BRN Discussion Ongoing

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[Schnitzel lover]

Serial negative posting on forums has now been recognised as a medical issue that needs attention.

Correct, and on both sides of the fence, pro BRN success, and sceptical on BRN success.. Good people on both sides..

Your other post was excellent Manny.. The one on Cloud Edge vs Non cloud wedge and their integration.. I suspect as much for why it seems BRN..

At the moment the market is suggesting time is needed.. Cardpro is also right in that maybe not 100s of thousands, yet maybe 1/100 line BRN may make it.. I still think BRN will make it. there is a very impressive team with broad industry experience and coverage, plus PVDM and Anhil who got it going.. The how is more the query.. The reason I like BRN so much and keep dipping my toe in its waters is that it seems to not be competing, however offer a component that will benefit all..

Whether a bigger company manages to scoop BRN up to itself or whether BRN can be ARM-like and saturate itself through IP as a household IP name remains to be seen. I can’t see any other companies that are offering the same though, so there is always hope..

 

[buena suerte :-)]

I was thinking about the possibility of a name change? Any thoughts? Just to avoid confusion with Elon Musks Neuralink and any negative assumptions about our technology....
Feel free to shoot me down.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

I was thinking about the possibility of a name change? Any thoughts? Just to avoid confusion with Elon Musks Neuralink and any negative assumptions about our technology....
Feel free to shoot me down.

It was the name BrainChip that first caught my attention, so I admit to being somewhat attached.

I think it succinctly describes both the impetus and intent of the Company in words easily understood by virtually anyone and to my mind invites further investigation.

So whilst I share your concern and have seen some evidence of confusion with Elon’s creation by some friends who have a cursory interest, I have found it relatively easy to disentangle their crossed wires.

I also think it an inappropriate time to be making such a change which should only ever be done from a position of strength.

For now, the company needs to concentrate on securing our future by converting prospects into sales and generating income.

A name change in my opinion, at this point, would be a distraction we can do without.

And whilst, at the moment, any mileage we may be making by association with the mad marketing genius‘s company is merely drawing more eyes to our offering, any potential negative sentiment regarding the appropriateness or exploitation of animal testing will be quickly dissolved with a little research by any halfway serious investor.

If anything, I would be in favour of reinstating our synapse symbol to our name.
I understand why our rebrand discarded it but to my eye it lent us another differentiator and was also an important piece of symbology further representing in a non verbal manner the direction BrainChip is taking.

But you raise an interesting and valid point of view.
Did you have an alternate name in mind?

 

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[JDelekto]

To me the platform should be for honest opinions.
I used to hate shareman (hc) but did it changed anything? No if I believed on him I could had saved tens of thousands. On the other hand do I start loving him, no by any means. I am still an investor may be more invested than what it was a year ago. But am I more confident than what I was last year may be no again.

Unfortunately, this touched a nerve for me. Considering that opinions are subjective, I assume an "honest" opinion is one that a person provides without any pretenses.

In my opinion, the individual on HC did nothing more than carpet-bomb a thread with "competitive analyses" while providing no analysis whatsoever. Anything to do with AI without any comparison or contrast of the competition -- be it performance, cost, power usage, feature set, etc. It was a campaign to build negative sentiment through the technological ignorance of the investors who were left second-guessing their investment in BrainChip.

This individual also spun other things in a negative light, such as suggesting a horde of investors using mob tactics to vote for an award, or belittling the company for selling swag such as T-shirts, when companies like IBM, Apple, and NVidia do the same.

To suggest that this individual provided some "noble cause" which would have saved investors tens of thousands of dollars is giving this individual a lot more credit than they deserve. However, I will take it that is your honest opinion.

To me, what would have saved investors more money would be to educate them on the amount of time it takes for a company that sells mainly IP to a) complete the design of the IP, b) provide a reference chip as proof of concept, c) produce development boards for companies to "kick the tires" so to speak, d) sign the deals with companies that plan on using that IP, and e) wait the amount it times for those companies to complete their product which is probably a component of a final retail good.

Those convinced that BrainChip was an investment in which an investor would get rich quickly, the Mercedes CES announcement notwithstanding, were betrayed by their convictions. BrainChip's decision to sell only IP was a strategic move to reduce expenses to allow the company to survive long enough to have its product start getting introduced into the supply chain.

I still believe that this is a long-term investment, and those who thought otherwise most likely did lose money (at least on paper) from the decline in the share price or perhaps opportunity costs.

I certainly empathize with the frustrations that others have due to the share price; until the company starts seeing steady revenue from IP sales and royalty payments, it's going to be a waiting game that I think is going to be driven by user sentiment fueled by partnership announcements and new product releases in the Akida product line.

The partnership with VVDN will allow BRN to showcase its product while still sharing the costs with its partner to keep the overhead low. I'm looking forward to the reviews and any performance comparisons to other products to see how well BrainChip holds up against its competitors.

I'm looking forward to future reports from EDGX on using Akida in their satellites and ANT61's repair robot, whose "brain" is set to launch into orbit early next year, and the actual repair robot sent into orbit in 2025. I think these milestones and any successes or failures will have some influence on the share price.

One final thing I wanted to mention regarding competitive analysis. I watched the latest video from Anastasi in Tech. BrainChip gets a mention, but the video mainly showcased the new "NorthPole" neuromorphic processor from IBM. I think what got my attention was the comparison chart of NorthPole to twenty-five other different processors (some of which I did not recognize).

What was striking about this chart was that BrainChip's Akida was conspicuously missing from any comparison.

Things that make one go hrm.....

 

[TheFunkMachine]

Excuse the pun, but if everyone on here votes "other- neuromorphic/AKIDA", we may tip this vote over the edge.

Put my vote in for Other( Akida)

 

[JDelekto]

I was thinking about the possibility of a name change? Any thoughts? Just to avoid confusion with Elon Musks Neuralink and any negative assumptions about our technology....
Feel free to shoot me down.

I think that "Neuralink" is starting to become a more recognized brand, and as long as the company is referred to by its name "BrainChip" (as opposed to just using "brain chip" in a sentence), there is some disambiguation there. As much as I think there could be another catchy company name, I think it is starting to gain too much traction.

There have already been mentions of the company alongside big players' names like IBM and Intel, so we might as well keep up the momentum. Sometimes name change can be detrimental. I remember in the late 90s, Borland, a software company that was popular for its computer utilities, business software, and development tools, changed its name to "Inprise."

This made many people think the company went out of business and contributed to financial losses and a poor public image.

That being said, I think we're getting enough recognition so that there is less confusion where neuromorphic computing is involved.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

Interesting podcast on the recent history of the development of AI.
Nothing about BrainChip per se but speaks to the different paths taken by traditional vs neural net proponents.

01 | The day modern AI toppled humanity's champion - ABC listen

The world is experiencing a boom in artificial intelligence (AI). It's everywhere. In just a few years, computers have learned to paint a picture, write a novel, translate languages and consume the entire internet. But how we got here goes back decades to two men who couldn't agree on the best...

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[TheFunkMachine]

Are we here to make friends?
To me the platform should be for honest opinions.
I used to hate shareman (hc) but did it changed anything? No if I believed on him I could had saved tens of thousands. On the other hand do I start loving him, no by any means. I am still an investor may be more invested than what it was a year ago. But am I more confident than what I was last year may be no again.
The biggest set back to my confidence is management commentary on investor podcasts. I am happy this quarter the same did not show up.
So what I or someone feel or believe may be immaterial as long as results are not visible. Yes we may end up happy or sad but that is about individuals. Markets will not change for what we thing but we have to control our emotions based on the facts presented to us.
I have no doubt brainchip have a good technology but if the implementation is poor that can kill any good technology. So to me present management is either very shrewd and intelligent( which I wish they should be) or they are worthless.
End of the day sp will only recover with revenue this time and run fast only when there is material revenue otherwise it is a wait and watch game.

Don’t forget that before we reached the low of 15,5c we reached a high of $2.30. If you listens to Sharman at the time you would have missed the massive ride above $2 and Share man was no by any means correct at the time. But then again as the saying goes. Even A broken clock is right twice a day.

We are all accountable for our own investment decisions and we can’t praise anyone or blame anyone other than our own choices to sell, hold or buy.

We are all hurting at these levels. And it is not a fun thing to go through. However. If I look back at my confidence in the company back 2 years ago or so compared to what I know today and what the company have achieved both with commercialising a state of the art technology, first in the world, and establishing an ecosystem of technology partners, integration partners etc.

I only have one conclusion. Either I have been delusional in my investment strategy and made really bad decisions or my convictions in my investment has been strengthened 10 fold and the SP is simply not reflecting its true value of what the company has achieved.

This all being said, the company is now in a stage where the market is expecting revenue to appear and I don’t see an easy way back up unless it reflects in the financials going forward.

If I look in retrospect I could have sold at 97c bought back at 33cents

Sold again above $2 and bought again at 15.5c

I would have had millions of shares if I did this. Unfortunately no one knows the future and all we have in this is our own research and decisions to stand on.

 

[Damo4]

You know people are at the end of their ropes when Shareman is regarded as a sherman.

Gotta remember he was calling the stock a meme stock under 40c.
Poor Dolci would still be on apple juice if she'd listened to him then.


Should we have time in the market, timing the market, or timing downrampers blind dart competition?

Edit: I know sarcasm is lost on a few here, so in summary there are no rights and wrongs, only a Time-Series and a bunch of opinions.

 

[Schnitzel lover]

Unfortunately, this touched a nerve for me. Considering that opinions are subjective, I assume an "honest" opinion is one that a person provides without any pretenses.

In my opinion, the individual on HC did nothing more than carpet-bomb a thread with "competitive analyses" while providing no analysis whatsoever. Anything to do with AI without any comparison or contrast of the competition -- be it performance, cost, power usage, feature set, etc. It was a campaign to build negative sentiment through the technological ignorance of the investors who were left second-guessing their investment in BrainChip.

This individual also spun other things in a negative light, such as suggesting a horde of investors using mob tactics to vote for an award, or belittling the company for selling swag such as T-shirts, when companies like IBM, Apple, and NVidia do the same.

To suggest that this individual provided some "noble cause" which would have saved investors tens of thousands of dollars is giving this individual a lot more credit than they deserve. However, I will take it that is your honest opinion.

To me, what would have saved investors more money would be to educate them on the amount of time it takes for a company that sells mainly IP to a) complete the design of the IP, b) provide a reference chip as proof of concept, c) produce development boards for companies to "kick the tires" so to speak, d) sign the deals with companies that plan on using that IP, and e) wait the amount it times for those companies to complete their product which is probably a component of a final retail good.

Those convinced that BrainChip was an investment in which an investor would get rich quickly, the Mercedes CES announcement notwithstanding, were betrayed by their convictions. BrainChip's decision to sell only IP was a strategic move to reduce expenses to allow the company to survive long enough to have its product start getting introduced into the supply chain.

I still believe that this is a long-term investment, and those who thought otherwise most likely did lose money (at least on paper) from the decline in the share price or perhaps opportunity costs.

I certainly empathize with the frustrations that others have due to the share price; until the company starts seeing steady revenue from IP sales and royalty payments, it's going to be a waiting game that I think is going to be driven by user sentiment fueled by partnership announcements and new product releases in the Akida product line.

The partnership with VVDN will allow BRN to showcase its product while still sharing the costs with its partner to keep the overhead low. I'm looking forward to the reviews and any performance comparisons to other products to see how well BrainChip holds up against its competitors.

I'm looking forward to future reports from EDGX on using Akida in their satellites and ANT61's repair robot, whose "brain" is set to launch into orbit early next year, and the actual repair robot sent into orbit in 2025. I think these milestones and any successes or failures will have some influence on the share price.

One final thing I wanted to mention regarding competitive analysis. I watched the latest video from Anastasi in Tech. BrainChip gets a mention, but the video mainly showcased the new "NorthPole" neuromorphic processor from IBM. I think what got my attention was the comparison chart of NorthPole to twenty-five other different processors (some of which I did not recognize).

What was striking about this chart was that BrainChip's Akida was conspicuously missing from any comparison.

Things that make one go hrm.....

.. I respect you have an opinion and share it freely..

However, I disagree with pretty much the entirety of your post to be frank..

With investing, you invest an amount you’re prepared to lose to mitigate risk, or you sell at a point that you’ve lost what’s acceptable to you..

Everything else is irrelevant. That’s my opinion..

 

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[Esq.111]

Afternoon Chippers,

Just saw this mob on TV news.

Thay are Australian and manufacture space cameras to track things, satellites, debrie etc

Naturaly nothing mentioning BRN in any way ......

Don't belive this company has been mentioned , interrogated by anyone here.......yet.
May or may not be something.

.

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May be worth a look .

Regards,
Esq.

 

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[Pom down under]

Nice to get a mention from NASA as a future brainstack option

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2.murbach-ssc23-short-talk-aiml-read-only.pdf

 

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[Andy38]

It was the name BrainChip that first caught my attention, so I admit to being somewhat attached.

I think it succinctly describes both the impetus and intent of the Company in words easily understood by virtually anyone and to my mind invites further investigation.

So whilst I share your concern and have seen some evidence of confusion with Elon’s creation by some friends who have a cursory interest, I have found it relatively easy to disentangle their crossed wires.

I also think it an inappropriate time to be making such a change which should only ever be done from a position of strength.

For now, the company needs to concentrate on securing our future by converting prospects into sales and generating income.

A name change in my opinion, at this point, would be a distraction we can do without.

And whilst, at the moment, any mileage we may be making by association with the mad marketing genius‘s company is merely drawing more eyes to our offering, any potential negative sentiment regarding the appropriateness or exploitation of animal testing will be quickly dissolved with a little research by any halfway serious investor.

If anything, I would be in favour of reinstating our synapse symbol to our name.
I understand why our rebrand discarded it but to my eye it lent us another differentiator and was also an important piece of symbology further representing in a non verbal manner the direction BrainChip is taking.

But you raise an interesting and valid point of view.
Did you have an alternate name in mind?

Same here Hopa! The name got me intrigued! Also was a big fan of the synapse!

 

[wilzy123]

So did 100,000s of companies that actually went broke...

Only if I listened to your advice sooner, maybe it would've saved me so much money..!

I am still hopeful, and I do think that even with one news, this ship can turn but it's almost like a gamble to me now...

Who let you inside?

 

[Diogenese]

Nice to get a mention from NASA as a future brainstack option

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2.murbach-ssc23-short-talk-aiml-read-only.pdf

Akida has put on a few watts - must be all that RadHard Vorago has been feeding it.