Arduino raised the VENTUNO Q’s official retail price from $299 to $399 on 19 October 2026, ending the edge-AI board’s introductory offer. Customers who had already pre-ordered keep the $299 price. On 26 October, Arduino’s US store still labelled the board as a pre-order and estimated delivery in three to four weeks, so this is a pricing update rather than a new launch or hardware revision.
Quick summary
- The US list price has increased by $100, or roughly 33.4 per cent, from $299 to $399.
- Arduino says existing pre-orders will be honoured at the introductory price.
- The company attributes the increase mainly to higher component costs, particularly memory.
- No VENTUNO Q specification or board revision was announced alongside the price change.
What changed, and why
Arduino introduced VENTUNO Q in March and opened orders in August at $299, fulfilling its promise to start below $300. Its 19 October notice says that promotional period has now ended. Arduino describes $399 as the official retail price and says it absorbed rising component costs for as long as it could, singling out memory modules as a major pressure.
| VENTUNO Q price point | US price | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory offer | $299 | Preserved for existing pre-orders |
| Official retail price | $399 | Current US-store listing |
| Increase | $100 | About 33.4 per cent |
The explanation comes from Arduino rather than an independent bill-of-materials analysis. The company also says VENTUNO Q sold out twice during the introductory period, but has not published order volumes. Those details matter because neither claim should be treated as a wider measure of supply or market demand.
The hardware has not changed
VENTUNO Q remains the same dual-processor development board. Its Linux side uses a Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 QCS8275 with an octa-core Kryo Gen 6 CPU, Adreno 623 GPU and a Hexagon NPU rated at up to 40 dense TOPS. Real-time control is handled separately by an STM32H5F5 Arm Cortex-M33 microcontroller running at 250MHz, with 4MB of flash and 1.5MB of RAM.
The board carries 16GB of LPDDR5 memory and 64GB of eMMC storage, plus an M.2 connector for NVMe Gen 4 storage. Connectivity includes tri-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3 and 2.5Gb Ethernet. Camera, display, USB and CAN-FD interfaces make it substantially broader than a conventional microcontroller board; our VENTUNO Q hardware and pinout guide covers the expansion layout in detail.
What the increase means for buyers
At $399, VENTUNO Q moves further into workstation-class edge-AI and robotics budgets. The practical comparison is therefore not simply against an Arduino microcontroller board, but against a Linux computer, accelerator and real-time controller assembled as separate devices. Our VENTUNO Q versus UNO Q comparison explains where the more expensive board’s memory, processing and industrial interfaces may justify that difference.
Software remains part of the proposition. Arduino App Lab joins Linux applications, Python, containerised AI models and Arduino sketches in one workflow; App Lab 0.11 recently added deployable app releases and local pose estimation for VENTUNO Q. Qualcomm’s public meta-qcom-arduino repository also lists a VENTUNO Q machine configuration for the QCS8275/QCS8300 platform, although Arduino describes that Linux software stack as beta.
Availability and regional pricing
The $399 figure is confirmed on Arduino’s US store. That page currently accepts pre-orders and gives an estimated three-to-four-week delivery window; it does not claim immediate dispatch. Arduino points buyers to distributors including Conrad, DigiKey, Mouser, Farnell, RS and Robu.in, but local currency prices, tax and availability can differ. Buyers outside the US should check the relevant regional store or authorised distributor rather than converting $399 directly.