Yes, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has acquired Arduino. This acquisition will help Arduino accelerate its commitment to accessibility and innovation.

To empower developers and enterprises with a comprehensive edge computing stack that spans from hardware to cloud – combining Arduino’s accessibility with Qualcomm Technologies’ products, and integrating solutions from other Qualcomm companies including Edge Impulse and Foundries.io for streamlined AI development and deployment.

Arduino will retain its independent brands, tools, and mission – with greater reach and resources thanks to Qualcomm. In addition, Arduino remains committed to openness and multi-vendor hardware support – including the development of future boards which can use processors from Qualcomm Technologies.

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No. This strengthens our mission: to make advanced technology accessible to everyone. Arduino’s DNA – openness, simplicity, and innovation – remains unchanged.

No changes expected at this time. All existing boards and support will continue. In fact, we expect improvements in performance, connectivity, and scalability across the portfolio over time.

Arduino is committed to providing an evolving suite of software tools. Current software tools, such as IDE and CLI, will continue to work with our products for Sketches and MCU programming. The new Arduino App Lab and App CLI will expand developers’ options by combining MCU and MPU development with even more ease of use and versatility.

UNO Q is Arduino’s first dual-brain board powered by the Qualcomm Dragonwing™ platform, which is designed to enable a unique combination of Linux® apps, real-time control, and lightweight AI – also thanks to the new Arduino App Lab, an all-in-one development environment designed for seamless app building. Find out more on the dedicated product page.

No. This is an expansion, not a shift. Entry-level and maker boards remain central to Arduino’s mission.

Yes. The open-source foundation of Arduino will remain. Hardware schematics, SDKs, libraries, and IDEs will continue to be open and community-focused.

Yes! Yes! Arduino remains a community-focused platform. Contributions, libraries, forums, and feedback continue as before – only now with more possibilities.

Yes! Our community of millions of developers is core to this strategy. With Qualcomm Technologies’ support, we are poised to expand educational outreach, content, and hardware options.

Yes. Arduino Cloud will continue to evolve and may also integrate with new offerings from Qualcomm and partners over time.

No immediate changes are expected. For volume deployments, professional support plans and secure deployment tools may be offered – with transparent pricing tiers.

With Edge Impulse, a Qualcomm company, we’re building an integrated pipeline from sensor data to deployed AI model – optimized for performance and ease of use.

Yes.

Foundries.io, a Qualcomm company, provides secure Linux®, OTA, and CI/CD pipelines for production-ready deployment. It will complement Arduino’s new Linux®-capable boards and enable full lifecycle management for edge fleets.

Arduino was built by—and continues to thrive because of—a global ecosystem of educators, makers, students, researchers, and developers who care deeply about openness, transparency, and user empowerment. Your feedback matters to us, and we take it seriously.

First and foremost, the existing and future open-source licenses that govern our hardware or software projects remain openly available and community-driven. Any hardware, software or services (e.g. Arduino IDE, hardware schematics, tooling, and libraries) released with Open Source licenses remain available as before. There is no need to use reverse-engineering on those artifacts, since they are fully open. Restrictions on reverse-engineering continue to apply to Software-As-A-Service cloud applications. Anything that was open, stays open.

As before, Arduino does not claim any ownership on user-generated content, but clarifies that the content you choose to publish on the Arduino platforms can be used by the community and to enable user-requested features, collaboration tools, and the operation of cloud services.

The new AI policy terms aim to encourage the safe use of AI in connection with Arduino products. We understand that using AI presents new and exciting avenues for development. Our updated terms intend to encourage responsible and safe use of our AI-enabled products, and to discourage misuse, including prohibiting the use of our artificial-intelligence-enabled products for military, dangerous, illegal, deceptive, or exploitative purposes.

The updated Privacy Policy clarifies data retention information for different data processing scenarios, and other standards like age limitations to provide age-appropriate services and content. As disclosed in the Privacy Policy, we limit data retention for inactive users by automatically deactivating their accounts after 24 months of inactivity (in which case usernames would still be preserved in the Arduino Forum to address an explicit request from the Forum community to maintain attribution for user-generated content; where user requests account deletion, the username would be promptly removed and related posts would become anonymous).

Our updated patent terms aim to prevent any third party to use the platform to bring patent litigation claims against Arduino and its community. This lets us release new products and services faster, while creating a safe space for the community, our customers, and our partners to share their newest and best products and projects.

In summary, the updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy are intended to bolster the open ethos that defines Arduino. These updates aim to provide clarity on the rights you have over your creations and the protections you receive when using the Arduino services. These latest changes reflect:

• Enhanced data practice transparency with clearer and more granular privacy disclosures, as well as strengthened clarity and protection on minors’ data processing;
• New product capabilities (including optional AI-powered features);
• Updates to provisions concerning our compliance with export controls and U.S.-specific privacy laws, data handling, and other legal regimes and standards; and
• The need to provide clear language to make how you purchase and return things from us clearer and easier for a broader and more diverse set of services, including expanded commercial terms concerning Premium Services.

With that in mind, our commitment remains the same: to support an open, collaborative, and innovative environment where makers and developers can create freely and confidently.

If you have specific concerns or suggestions, we welcome ongoing dialogue at privacy@arduino.cc.