Two Billion in Real World IoT Impact. What Changed and Why It Matters
For a long time, low power IoT lived in the land of pilots.
Interesting trials. Promising demos. PowerPoint architectures that never quite made it into daily operations.
That changed.
At CES 2026, we are sharing data that shows what happens when low power IoT moves from experimentation into production. Across thousands of deployments and millions of connected devices, organizations are now generating measurable economic value from systems that quietly run in the background of critical operations.
This did not happen overnight.
Over the past year, something shifted. Expectations caught up with reality. Instead of chasing novelty, teams focused on reliability, longevity, and systems that can survive real industrial timelines. Food safety networks that operate across continents. Buildings that continuously optimize energy use. Agricultural deployments that run for years, not months. These are no longer edge cases. They are the baseline.
We heard this clearly at The Things Conference 2025.
Pete Bernard from the EDGE AI Foundation described it simply. The industry is moving from pilots to infrastructure. Low power, edge based systems are no longer experimental. They are becoming dependable parts of how organizations run their operations.
Kai Hackbarth from Bosch reinforced the same lesson from a different angle. Chasing a single killer application does not work. Real progress comes from designing IoT systems that evolve over time, support changing requirements, and remain operational for years.
That mindset is what unlocks scale.
This week at CES, Las Vegas, we will be showing real examples of this maturity in action. Not concepts. Not future roadmaps. Deployed systems that deliver value today because they were designed to last.
If you want the full announcement, including detailed figures and context, you can read the official press release below and dive into the data behind the milestone.
If you are also at CES, come find us in North Hall, Stand 10349 and compare notes. If you are building or operating low power IoT systems already, we would love to hear what changed for you when things finally moved into production.
