Know what the technology can really do before you bet on it.

Polley Advisory Group gives investors, boards and technology leaders an independent, expert read on AI, computational imaging and semiconductor technology, drawing on 30 years of building it at Samsung and Texas Instruments.

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  • Former SVP, Samsung Research America
  • TI Fellow, Texas Instruments
  • IEEE Fellow
  • Ph.D., MIT
  • 50+ U.S. patents

Where I help

Most technology decisions turn on a few hard questions: is it real, is it different, how long will it take, and will it matter in the market. I help you answer them with confidence.

Technology and investment due diligence

An independent assessment of emerging technologies, product readiness, technical differentiation, development requirements and market potential, to inform investment, acquisition and partnership decisions.

AI and computational imaging

Strategy for AI and machine-learning products, edge and on-device computing, and imaging pipelines, with differentiation that spans algorithms, embedded software and silicon.

Semiconductor and SoC architecture

Chipset roadmaps, architecture trade-offs, power-efficient system design, development strategy, and make, buy or partner decisions.

R&D strategy and IP leadership

Advanced technology R&D, technology and product roadmaps, organizing for innovation, governance, technical talent, commercialization strategy and patent portfolios.

Who I work with

Engagements are tailored to the decision in front of you, whether that is a term sheet, a board vote or a product roadmap.

Venture and corporate investors

Technical due diligence on AI, imaging, semiconductor and consumer-technology companies, so you know what you are buying and what it will take to deliver.

Boards and executive teams

Independent technical counsel on strategy, timing and risk, including board and technical advisory board roles with small and mid-sized companies.

Technology companies

Hands-on guidance on roadmaps, architecture, product and IP strategy, and building R&D organizations that ship.

Three decades of turning research into products

The advice comes from building technology at scale, from first research results through annual flagship smartphone launches.

  1. 2026 – present

    Polley Advisory Group

    Founder and Principal

    Independent advisory practice serving venture capital firms, investors, boards and technology companies.

  2. 2013 – 2026

    Samsung Research America

    Senior Vice President, Head of the Mobile Processor Innovation Lab

    Co-founded and led Samsung's U.S. lab for advanced camera and computational imaging, spanning AI algorithms, silicon and on-device software. Its Multi-Frame Processor and AI pixel-processing technologies have shipped in every Galaxy flagship since 2014, across the Galaxy S, Note, Z Fold and Z Flip lines.

    The lab delivered the core technology behind heavily advertised camera features:

    • Nightography
    • Expert RAW
    • Under-Display Camera
    • HDR
    • Advanced Digital Zoom

  3. Before 2013

    Texas Instruments

    TI Fellow, Chief Architect

    Over 18 years, served as Chief Architect of multiple TI businesses, defining generations of chipset architectures for OMAP application processors, imaging, audio, cellular media and communications chips.

About Michael Polley

Mike Polley is a semiconductor and AI technology executive with 30 years of R&D and business leadership at Samsung and Texas Instruments. His work has centered on one question: how to turn breakthrough technology into product differentiation and market advantage.

He is an IEEE Fellow, a TI Fellow and an MIT Ph.D., with more than 50 U.S. patents. Boards, C-suites and investors engage him to evaluate emerging technologies, shape differentiation strategy, judge development timing and assess likely market impact.

He founded Polley Advisory Group in 2026 to bring that experience to investors and companies making high-stakes technology decisions.

Ways to work together

Every engagement starts with a short call to understand the decision and the timeline.

Focused projects

Technical due diligence or a technology assessment, delivered as a clear written view with the risks and open questions called out.

Ongoing advisory

A standing advisory relationship for strategy, roadmap and architecture questions as they come up.

Board roles

Board and technical advisory board seats with small and mid-sized technology companies.

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Tell me about the technology, the decision you're facing and your timing.

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