At CES 2026, ThunderSoft introduced its AIOS (AI-native Operating System) architecture, a portfolio designed to embed artificial intelligence directly into the operating system layer for vehicles, IoT devices, and robotics. The transition to AIOS represents an evolution of the company’s system software expertise, moving from mobile and software-defined vehicle platforms toward a unified architecture that handles AI workloads at the OS level.
“AI is rapidly becoming a foundational capability, much like operating systems once were,” said Larry Geng, Co-founder and Executive President of ThunderSoft. “With AIOS, we are integrating AI directly into the operating system layer, so it can be deployed reliably, securely, and at scale across vehicles, devices, and robots. CES 2026 is an important milestone where we are showing how this architecture is already powering real products.”
The company’s automotive division debuted AquaDrive OS 2.0 Pre, a next-generation platform for intelligent cockpits. Built on mass-production-ready architectures, the system integrates large-model intelligence and multi-agent interaction into the vehicle OS. The platform aims to balance cloud-based intelligence with edge responsiveness, maintaining millisecond-level response times (≤500 ms) for core functions to meet strict safety and real-time performance requirements. Key features include a unified driving visualization that merges navigation and panoramic imaging, as well as scalable AI compute expansion via AIBOX.
In the AIoT sector, ThunderSoft showcased hardware and software solutions spanning smart home hubs, wearable AI glasses, and imaging devices. The AI Home Hub acts as a central system brain, coordinating multiple devices while processing AI workloads locally to manage data security. For wearable tech, the AIOS-customized glasses integrate voice interaction and first-person vision at the system level to provide a hands-free interface for real-world environmental understanding.
The robotics demonstrations highlighted how AIOS coordinates AI models, compute resources, and multi-sensor inputs to enable autonomous navigation and precise motion control. ThunderSoft’s subsidiary, KNEWBOTS, presented logistics robots for warehouse environments designed for high-reliability task scheduling. To support continued innovation in this space, the company also featured the RUBIK Pi 3, a compact edge AI development platform equipped with various I/O options and an on-device software stack intended for rapid prototyping.
ThunderSoft, which listed in 2015 as a technical company specialized in intelligent operating systems, continues to expand its business from smartphones into industrial and automotive sectors by focusing on how system software drives the adoption of new technologies.
