The Oregon UAS Accelerator has announced a new strategic partnership with Numurus, the company behind the NEPI edge‑AI software engine, to help unmanned systems startups move from prototype to field‑ready deployments faster and with less risk.
As the state’s Center of Innovation Excellence for unmanned aircraft and robotic systems, the Oregon UAS Accelerator connects founders with funding, world‑class testing at the Pendleton UAS Test Range, and a growing network of technical and commercial partners. Numurus joins that ecosystem to provide a robust software foundation for teams building intelligent, sensor‑rich, and autonomous systems.
Why Numurus and NEPI matter for founders
Building UAS and robotic solutions often starts with the same difficult groundwork: wiring up sensors, managing data, deploying AI models, and building control interfaces before a team can even test its core idea. NEPI is designed to take on that heavy lift.
NEPI provides:
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A ready‑to‑use software environment for edge computers, including platforms like NVIDIA Jetson
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Plug‑and‑play drivers for common sensors, cameras, and navigation hardware
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Built‑in tools for data logging, time‑synchronized recording, and visualization
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An orchestration layer for running AI models, automations, and autonomy workflows at the edge
By using NEPI as a common baseline, startups can spend more time testing real missions and less time reinventing infrastructure. Teams that might have needed months to stand up a working stack can now reach meaningful demos in a fraction of the time.
What accelerator teams receive through the partnership
As part of this partnership, companies in the Oregon UAS Accelerator cohort receive:
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Access to a ready‑to‑deploy NEPI software container for their edge hardware
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Documentation, tutorials, and community resources tailored to accelerator teams
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Direct access to Numurus support and engineering services for deeper integration or advanced use cases
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A dedicated NEPI for Oregon UAS Accelerator landing page that walks founders through setup, best practices, and next steps
Teams can use NEPI to bring up live sensor feeds, run onboard AI for detection and mapping, manage mission data, and create low‑code automation flows—all while operating fully at the edge, even in bandwidth‑constrained or GPS‑challenged environments.
Strengthening a founder‑focused ecosystem
The Oregon UAS Accelerator was built to provide more than just workspace and flight days; it’s designed to give founders practical tools and partnerships that shorten the path to commercialization. Numurus fits squarely into that mission by offering production‑grade software and expertise that would otherwise be out of reach for many early‑stage teams.
For investors and industry partners, this collaboration means working with startups whose systems are built on a more robust, testable, and scalable software stack. For founders, it means they can validate use cases in defense, infrastructure, environmental monitoring, maritime, and industrial markets with greater confidence and less technical debt.
How to get started with NEPI in the accelerator
Current cohort members can learn about the program and access NEPI via the Numurus landing page:
https://nepi.com/oregon-uas-accelerator/
The page outlines why NEPI is included in the accelerator, what resources are available, and examples of what teams can build using the platform.
Founders interested in joining future cohorts, and gaining access to partners like Numurus, can learn more about the Oregon UAS Accelerator and applying to our future cohorts.
Together, the Oregon UAS Accelerator and Numurus are working to make edge‑AI and advanced autonomy more accessible to the next generation of uncrewed systems innovators.
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