I am not back, but may post again, if I think the issue is of sufficient interest to genuine shareholders.
I have over many weeks been engaged in the process of putting together a list of Brainchip engagements based upon my own criteria that the company concerned has:
- been announced on the ASX by Brainchip, and/or
- been announced by use of a Press Release from Brainchip, and/or
- been acknowledged by an employee or Board member of Brainchip orally in a presentation that forms some type of permanent public record and/or
- been acknowledged by the company concerned in again some type of permanent public record and this has been adopted by Brainchip in a written communication or other permanent public record, and/or
- been formerly included on the Brainchip website
Why did I adopt this approach? For one very simple reason. I did not want a situation where my list contained a company which might be the subject of absolute secrecy. To maintain this secrecy Brainchip’s likely response would have been to ignore my request completely.
So reproduced below is my request and the two replies I received from Mr. Tony Dawe Director Global Investor Relations at Brainchip.
The request (27.6.23):
Dear Mr. Dawe
The following is a list of entities which Brainchip has by various means communicated they have had some form of engagement.
As we are about to enter the new financial year with a recession being predicted, an extremely low share price and claims in the media that Brainchip has lost out to Nvidia in the race to the Edge would you please confirm if any of these relationships should no longer be considered as a focus of interest for shareholders:
1. FORD
2. VALEO
3. RENESAS
4. NASA
5. TATA Consulting Services
6. MEGACHIPS
7. MOSCHIP
8. SOCIONEXT
9. PROPHESEE
10. VVDN
11. TEKSUN
12. Ai LABS
13. NVISO
14. EMOTION 3D
15. ARM
16. EDGE IMPULSE
17. INTEL
18. GLOBAL FOUNDRIES
19. BLUE RIDGE ENVISIONEERING
20. MERCEDES BENZ
21. ANT 61
22. QUANTUM VENTURA
23. INFORMATION SYSTEM LABORATORIES
24. INTELLISENSE SYSTEMS
25. CVEDIA
26. LORSER INDUSTRIES
27. SiFIVE
28. IPRO
29. SALESLINK
30. NUMEN
31. VORAGO
32. NANOSE
33. BIOTOME
34. OCULI
35. University of Oklahoma
36. Arizona State University
37. Carnegie Mellon University
38. Rochester Institute of Technology
39. Drexel University
Kind regards
Fact Finder
The first response (3.7.23):
Hi ……,
Thank you for your email.
I have referred your email to my colleagues in the US to ensure when I responded to you I did so with accurate information.
I have not yet received a reply from Ken Scarince as he was away on his annual vacation last week.
When I have his reply, I will respond directly to your email.
Regards
Tony Dawe
Director, Global Investor Relations
+61 (0)405 989 743
The final response received (18.7.23):
“Hi …..,
To the best of my knowledge, BrainChip continues to have relationships with all the companies mentioned on your list.
As I have previously stated, BrainChip does not comment on the nature of these relationships nor do we provide status reports.
Regards
Tony Dawe Director, Global Investor Relations
+61 (0)405 989 743”
As my request predated the reveal of IniVation as a partner by Nadan Nayampally Chief Marketing Officer and the latest press release regarding GMAC Intelligence it already is out of date such is the speed of progress being made by Brainchip. I do however believe that the very recent nature of the announcements should not require any further confirmation and I would therefore
confidently add:
40. IniVation
41. GMAC Intelligence
The bottom line for any genuine shareholder in Brainchip is that speculation as to which companies Brainchip is engaged with should not include these 41. named entities as they are not in doubt.
Kind regards
Fact Finder