BRN Discussion Ongoing

[Bravo]

Bravo,
That’s exactly what I thought, until someone alerted there was no AI Accelerator in that release and Hailo was being used..

Anyway, what’s new here? Did we miss something?

I would’ve thought that if said MCU released to market had Akida inside, said share price would be definitively cranking harder now for sure..

Hi Schnitzy,

As per previous post, Renesas is launching the first chip based on the new 22nm CMOS process in Q4 2023.

So, since we are in Q4 right now it can't be too long before we see the launch.

In December 2022 Sailesh Chickpea (I've forgotten how to spell his surname, sorry) from Renesas said “Our next step is to use more advanced technology nodes to push microcontrollers into the gigahertz regime and that's where they overlap with microprocessors. The way I see it is that what matters most is the performance of the system.

“Now you have accelerators to drive AI with neural processing units rather than a dual-core processor. We are working with a third party to put a processor into production in December on a 22nm CMOS process,” Chittipeddi said.

Brainchip and Renesas signed an agreement in December 2020 to implement spiking neural network technology. The tools are vital for this new field. “The partner gives us the training tools we need,” he said.

Also, in the previous article I posted it says that "Renesas will combine the new 22-nm MCUs with numerous compatible devices from its portfolio to offer a wide array of Winning Combinations".

So, as @chapman89 once famously said "Now can everybody just hold their horses and understand that we are all going to be rich".

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sailesh-chittipeddi-81774a1/overlay/about-this-profile/​

 

[AusEire]

Well, what is the other plausable substantiated reason ??

Time to take off the tinfoil hat mate

 

[AusEire]

Exactly! I was very envious of the casual catch-ups in Perth. Would have loved to have met the crew, but seriously never contemplated for a minute that it was anything more than an informal opportunity to meet and have a chat over a drink. Stop overthinking it people! Do you really think they’re unprofessional enough to say anything that isn’t already on public record.

We barely see social media posts from the company yet people here think the meeting was so significant that it moved the market

 

[Fact Finder]

@Fact Finder ............ You mentioned that most shareholders were questioning Sean/Tony regarding the lack of communication and the short manipulation.
With regards to the short manipulation, can you give feed back on what Sean/BODs have been doing with regards to this?
As we know, shorting can be very detrimental to a company, especially a start-up, so id like to hear of/if any pro-active steps that may have been taken.

Hi MRGDS
They acknowledged its existence but bundled it in with the undervalued share price and my take was they see IP sales and commercial adoption as the panacea for all the ills.

It struck me that Sean’s entire focus is capitalising on

1. the ecosystem they have built, and
2. the fact that AKIDA 2.0 is so fit for purpose and well received by potential customers,

that his every waking moment is taken up with driving adoption and sales.

One further thing Sean Hehir emphasised and I apologise for omitting it is that currently the only reliable/benchmarking of Edge compute offerings is that being done and released by TinyML.

He stated that because Edge is still a poorly defined flexible term a lot of benchmarking being done is unreliable and or manufactured to suit a purpose.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLISTA

 

[Pom down under]

WEN INVITE? WEN MOON?

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[Wags]

Well said! The naivety around here is astounding. Professional investors, analysts, institutions brokers and journos have meetings with publicly listed company boards all the time. Now some lowly retail investors get the same privilege and the sky is falling. I believe FF, Chapman, and Serag have shared on TSE what they were told at the meeting. That’s more information than we would have been given if the meeting was instos or brokers only.
Look, there’s no doubt that as a group of BRN shareholders we are facing some adversity at present. Self doubt, paranoia and anxiety seep in especially if you are sitting on large paper losses and personal timelines for revenue have blown out. I feel it too. But BRN is in the right place at the right time. IMO the business model that is (barely) 2 years old will bear fruit. Our ecosystem will succeed. Have a look at the journey of some other tech behemoths. Let’s not eat our own and become victim to conspiracy theories. Onward.

Carefull @Papacass you are letting commonsense and practicality creep into your message.
I have flown in for the last two AGM's, and met up with other shareholders and BOD's over a beer. I honestly felt a little tinge when I felt not good enough for an invite, but as you say, happy for other solid shareholders to attend and pass on their thoughts. They didn't have to. (Thankyou also to FF, Chappy and the others).
Like lots here (I assume), my timelines had us further down the road by now, but I accept the headwinds and world affairs mess with the big end of town. I had really hoped we would have surfaced for real world good, during the pandemic, with a breath analyser, but alas, the sensors weren't up to the task.
On balance, I still firmly believe, the train is still coming chippers, and I think it's still coming at a great rate on knots. I can watch and speculate for quite a while yet, but I wont be surprised at all, when a surprise lands.
Also, want to say thankyou to the valued contributors here, plus or minus, as long as balanced discussion gets kicked around.
No thankyou, to the constant negativity, bullying and bashing. I think you all should just F*^k off.
I expect to get a public flogging for that, but oh well, Its friday arvo and Ive got a beer in my hand. (as I shrug my shoulders)
Have fun weekend all, stay safe.
Macca

 

[wilzy123]

THANKS BIG DOG.
NOW YOU CAN F##K OFF

Aren't you a delightful little cherub

 

[Pom down under]

No thankyou, to the constant negativity, bullying and bashing. I think you all should just F*^k off.
I expect to get a public flogging for that, but oh well, Its friday arvo and Ive got a beer in my hand. (as I shrug my shoulders)
Have fun weekend all, stay safe.
Macca

But it does make good reading

 

[Makeme 2020]

Aren't you a delightful little cherub

Thanks Bin Boy

 

[Diogenese]

Carefull @Papacass you are letting commonsense and practicality creep into your message.
I have flown in for the last two AGM's, and met up with other shareholders and BOD's over a beer. I honestly felt a little tinge when I felt not good enough for an invite, but as you say, happy for other solid shareholders to attend and pass on their thoughts. They didn't have to. (Thankyou also to FF, Chappy and the others).
Like lots here (I assume), my timelines had us further down the road by now, but I accept the headwinds and world affairs mess with the big end of town. I had really hoped we would have surfaced for real world good, during the pandemic, with a breath analyser, but alas, the sensors weren't up to the task.
On balance, I still firmly believe, the train is still coming chippers, and I think it's still coming at a great rate on knots. I can watch and speculate for quite a while yet, but I wont be surprised at all, when a surprise lands.
Also, want to say thankyou to the valued contributors here, plus or minus, as long as balanced discussion gets kicked around.
No thankyou, to the constant negativity, bullying and bashing. I think you all should just F*^k off.
I expect to get a public flogging for that, but oh well, Its friday arvo and Ive got a beer in my hand. (as I shrug my shoulders)
Have fun weekend all, stay safe.
Macca

Hi Wags,

This is the technion NaNose patent application:
US2023152319A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RAPID DETECTION OF VIRUSES

A device, optionally in a form of a handheld device, for diagnosing, screening or monitoring a viral infection in an asymptomatic subject, the device comprising:

a sensor surface comprising one or more sensing regions, each of the sensing regions comprising ligand-associated nanoparticles, configured and operable for interacting with one or more VOCs present in the subject's exhaled breath; and

a processing unit comprising a learning and pattern recognition analyzer configured for receiving output signals from the one or more of the sensing regions and comparing the signals to a stored data, by utilizing a pattern recognition algorithm;

wherein the ligands associated to the nanoparticles are selected from dodecanethiol, hexanethiol, decanethiol, tert-dodecanethiol, butanethiol, 2-ethylhexanethiol, dibutyl disulfide, 2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzenethiol, benzylmercaptane, 4-chlorobenzenemethanethiol, 3-ethoxythiolphenol, 4-tert-methylbenzenethiol and 1-heptanethiol.

wherein the sensor surface comprises a plurality or one or more sensing regions, each of the sensing regions is in the form of a plurality of gold nanoparticles, each of the nanoparticles being surface-associated with ligand molecules selected from dodecanethiol, hexanethiol, decanethiol, tert-dodecanethiol, butanethiol, 2-ethylhexanethiol, dibutyl disulfide, 2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzenethiol, benzylmercaptane, 4-chlorobenzenemethanethiol, 3-ethoxythiolphenol, 4-tert-methylbenzenethiol and 1-heptanethiol.

As Wiki explains it:

Denticity (represented by κ) refers to the number of times a ligand bonds to a metal through noncontiguous donor sites. Many ligands are capable of binding metal ions through multiple sites, usually because the ligands have lone pairs on more than one atom. Ligands that bind via more than one atom are often termed chelating. A ligand that binds through two sites is classified as bidentate, and three sites as tridentate. The "bite angle" refers to the angle between the two bonds of a bidentate chelate. Chelating ligands are commonly formed by linking donor groups via organic linkers. A classic bidentate ligand is ethylenediamine, which is derived by the linking of two ammonia groups with an ethylene (−CH2CH2−) linker. A classic example of a polydentate ligand is the hexadentate chelating agent EDTA, which is able to bond through six sites, completely surrounding some metals. The number of times a polydentate ligand binds to a metal centre is symbolized by "κn", where n indicates the number of sites by which a ligand attaches to a metal. EDTA4−, when it is hexidentate, binds as a κ6-ligand, the amines and the carboxylate oxygen atoms are not contiguous. In practice, the n value of a ligand is not indicated explicitly but rather assumed. The binding affinity of a chelating system depends on the chelating angle or bite angle.


I think they've got their ligands in a knot.

 

[Wags]

Hi Wags,

This is the technion NaNose patent application:
US2023152319A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RAPID DETECTION OF VIRUSES

A device, optionally in a form of a handheld device, for diagnosing, screening or monitoring a viral infection in an asymptomatic subject, the device comprising:

a sensor surface comprising one or more sensing regions, each of the sensing regions comprising ligand-associated nanoparticles, configured and operable for interacting with one or more VOCs present in the subject's exhaled breath; and

a processing unit comprising a learning and pattern recognition analyzer configured for receiving output signals from the one or more of the sensing regions and comparing the signals to a stored data, by utilizing a pattern recognition algorithm;

wherein the ligands associated to the nanoparticles are selected from dodecanethiol, hexanethiol, decanethiol, tert-dodecanethiol, butanethiol, 2-ethylhexanethiol, dibutyl disulfide, 2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzenethiol, benzylmercaptane, 4-chlorobenzenemethanethiol, 3-ethoxythiolphenol, 4-tert-methylbenzenethiol and 1-heptanethiol.

wherein the sensor surface comprises a plurality or one or more sensing regions, each of the sensing regions is in the form of a plurality of gold nanoparticles, each of the nanoparticles being surface-associated with ligand molecules selected from dodecanethiol, hexanethiol, decanethiol, tert-dodecanethiol, butanethiol, 2-ethylhexanethiol, dibutyl disulfide, 2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzenethiol, benzylmercaptane, 4-chlorobenzenemethanethiol, 3-ethoxythiolphenol, 4-tert-methylbenzenethiol and 1-heptanethiol.

As Wiki explains it:

Denticity (represented by κ) refers to the number of times a ligand bonds to a metal through noncontiguous donor sites. Many ligands are capable of binding metal ions through multiple sites, usually because the ligands have lone pairs on more than one atom. Ligands that bind via more than one atom are often termed chelating. A ligand that binds through two sites is classified as bidentate, and three sites as tridentate. The "bite angle" refers to the angle between the two bonds of a bidentate chelate. Chelating ligands are commonly formed by linking donor groups via organic linkers. A classic bidentate ligand is ethylenediamine, which is derived by the linking of two ammonia groups with an ethylene (−CH2CH2−) linker. A classic example of a polydentate ligand is the hexadentate chelating agent EDTA, which is able to bond through six sites, completely surrounding some metals. The number of times a polydentate ligand binds to a metal centre is symbolized by "κn", where n indicates the number of sites by which a ligand attaches to a metal. EDTA4−, when it is hexidentate, binds as a κ6-ligand, the amines and the carboxylate oxygen atoms are not contiguous. In practice, the n value of a ligand is not indicated explicitly but rather assumed. The binding affinity of a chelating system depends on the chelating angle or bite angle.


I think they've got their ligands in a knot.

Doggie, sure am glad to have you in our corner. (btw, I knew all that
Your smarts are right up there, bet hey, so is your humour.
Great job, have a dandy weekend.

 

[Frank Zappa]

Unless Sean pu

Unless one of the biggest rabbit tricks are pulled out of his hat he is gone for all money and won’t be back next AGM,we had the numbers for strike 1 and now with more shareholders pissed with management and the directors all looking like strike 2 will be a forgone conclusion. As besides you select few who get access should,not get,at least 70 percent of shareholders are pissed,why question and speak to happy investors it’s the unhappy that will vote with their feet.

I’m a who , not a that . I am also happy and I will vote . I will also increase my shareholding before the next GM and try and shove an inverted pineapple up your endeavours

 

[Frank Zappa]

What I find most interesting is how transparent you and the other manipulators are but I should not be surprised given the proven depths of human depravity.

Personal attacks, threats of spills, pompous claims of self importance and financial sophistication.

Uninformed claims that a spill will remove a CEO.

The ignorance and misinformation rains down like a river.

Go and read the Rules a spill has no implications for the Chairman or the CEO particularly when the spill is led by disgruntled retail shareholders who manage to cobble together 25% on two occasions. The existing Board simply nominates again and are elected because they don’t even have to get 50% of the possible vote at the spill meeting.

The only one’s who win from a spill are the shorts, the manipulators and the trolls.

Retail shareholders will always loose.

Sharing publicly available information has not and will not ever be a cause for concern however ignorance and sinister intent will always be a trigger to be careful as the purveyor is someone not to be trusted.

Those who might be influenced by these flawed individuals should ask why has not one of these individuals challenged or unpicked the information that is contained in my earlier post?

Why have they not identified the untruths?

Why have they not identified and laid bare the price sensitive insider information that they seek to rage against?

Can they not find it?

Why have they not considered that the CEO and Board of a publicly listed company randomly sampling the views of a group of shareholders to understand their concerns beyond the simplicity of the day to day share price might be a good thing?

It was clear that the shareholders who attended in Sydney cut across age, social circumstance and were not selected based on the size of their wallet or shareholding.

Or dare I say what institution they worked at or what broker they break bread with on the weekend.

They gave all the outward appearance of a random selection and not an elite group of so called sophisticated or institutional investors.

Does this failure to only speak with the so called elites offend their collective sense of entitlement?

Do they fear their position as controllers of wealth and hence power may be undermined?

Real people with real concerns such as wives, husbands, children, retirement plans, fixed incomes, mortgages, relatives and friends who had invested on their advice in other words real people who only had one thing in common they have invested their hard earned in Brainchip and had concerns like the genuine shareholders who post here.

While the attacks have been directed at me these warriors of all that is disgusting about the ASX and social media are at the same time denigrating all the other real shareholders who took up this first in their lifetime opportunity to have a voice and be heard by those in charge of the company they have invested in.

Who among this group here would if offered the same opportunity to be heard not accept with a virtuous heart?

It is clear what the individuals who have played the man instead of the ball are about and it is not ensuring that an investment in Brainchip pays off for all shareholders.

My opinion only DYOR though Blind Freddie says their intent is obvious.

Regards
Fact Finder

Careful FF . First spelling mistake in two years . Loose .

 

[Labsy]

Look guys, I must admit that I do find it odd, however I have utmost respect for the management and kudos to FF for making mention of it in the first place and I am more than happy as a significant share holder to have him as our eyes and ears along with Tech and others... I don't see anything sinister and we should move on.. sincerely and honestly I am not fussed by this.

 

[CHIPS]

Reminds me of western politicians secretly meeting with their lobby groups. Vlad

BrainChip did what other companies also do ... invite influencers. They have to make sure that investors will not vote against BrainChip's management during the next annual meeting. So they probably only invited very active and positive BrainChip supporters who do not criticize the management. My guess.

 

[Tothemoon24]

Contracts for August 30, 2022

Today's Defense Department contracts valued at $7.5 million or more are now live on Defense.gov.

www.defense.gov

DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY



Raytheon Co., El Segundo, California, was awarded a $16,271,803 modification (P00003) to previously awarded, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR0011-21-C-0134 to exercise the Phase 2 Option for the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $25,113,974 from $8,842,171. Work will be performed in Goleta, California (56%); El Segundo, California (16%); Cambridge, Massachusetts (13%): McKinney, Texas (10%); Tempe, Arizona (2%); Tewksbury, Massachusetts (2%); and New York, New York (1%), with an expected completion date of June 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,350,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Linthicum Heights, Maryland, was awarded an $8,706,668 modification (P00003) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR0011-21-C-0132 to exercise the Phase 2 Option for the Fast Event-based Neuromorphic Camera and Electronics (FENCE) program. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $14,336,501 from $5,629,833. Work will be performed in Linthicum Heights, Maryland (75%); Baltimore, Maryland (13%); San Diego, California (3%); and Stanford, California (9%), with an expected completion date of June 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $3,300,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

 

[Makeme 2020]

Hi mrgds

It is perhaps the hostility in this very post that is the reason for why you were not on Tony's invite list.

Thanks

The only reason Sean (The Ceo) now wants to talk to Shareholders is because we are getting close to the next AGM.

 

[JDelekto]

Hi MRGDS
I find it interesting that you received this response from Tony Dawe:

"His reply- {quote} - Sean and I attend meetings that "I set up" with analyst, professional and retail investors, based on my relationship with each"

and the only objection that others here have is to the retail investors meeting with the CEO and Investor Relations Head.

Apparently they see nothing at all wrong with analysts and professional investors who most likely are directly involved with the legal activity of shorting and trading and not long term value investing are approved of by those who now screaming about a cross section of retail shareholders.

Where is their fake rage regarding analysts and professional investors who have these meetings every day of the week and probably on weekends all around the world.

Where are their allegations that the information that was exchanged between Sean Hehir CEO and Analysts and professional investors accounted for the price movement. They are nowhere to be seen.

As I said they are completely transparent in their motives.

And yet no challenge has been made to the accuracy of the material I posted.

I wonder how many are attempting by their fake outrage to protect short positions.

My opinion only DYOR
FF

AKIDA BALLIS

Just as with many things that I think receive too much attention, the optics look bad. I'm only venturing a guess here, but I would assume that the CEO made a stop to make an appearance in Australia on his way to South Korea and, during the process, took some time to meet with these analysts, professional investors, and retail investors.

Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I would like to think that the retail investors invited were those in the vicinity and didn't have to travel too far. Additionally, these were probably retail investors who attended meetings, workshops, shows, or communicated with Investor Relations on multiple occasions. Of course, any retail investors outside of Australia that were invited would invalidate that theory. I did not receive an invite.

New investors would have been shown the same horse and pony show BrainChip presents at its investor conferences. I believe it would be illegal for the company to share any insider information with new or existing investors; I don't think that a company that has reached this stage in its commercialization efforts would jeopardize things by doing such a thing.

If anything, I would imagine that the company would probably want to get some feedback from existing investors on how they are holding up their end of the bargain about communications, as they said this would improve as of the last AGM.

I certainly don't believe there was anything nefarious behind this, and whatever was shared was not anything that any potential investor couldn't acquire through contacting the company directly. While researching investors being contacted by company executives, I ran across an article from early 2019 that suggested that a director's engagement with shareholders is not uncommon.

 

[yogi]

Hi FF

It’s much appreciated that you have shared information discussed from your recall on this apparently informal meeting that you and a select few retail investors were invited to attend with Sean and Co in Sydney on 6/11/23

The only things I would like to put on record in this forum on this apparent informal meeting is I would have loved to have had the opportunity to attend this meeting to meet and ask questions to Sean and listen carefully to how Sean etc responded. Im sure not the only one.
I also trust that the select few who attended have disclosed all key information discussed at the informal meeting (no advantage over other retail investors) and has been been shared to all on this forum (not limited to) and it isn't just selective recall only from attendees. I suggest this may work towards calming the tension with others from recent posts. Im sure you understand where I am coming from amd don’t take it to heart.

Also my recall from previous posts yesterday on this informal meeting is it did last 2hrs approx so I consider that is a solid timeframe to discuss and raise questions with Sean and co.
I would also suggest this timeframe was considerably longer than share holders had at the recent AGM in Sydney as a large group of retail shareholders. My recall is the BRN board members ran out of time and took a number of questions on notice and would get back to them. I’m unsure if that ever happened but happy to be corrected by Tony Dawe as he apparently reads posts in this forum.

Hope all have a good weekend whenever it starts. Mine started this morning. lol

Cheers
The Pope

Hey @Pope
Hope you are well. I feel the same, Only finding out after going through the post that there was catch, I am guessing, who has been posting a great deal of information and who has been a very vocal actively supporting BRN been invited.
But must thank @Fact Finder for letting us know about the meeting what has been asked.
I am on the same train hard earned salary saving has been going into BRN so do feel frustrated. Cheers

 

[AusEire]

Just as with many things that I think receive too much attention, the optics look bad. I'm only venturing a guess here, but I would assume that the CEO made a stop to make an appearance in Australia on his way to South Korea and, during the process, took some time to meet with these analysts, professional investors, and retail investors.

Giving them the benefit of the doubt, I would like to think that the retail investors invited were those in the vicinity and didn't have to travel too far. Additionally, these were probably retail investors who attended meetings, workshops, shows, or communicated with Investor Relations on multiple occasions. Of course, any retail investors outside of Australia that were invited would invalidate that theory. I did not receive an invite.

New investors would have been shown the same horse and pony show BrainChip presents at its investor conferences. I believe it would be illegal for the company to share any insider information with new or existing investors; I don't think that a company that has reached this stage in its commercialization efforts would jeopardize things by doing such a thing.

If anything, I would imagine that the company would probably want to get some feedback from existing investors on how they are holding up their end of the bargain about communications, as they said this would improve as of the last AGM.

I certainly don't believe there was anything nefarious behind this, and whatever was shared was not anything that any potential investor couldn't acquire through contacting the company directly. While researching investors being contacted by company executives, I ran across an article from early 2019 that suggested that a director's engagement with shareholders is not uncommon.

This post is far to rational