I personally like to revisit past events and today it was the appointment of Mr. Stevens to Sales and Mr. Telson to Ecosystems:
Chris Stevens, Industry Veteran Joins BrainChip to Lead WW Sales
Laguna Hills, Calif. – September 8, 2022 –
BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of neuromorphic AI IP, announced that Chris Stevens has joined as Vice President of WW Sales to lead and expand BrainChip sales. Mr. Stevens will leverage his extensive sales leadership experience and semiconductor network to drive customer opportunity and revenue.
Mr. Stevens was most recently Global Vice President of Sales for Syntiant Corporation, a leading edge AI semiconductor provider, where he built a world-wide sales team and drove revenue growth with tier-1 key accounts. He has also held executive sales positions at Centercode, Lantronix, Mindspeed Technologies, and Texas Instruments. An electrical engineer by training, Stevens is intimate with edge AI semiconductor technology, its ecosystem, and the requirements to accelerate adoption and sales.
“I have tracked BrainChip’s progress closely, as I’ve been selling into the same edge AI market. I am thrilled to take this sales leadership role with confidence as AkidaTM is uniquely superior and positioned to be the de facto standard for edge AI semiconductor IP”, said Stevens. “With use-case, market, and customer targeting, I’m certain I will contribute to further ecosystem penetration and accelerated sales”.
“Our focus on commercialization is unrelenting and critical to the next phase of scaling our business”, said Sean Hehir, CEO. “Chris brings deep domain experience and sales acumen; I’m certain he is going to have significant impact on our strategic objectives”.
Mr. Stevens will manage and grow BrainChip’s WW Sales and Technical Sales teams, while Rob Telson, the former VP of WW Sales, will now manage and grow Ecosystems and Partnerships”
These are the companies that are invested in Syntiant the company that Mr. Stevens left to join Brainchip:
Backed by some of the world’s leading tech companies, including Amazon, Applied Materials, Bosch, Intel Capital, and Microsoft and Motorola, Syntiant’s ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors are making AI at the edge possible.
www.syntiant.com
Syntiant Corp. Named Among Fastest-Growing Companies in North America by Deloitte
Irvine, Calif., November 16, 2022 — Syntiant Corp., a leader in delivering end-to-end edge AI solutions for always-on applications, today announced that it has been named to the
Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America.
Now in its 28th year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on a revenue growth rate of 75 percent or higher, number of years in business, customer sales and operating revenue of at least $5 million.
“Being listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is indicative of our ability to execute on Syntiant’s growth strategy, going from startup to delivering production-ready edge AI solutions in just a couple of years,” said Kurt Busch, CEO of Syntiant. “Before Syntiant, artificial intelligence was relegated to the cloud, unconstrained by area and power. Today, we have shipped more than 20 million neural decision processors and production-grade deep learning models to customers across the globe, bringing highly accurate, cloud-free inferences to all kinds of devices with near-zero power consumption.”
The companies on the 2022 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 achieved significant revenue growth from 2018 to 2021, ranging from 241 percent to 125,138 percent, with median growth of 611 percent. Ranked 46, Syntiant achieved a growth rate of 3,577 percent from 2018 to 2021.
“Representing all facets of technology, the winners have shown they not only have the vision but can also expertly manage their companies through rapid growth,” said Christie Simons, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP and industry leader for technology, media and telecommunications within Deloitte’s audit and assurance practice. “We congratulate each winner on their impressive achievements.”
About Syntiant
Founded in 2017 and based in Irvine, California, Syntiant Corp. is a leader in delivering end-to-end deep learning solutions for always-on applications by combining purpose-built silicon with an edge-optimized data platform and training pipeline. Syntiant’s advanced chip solutions merge deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high performance, deep neural network processors for edge AI applications across a wide range of consumer and industrial use cases, from earbuds to automobiles. The company is backed by several of the world’s leading strategic and financial investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12, Applied Ventures, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, the Amazon Alexa Fund and Atlantic Bridge Capital. More information on the company can be found by visiting
www.syntiant.com or by following Syntiant on Twitter
@Syntiantcorp or
LinkedIn.
So I ask why??? did he leave to join Brainchip. There can only be one reason in my opinion.
My opinion only DYOR
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AKIDA BALLISTA