July 2024
Milestone
aicas Software Connects 30 Million Devices.
aicas History
From 2001 to Now and Beyond – The Best is Yet to Come
/ More than 20 years
The Best is yet to Come
In 2021 aicas celebrated its 20th anniversary. The idea for aicas was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2001, when four graduates of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) joined forces to found the company with the vision of becoming a realtime embedded systems development company.
The founders could hardly imagine that twenty years later, their software technology would become an integral part of the IoT evolution and the digital transformation in the automotive industry. From the small beginnings in modest office spaces in the town of Karlsruhe their entrepreneurial energy put aicas on a journey of success across the globe – continuously supported by full confidence that the best is yet to come.
Silicon Valley had just hit the DOTCOM bust, but we thought embedded systems would bloom in the heart of Industrial Germany. We were excited to bring the new language Java to the Operational Technology (OT) world with realtime performance. We were enthusiastic about the possibilities that embedded software has to offer and we still are. That is why we founded aicas.
Over the years, we have expanded our vision of revolutionizing how embedded systems are programmed and managed. Stay tuned—the best is yet to come.
/ 20th Anniversary in 2021
Greetings from Partners and Friends
/ Timeline
aicas from 2001 to now and beyond!
aicas from 2001 to 2021 and beyond!
2024
January 2024
aicas EdgeSuite received certifications
aicas’ JamaicaAMS was Certified by Red Hat.
aicas EdgeSuite received AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR) Approval.
2023
October 2023
AWS Marketplace
aicas is now available on AWS Marketplace
September 2023
Leading Automotive Company Signs Contract
aicas signed a multi-year agreement with a leading automotive company to simplify platform portability and edge application management.
March 2023
Covesa Membership
aicas Joined Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA).
2022
December 2022
Milestone
aicas Software Connects 25 Million Devices.
2021
May 2021
aicas Edge Device Gateway (EDG) and aicas Edge Device Portal (EDP) for IoT
aicas expands the product and solution portfolio by adding two web-based services: aicas Edge Device Gateway (EDG) and aicas Edge Device Portal (EDP) focused on capturing the large IoT market potential
May 2021
aicas 20th Anniversary
On May3, 2021 we celebrate 20 years of aicas!
The best is yet to come!
Roundtables with renowned speakers, webinars around automotive, IoT and data, anniversary celebrations for employees, customers, and partners will be held throughout the anniversary year.
March 2021
JamaicaVM on RISC-V with SiFive and AWS
aicas premiered together with AWS and SiFive, showing a demonstrator running AWS IoT Greengrass 2.0 on JamaicaVM that was running on the RISC-V architecture, a growing market opportunity.
2020
October 2020
Over 20 Million licenses Sold
“Over 20 million cars” milestone passed in Oct. 2020. The company’s platforms had been used by half of the world’s largest auto industry leaders and had been used to connect more than 20 million devices.
June 2020
TU Automotive Detroit and Europe
TU Automotive Detroit and Europe: aicas was among the leaders discussing the future of auto tech and innovation at these events in the hearts of Motor City and European automotive markets.
2019
October 2019
More Partnerships
ISIT SAS, Toulouse, France became aicas integration partner for France.
aicas became technology partner for AWS.
October 2019
Milestone: 15 Million licenses Sold
JamaicaCAR: 15 Million licenses sold. aicas’ growth pushed the company past an important milestone: our JamaicaCAR app framework had been licensed for use as the core connectivity component in more than 15 million automotive infotainment systems.
JamaicaCAR integrated Alexa layer. In a joint development with partner Klika Tech, aicas integrated speech recognition functionalities with its frameworks JamaicaCAR and JamaicaIoT.
20 years aicas
May 3, 2021
In 2021, aicas’ 20th anniversary, we would like to extend heartfelt thanks to our current and former teammates and partners for their invaluable contributions to our many successes over the years.
When, in 2001, four young software engineers founded aicas in Karlsruhe, Germany, they could hardly imagine that twenty years on, their software technology would be embedded in more than 21 million automotive and industrial devices globally.
From the small beginnings in modest office spaces in a relatively quiet town, aicas has evolved into a global high-tech company with offices in Europe and North America, serving customers all over of the world.
Check out our 20 years aicas timeline!
"Silicon Valley had just hit the DOTCOM bust, but we thought embedded systems would bloom in the heart of Industrial Germany. We were excited to bring the new language Java to the Operational Technology (OT) world with realtime performance. We were enthusiastic about the possibilities that embedded software has to offer and we still are. That is why we founded aicas. Over the years, we have expanded our vision of revolutionizing how embedded systems are programmed and managed. Stay tuned—the best is yet to come.“
Dr. James J. Hunt
CEO/CTO
Anniversary Greetings from Partners and Friends
Automotive Software Future
20 Years Roundtable
Unlocking the Future of Driving with Data
Participants include Dr. Sven Beiker, Silicon Valley Mobility Center at Stanford University; Egil Juliussen, Ph.D., Automotive Analyst, formerly IHS Markit; Dr. Julian Weber, BMW; Michael Wintergerst, Volkswagen; and Johannes M. Biermann, aicas.
Internet of Things
20 Years Roundtable
Agile IoT – from Edge to Cloud
Participants include Marco Becker, IDC; Bill O’Such, Momenta; Gonzalo Perez Rodriguez, Telefonica; Farid Bichareh, IIC and Johannes M. Biermann, aicas.
TIMELINE
aicas from 2001 to 2021 and beyond!
aicas from 2001 to 2021 and beyond!
2001
May 2001
aicas was born!
aicas GmbH was founded in Karlsruhe on 3 May 2001 by four partners:
James J. Hunt, Andy Walter, Fridtjof B. Siebert and Götz M. Fluck as CEO.
October 2001
aicas launched JamaicaVM
aicas launched its first product: JamaicaVM.
In autumn 2001, aicas presented JamaicaVM for the first time at the SPS/IPC/Drives exhibition in Nuremberg. Initial customers came from industrial, avionics and aerospace.
2002
March 2002
First office at Höpfner Burg
First office at Höpfner Burg in Karlsruhe, Germany.
April 2002
FZI Partnership
aicas entered into a partnership with Förderverein des Forschungszentrums Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe.
November 2002
JamaicaVM 2.0 was Released
JamaicaVM 2.0 using the GNU Classpath class library was released with support for the Real-Time Specification for Java 1.0.
2003
June 2003
Global Expansion: Japan
Global expansion: aicas expanded its area of activity and started to offer its products in Japan.
July 2003
Peter Marggrander became CFO
Peter Marggrander became shareholder and CFO of aicas.
October 2003
EADS Development Partnership
EADS and aicas agreed to a development partnership to jointly promote Java solutions for embedded space applications.
December 2003
BMW Scientific Award
aicas received the BMW Scientific Award for its realtime technology.
2004
February 2004
JamaicaVM in SIMOTION Products
Siemens integrated JamaicaVM in their SIMOTION products.
April 2004
More Developers joined
Expansion: With additional financial resources secured, aicas expanded technical staff to leap into the automotive industry.
October 2004
James Hunt, CEO
Dr. James J. Hunt became the new CEO of aicas.
October 2004
JamaicaVM in Dreamliner
JamaicaVM 2.4 was deployed inside Boeing 787 Dreamliner to enhance gate arrival technical maintenance with secure exchange of all onboard data starting at touchdown.
2005
