Weeteq is a Scottish startup that designs circuit-level power and control system optimisation IP. The technology is ‘wee,’ but the idea is big – the firm wants its efficiency software to be an essential part of autonomous industry. Support from the semiconductor bigwigs, such as Arm and Silicon Catalyst, has played a huge role in Weeteq’s journey and the startup plans to follow Arm’s business blueprint. The Glasgow-headquartered firm is targeting smart manufacturing, a sector that spent $5 billion on microcontrollers in 2023, and automated vehicles, which spent $3.3 billion on microcontrollers in the same period. The issue in these industries, according to Weeteq, is an over-reliance on sensor infrastructure to monitor and analyze data from machines, which leads to…