e-peas CEO, Geoffroy Gosset, was recently interviewed by EE Times’ reporter Rebecca Pool on how surging investment, maturing PMICs, and evolving cellular and wireless standards are pushing ambient IoT toward widespread adoption.
The ambient IoT energy-harvesting market is reaching an inflection point. What was once a niche design experiment – powering connected, battery-free devices – is fast becoming a mainstream engineering reality.
This shift is supported by a recent forecast from U.S. analyst Precedence Research, which projects a 34.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the global ambient IoT market.
In the interview, our CEO, Geoffroy Gosset, shared how customer interactions have evolved since the company was founded. Back in 2014, people at trade shows were mainly trying to understand what e-peas was doing and what the technology could be used for.
Today, customers come to us with specific projects, often having already bought the technology and looking to discuss how to take their ideas to the next stage.
Commercial Deployments, Emerging Standards and Market Growth
And those projects are no longer limited to high-density supply chain tracking. Ambient energy harvesting is now making inroads into HVAC systems, smart buildings, fire detectors, smart locks, and everyday consumer electronics.
e-peas has already taken this vision into the real world through products such as solar-powered Bluetooth keyboards and the battery-free Google TV G32 remote that runs on ambient light, all powered by e-peas PMIC technology.
A first step toward establishing a reliable network infrastructure is the development of common industry standards. Initiatives such as the Ambient IoT Alliance (AIoTA), which is working to develop standards for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G, together with the 3GPP inclusion of ambient IoT in cellular standards, are laying the groundwork for device interoperability and security.
Strong capital inflows, including a recent $22 million financing round for e-peas, are driving rapid international commercial scaling.
e-peas Continues to Expand Ultra-Low PMIC Capabilities
As the ambient IoT market grows, e-peas technology is making energy harvesting increasingly practical for high-volume products that require PMICs to adapt to evolving, multi-source environments.
Recent technical advancements include dual-source PMICs that can collect power from two sources simultaneously, such as light (PV cells) and thermal energy. Single-chip PMICs capable of harvesting energy from both indoor ambient light and outdoor light sources can also power applications such as self-charging headphones, e-readers and remote security cameras.
e-peas has also integrated ultra-low-power coulomb counters into its chipsets, enabling more accurate energy measurement and helping turn ambient IoT devices into cost-effective, mass market products.
Read the full piece in the September 2026 issue of EE Times or online to explore the market drivers, industry standards such as 3GPP and AIoTA, and how e-peas is helping shape the battery-free future.
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