Napatech accelerates workloads to deliver best-in-class system-level performance while maximizing the availability of server compute resources for applications, services, and revenue. No Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements which are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to, business conditions, trends in the industry and markets, global economic and geopolitical conditions, macro-economic factors, and other risks and uncertainties set forth in Napatech’s reports. The matter discussed in this release is based on current expectations and is subject to change. Napatech will not necessarily update this information. For details, visit us at www.napatech.com. Investor Relations Press and Analyst Inquiries Klaus H. Skovrup Jarrod J.S. Siket Chief Financial Officer Chief Product & Marketing Officer ksk@napatech.com jjs@napatech.com +45 4596 1500 +1 724 799 4763