Arduino’s VENTUNO Q AI computer moves to a $399 retail price today, ending the $299 introductory offer that accompanied its August ordering debut. Buyers who have already preordered will retain the introductory price, Arduino says. The change puts the board $100 above its launch offer.
Arduino attributes the increase to higher costs for key components, particularly memory modules, and says those costs continue to rise across the industry. The company says it absorbed the increases before moving to the new price. VENTUNO Q can be purchased through the Arduino Store and distributors including DigiKey and Mouser, alongside other partners worldwide.
The board pairs 16 GB of RAM with a Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU carrying a rating of 40 dense TOPS. Arduino positions that processor for running local LLMs and vision AI on the device itself. A separate STM32H5 handles interaction with physical hardware, with response times below a millisecond, according to the company.
Arduino introduced VENTUNO Q in March with a commitment to an introductory price below $300, then opened orders at $299 in August. The company says the board has sold out twice and that orders have continued since those sellouts. It also points developers toward its Works with Arduino™ program, powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing™ processors, as a route from prototypes into production.
Software updates will continue without an additional charge, Arduino says. The company says the next release of Arduino® App Lab will add AI models and compatibility with third-party accessories, including MIPI CSI cameras and Raspberry Pi HATs. Developers can already experiment with beta support for the Qualcomm® Linux® software stack through GitHub.
Arduino says early community projects include inspection systems for industrial production lines, a humanoid service robot and a tool using a depth camera. It also reports users running Half Life 2 and Skyrim on the board. In a separate accessory introduction last week, Arduino presented the Arduino USB Camera for vision and audio work with boards including VENTUNO Q and UNO Q.
