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It is provided "free" as part of MetaTF when someone purchases an Akida IP licence for the purpose of designing and testing the configuration of the NN.
Outside of that, I would think that it's commercial use would attract a licence fee.
I would think that TeNNs would be a suitable candidate for software licensing as it would be a simpler programme than the Akida NPE simulation. However, software, while cheap to manufacture, needs constant support and maintenance.
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Prophesee et Bpifrance investissent 15 millions d'euros
Développement d’une nouvelle génération de capteurs neuromorphiques, fabriqués en France, destinés à l’IA embarquée dans 1,3 milliard de smartphones. Prophesee assoit son leadership technologique mondial sur l’IA neuromorphique. Ce projet, PERSEPHONE, est cofinancé par Prophesee et Bpifrance...
Translated by DeepL:
Prophesee and Bpifrance invest €15 million in the development of neuromorphic AI
The aim of the project is to develop a new generation of neuromorphic sensors, manufactured in France, for use in the AI embedded in 1.3 billion smartphones.
With this development, Prophesee is consolidating its global technological leadership in neuromorphic AI.
This project, PERSEPHONE, is co-financed by Prophesee and Bpifrance as part of a grant awarded under the Embedded AI AAP launched by France 2030.
Paris, 4 July 2024 - Prophesee, the world leader in neuromorphic vision, has announced an investment of €15 million to develop the next generation of neuromorphic AI dedicated to mobile phones. This project, financed by Bpifrance as part of the Embedded AI Call for Projects launched by France 2030, will lead to the manufacture of "Made in France" sensors. Thanks to this strategic support, Prophesee is strengthening its global technological leadership in neuromorphic vision.
Innovation for embedded AI
The aim of this project is to mainstream the integration of a new standard of neuromorphic artificial intelligence into mobile phones. Inspired by the energy efficiency and operating speed of the eye-brain pair, this technology will enable advanced AI models applied to vision to be executed directly at the heart of mobile devices, using photos and videos, which are now the primary sources of artificial intelligence worldwide.
Applied to mobile phones, neuromorphic AI makes possible a number of significant technological advances in terms of image quality, very low energy consumption, much faster processing and data confidentiality, since on-board processing does not require the use and storage of a cloud.
A revolution in uses
Prophesee's revolutionary Metavision® sensors add a new dimension to mobile photography. They change the paradigm of traditional image capture by focusing solely on movements in a scene, pixel by pixel, continuously and at extreme speeds. Each pixel in the sensor incorporates dedicated intelligence, enabling it to act like a neuron, activating itself autonomously as a function of the movement it detects. This activation, known as an event, enables high-performance defocusing by synchronising the image sensor with Prophesee's neuromorphic sensor, filling the information gap on a microsecond scale to extract motion information algorithmically. This revolutionary approach to photography makes it possible to correct image blur under all conditions, enables smoother, super-slow motion videos and opens up a new field of on-board understanding of the environment (gesture and movement detection).
This project represents a major step forward for Prophesee and the telecommunications industry, positioning France at the forefront of innovation in neuromorphic AI.
Luca Verre, CEO of Prophesee, comments: "This new funding from France 2030 confirms Prophesee's technological leadership. Together with our reference partners, our ambition is to create the next generation of embedded neuromorphic AI for the mobile phone market, where our technology represents a technological leap forward".
Paul-Francois Fournier, Executive Director in charge of Innovation at Bpifrance, comments: "Prophesee is one of the technology nuggets that identified the potential of embedded AI very early on. With this project funded as part of France 2030's national AI strategy, Prophesee is accelerating its mastery of event-based technology as close as possible to image sensors. Their innovative approach and ability to transform the way we interact with our mobile devices is testament to France's ambition to remain at the forefront of global technology."
About Prophesee
Prophesee is the inventor of the world's most advanced neuromorphic vision systems.
Its Metavision® sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms, protected by 51 patents, open up a new era in computer vision by drawing inspiration from the way the eye and the brain work.
Prophesee sensors continuously perceive the essential visual information of movement in the scene, pixel by pixel, just as our retinal photosensitive cells do.
This new category of vision, known as "event vision", overcomes the limitations imposed by standard cameras, which traditionally capture 24 images per second.
It offers unprecedented levels of performance and security for autonomous vehicles, IoT and Industry 4.0: speed (>100,000 images per second), dynamic range (>120dB), data volume (-10x to -1000x) and energy efficiency (<10mW)
About Bpifrance
Bpifrance finances businesses - at every stage of their development - through loans, guarantees and equity. Bpifrance supports them in their innovation and international projects. Bpifrance also supports their export activities through a wide range of products. Advice, university, networking and acceleration programmes for start-ups, SMEs and ETIs are also part of the services offered to entrepreneurs.
Thanks to Bpifrance and its 50 regional offices, entrepreneurs benefit from a close, single and effective contact to help them meet their challenges. For more information: www.Bpifrance.fr
About the France 2030 investment plan
The France 2030 investment plan reflects a dual ambition: to transform key sectors of our economy (health, energy, automotive, aeronautics and space) over the long term through technological innovation, and to position France not just as a player, but as a leader in the world of tomorrow. From fundamental research, to the emergence of an idea, to the production of a new product or service, France 2030 supports the entire life cycle of innovation, right through to its industrialisation.
The scale of the programme is unprecedented: €54 billion will be invested to ensure that our businesses, universities and research bodies make the transition to these strategic sectors a success. The aim is to enable them to respond competitively to the ecological and attractiveness challenges of the world to come, and to develop the future leaders of our sectors of excellence. France 2030 is defined by two cross-cutting objectives: to devote 50% of its spending to decarbonising the economy, and 50% to emerging players who are driving innovation, without spending anything that is detrimental to the environment (as defined by the Do No Significant Harm principle).
Will be implemented collectively: designed and deployed in consultation with economic, academic, local and European players to determine the strategic orientations and flagship actions. Project leaders are invited to submit their applications via open, demanding and selective procedures in order to benefit from government support.
The programme is managed by the General Secretariat for Investment on behalf of the Prime Minister and implemented by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the French National Research Agency (ANR), Bpifrance and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC).
For more information: https://www.info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-2030 | @SGPI_avenir
Press contacts :
PROPHESEE
Guillaume Butin
press@prophesee.ai
BPIFRANCE
Emma BRUNNER
emma.brunner@bpifrance.fr
Juliette FONTANILLAS
Juliette.fontanillas@bpifrance.fr
0672760809
SiDEvans
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Spoke to Sean? I’d love you to expand on the discussion and have you share what was discussed.
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Luca Verre, CEO of Prophesee, comments: "This new funding from France 2030 confirms Prophesee's technological leadership. Together with our reference partners, our ambition is to create the next generation of embedded neuromorphic AI for the mobile phone market, where our technology represents a technological leap forward".Prophesee et Bpifrance investissent 15 millions d'euros
Développement d’une nouvelle génération de capteurs neuromorphiques, fabriqués en France, destinés à l’IA embarquée dans 1,3 milliard de smartphones. Prophesee assoit son leadership technologique mondial sur l’IA neuromorphique. Ce projet, PERSEPHONE, est cofinancé par Prophesee et Bpifrance...www.prophesee.ai
Translated by DeepL:
Prophesee and Bpifrance invest €15 million in the development of neuromorphic AI
The aim of the project is to develop a new generation of neuromorphic sensors, manufactured in France, for use in the AI embedded in 1.3 billion smartphones.
With this development, Prophesee is consolidating its global technological leadership in neuromorphic AI.
This project, PERSEPHONE, is co-financed by Prophesee and Bpifrance as part of a grant awarded under the Embedded AI AAP launched by France 2030.
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Paris, 4 July 2024 - Prophesee, the world leader in neuromorphic vision, has announced an investment of €15 million to develop the next generation of neuromorphic AI dedicated to mobile phones. This project, financed by Bpifrance as part of the Embedded AI Call for Projects launched by France 2030, will lead to the manufacture of "Made in France" sensors. Thanks to this strategic support, Prophesee is strengthening its global technological leadership in neuromorphic vision.
Innovation for embedded AI
The aim of this project is to mainstream the integration of a new standard of neuromorphic artificial intelligence into mobile phones. Inspired by the energy efficiency and operating speed of the eye-brain pair, this technology will enable advanced AI models applied to vision to be executed directly at the heart of mobile devices, using photos and videos, which are now the primary sources of artificial intelligence worldwide.
Applied to mobile phones, neuromorphic AI makes possible a number of significant technological advances in terms of image quality, very low energy consumption, much faster processing and data confidentiality, since on-board processing does not require the use and storage of a cloud.
A revolution in uses
Prophesee's revolutionary Metavision® sensors add a new dimension to mobile photography. They change the paradigm of traditional image capture by focusing solely on movements in a scene, pixel by pixel, continuously and at extreme speeds. Each pixel in the sensor incorporates dedicated intelligence, enabling it to act like a neuron, activating itself autonomously as a function of the movement it detects. This activation, known as an event, enables high-performance defocusing by synchronising the image sensor with Prophesee's neuromorphic sensor, filling the information gap on a microsecond scale to extract motion information algorithmically. This revolutionary approach to photography makes it possible to correct image blur under all conditions, enables smoother, super-slow motion videos and opens up a new field of on-board understanding of the environment (gesture and movement detection).
This project represents a major step forward for Prophesee and the telecommunications industry, positioning France at the forefront of innovation in neuromorphic AI.
Luca Verre, CEO of Prophesee, comments: "This new funding from France 2030 confirms Prophesee's technological leadership. Together with our reference partners, our ambition is to create the next generation of embedded neuromorphic AI for the mobile phone market, where our technology represents a technological leap forward".
Paul-Francois Fournier, Executive Director in charge of Innovation at Bpifrance, comments: "Prophesee is one of the technology nuggets that identified the potential of embedded AI very early on. With this project funded as part of France 2030's national AI strategy, Prophesee is accelerating its mastery of event-based technology as close as possible to image sensors. Their innovative approach and ability to transform the way we interact with our mobile devices is testament to France's ambition to remain at the forefront of global technology."
About Prophesee
Prophesee is the inventor of the world's most advanced neuromorphic vision systems.
Its Metavision® sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms, protected by 51 patents, open up a new era in computer vision by drawing inspiration from the way the eye and the brain work.
Prophesee sensors continuously perceive the essential visual information of movement in the scene, pixel by pixel, just as our retinal photosensitive cells do.
This new category of vision, known as "event vision", overcomes the limitations imposed by standard cameras, which traditionally capture 24 images per second.
It offers unprecedented levels of performance and security for autonomous vehicles, IoT and Industry 4.0: speed (>100,000 images per second), dynamic range (>120dB), data volume (-10x to -1000x) and energy efficiency (<10mW)
About Bpifrance
Bpifrance finances businesses - at every stage of their development - through loans, guarantees and equity. Bpifrance supports them in their innovation and international projects. Bpifrance also supports their export activities through a wide range of products. Advice, university, networking and acceleration programmes for start-ups, SMEs and ETIs are also part of the services offered to entrepreneurs.
Thanks to Bpifrance and its 50 regional offices, entrepreneurs benefit from a close, single and effective contact to help them meet their challenges. For more information: www.Bpifrance.fr
About the France 2030 investment plan
The France 2030 investment plan reflects a dual ambition: to transform key sectors of our economy (health, energy, automotive, aeronautics and space) over the long term through technological innovation, and to position France not just as a player, but as a leader in the world of tomorrow. From fundamental research, to the emergence of an idea, to the production of a new product or service, France 2030 supports the entire life cycle of innovation, right through to its industrialisation.
The scale of the programme is unprecedented: €54 billion will be invested to ensure that our businesses, universities and research bodies make the transition to these strategic sectors a success. The aim is to enable them to respond competitively to the ecological and attractiveness challenges of the world to come, and to develop the future leaders of our sectors of excellence. France 2030 is defined by two cross-cutting objectives: to devote 50% of its spending to decarbonising the economy, and 50% to emerging players who are driving innovation, without spending anything that is detrimental to the environment (as defined by the Do No Significant Harm principle).
Will be implemented collectively: designed and deployed in consultation with economic, academic, local and European players to determine the strategic orientations and flagship actions. Project leaders are invited to submit their applications via open, demanding and selective procedures in order to benefit from government support.
The programme is managed by the General Secretariat for Investment on behalf of the Prime Minister and implemented by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the French National Research Agency (ANR), Bpifrance and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC).
For more information: https://www.info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-2030 | @SGPI_avenir
Press contacts :
PROPHESEE
Guillaume Butin
press@prophesee.ai
BPIFRANCE
Emma BRUNNER
emma.brunner@bpifrance.fr
Juliette FONTANILLAS
Juliette.fontanillas@bpifrance.fr
0672760809
Okay...
So this is a French thing right?
Not only have we been partnered with Prophesee for over 2 years (Luca basically saying at one point, that we were a marriage made in Heaven) but we also have a strong French connection, AKIDA, being basically half French (JAST)...
No guarantees here but there's definitely a more than reasonably good chance, that we'll be involved...
Frangipani
Regular
FNU Sidharth, a Graduate Student Researcher from the University of Washington in Seattle, will be spending the summer as a Machine Learning Engineering Research Intern at BrainChip:
Bingo! 
https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-ongoing.1/post-425543
UW’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering had already spread the word about a summer internship opportunity at BrainChip last May. In fact, it was one of their graduating Master’s students, who was a BrainChip intern himself at the time (April 2023 - July 2023), promoting said opportunity.
I wonder what exactly Rishabh Gupta is up to these days, hiding in stealth mode ever since graduating from UW & simultaneously wrapping up his internship at BrainChip. What he has chosen to reveal on LinkedIn is that he now resides in San Jose, CA and is “Building next-gen infrastructure and aligned services optimized for multi-modal Generative AI” resp. that his start-up intends to build said infrastructure and services “to democratise AI”…He certainly has a very impressive CV so far as well as first-hand experience with Akida 2.0, given the time frame of his internship and him mentioning vision transformers.
Brainchip Inc: Summer Internship Program 2023
I am Rishabh Gupta, I am a 2nd year ECE PMP masters student and currently working at Brainchip.advisingblog.ece.uw.edu
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Meanwhile, yet another university is encouraging their students to apply for a summer internship at BrainChip:
BrainChip– Internship Program 2024 - USC Viterbi | Career Services
BrainChip– Internship Opportunity! Apply Today! About BrainChip: BrainChip develops technology that brings commonsense to the processing of sensor data, allowing efficient use for AI inferencing enabling one to do more with less. Accurately. Elegantly. Meaningfully. They call this Essential AI...viterbicareers.usc.edu
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I guess it is just a question of time before USC will be added to the BrainChip University AI Accelerator Program, although Nandan Nayampally is sadly no longer with our company…
Bingo! https://thestockexchange.com.au/threads/brn-discussion-ongoing.1/post-425543
Lol is it unreasonable to hope for some royalties/revenues years after IP contract? I am guessing that they signed a 4 yrs contract for a reason...
Frangipani
Regular
And this must be our new HR Manager: Katie Quiroz
Smoothsailing
Regular
This is the mobile phone area in which I was waiting on to hear about, brilliant . Fingers crossed that BRN will be apart of this neuromorphic Phones with ProphesseProphesee et Bpifrance investissent 15 millions d'euros
Développement d’une nouvelle génération de capteurs neuromorphiques, fabriqués en France, destinés à l’IA embarquée dans 1,3 milliard de smartphones. Prophesee assoit son leadership technologique mondial sur l’IA neuromorphique. Ce projet, PERSEPHONE, est cofinancé par Prophesee et Bpifrance...
Translated by DeepL:
Prophesee and Bpifrance invest €15 million in the development of neuromorphic AI
The aim of the project is to develop a new generation of neuromorphic sensors, manufactured in France, for use in the AI embedded in 1.3 billion smartphones.
With this development, Prophesee is consolidating its global technological leadership in neuromorphic AI.
This project, PERSEPHONE, is co-financed by Prophesee and Bpifrance as part of a grant awarded under the Embedded AI AAP launched by France 2030.
View attachment 66331
Paris, 4 July 2024 - Prophesee, the world leader in neuromorphic vision, has announced an investment of €15 million to develop the next generation of neuromorphic AI dedicated to mobile phones. This project, financed by Bpifrance as part of the Embedded AI Call for Projects launched by France 2030, will lead to the manufacture of "Made in France" sensors. Thanks to this strategic support, Prophesee is strengthening its global technological leadership in neuromorphic vision.
Innovation for embedded AI
The aim of this project is to mainstream the integration of a new standard of neuromorphic artificial intelligence into mobile phones. Inspired by the energy efficiency and operating speed of the eye-brain pair, this technology will enable advanced AI models applied to vision to be executed directly at the heart of mobile devices, using photos and videos, which are now the primary sources of artificial intelligence worldwide.
Applied to mobile phones, neuromorphic AI makes possible a number of significant technological advances in terms of image quality, very low energy consumption, much faster processing and data confidentiality, since on-board processing does not require the use and storage of a cloud.
A revolution in uses
Prophesee's revolutionary Metavision® sensors add a new dimension to mobile photography. They change the paradigm of traditional image capture by focusing solely on movements in a scene, pixel by pixel, continuously and at extreme speeds. Each pixel in the sensor incorporates dedicated intelligence, enabling it to act like a neuron, activating itself autonomously as a function of the movement it detects. This activation, known as an event, enables high-performance defocusing by synchronising the image sensor with Prophesee's neuromorphic sensor, filling the information gap on a microsecond scale to extract motion information algorithmically. This revolutionary approach to photography makes it possible to correct image blur under all conditions, enables smoother, super-slow motion videos and opens up a new field of on-board understanding of the environment (gesture and movement detection).
This project represents a major step forward for Prophesee and the telecommunications industry, positioning France at the forefront of innovation in neuromorphic AI.
Luca Verre, CEO of Prophesee, comments: "This new funding from France 2030 confirms Prophesee's technological leadership. Together with our reference partners, our ambition is to create the next generation of embedded neuromorphic AI for the mobile phone market, where our technology represents a technological leap forward".
Paul-Francois Fournier, Executive Director in charge of Innovation at Bpifrance, comments: "Prophesee is one of the technology nuggets that identified the potential of embedded AI very early on. With this project funded as part of France 2030's national AI strategy, Prophesee is accelerating its mastery of event-based technology as close as possible to image sensors. Their innovative approach and ability to transform the way we interact with our mobile devices is testament to France's ambition to remain at the forefront of global technology."
About Prophesee
Prophesee is the inventor of the world's most advanced neuromorphic vision systems.
Its Metavision® sensors and artificial intelligence algorithms, protected by 51 patents, open up a new era in computer vision by drawing inspiration from the way the eye and the brain work.
Prophesee sensors continuously perceive the essential visual information of movement in the scene, pixel by pixel, just as our retinal photosensitive cells do.
This new category of vision, known as "event vision", overcomes the limitations imposed by standard cameras, which traditionally capture 24 images per second.
It offers unprecedented levels of performance and security for autonomous vehicles, IoT and Industry 4.0: speed (>100,000 images per second), dynamic range (>120dB), data volume (-10x to -1000x) and energy efficiency (<10mW)
About Bpifrance
Bpifrance finances businesses - at every stage of their development - through loans, guarantees and equity. Bpifrance supports them in their innovation and international projects. Bpifrance also supports their export activities through a wide range of products. Advice, university, networking and acceleration programmes for start-ups, SMEs and ETIs are also part of the services offered to entrepreneurs.
Thanks to Bpifrance and its 50 regional offices, entrepreneurs benefit from a close, single and effective contact to help them meet their challenges. For more information: www.Bpifrance.fr
About the France 2030 investment plan
The France 2030 investment plan reflects a dual ambition: to transform key sectors of our economy (health, energy, automotive, aeronautics and space) over the long term through technological innovation, and to position France not just as a player, but as a leader in the world of tomorrow. From fundamental research, to the emergence of an idea, to the production of a new product or service, France 2030 supports the entire life cycle of innovation, right through to its industrialisation.
The scale of the programme is unprecedented: €54 billion will be invested to ensure that our businesses, universities and research bodies make the transition to these strategic sectors a success. The aim is to enable them to respond competitively to the ecological and attractiveness challenges of the world to come, and to develop the future leaders of our sectors of excellence. France 2030 is defined by two cross-cutting objectives: to devote 50% of its spending to decarbonising the economy, and 50% to emerging players who are driving innovation, without spending anything that is detrimental to the environment (as defined by the Do No Significant Harm principle).
Will be implemented collectively: designed and deployed in consultation with economic, academic, local and European players to determine the strategic orientations and flagship actions. Project leaders are invited to submit their applications via open, demanding and selective procedures in order to benefit from government support.
The programme is managed by the General Secretariat for Investment on behalf of the Prime Minister and implemented by the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME), the French National Research Agency (ANR), Bpifrance and the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC).
For more information: https://www.info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-2030 | @SGPI_avenir
Press contacts :
PROPHESEE
Guillaume Butin
press@prophesee.ai
BPIFRANCE
Emma BRUNNER
emma.brunner@bpifrance.fr
Juliette FONTANILLAS
Juliette.fontanillas@bpifrance.fr
0672760809
Patient my friend.
As mentioned before by many 1000 eyes, getting a mere 1% slice of the predicted market price is all we need!
Whoever is first to come to market with a working product will be worth 10x Microsoft, and Pitt Street Research is pointing that big arrow to us!
Sean and the crew are working tirelessly behind the scene and meeting with all the top global companies. The hints are all pointing toward a BIG 2025 for us, and I would hate to miss that
Akida Ballista.
As always, Not advice.
GDJR69
Regular
I don't think that's a fair response. The company itself predicted revenue by now and an 'explosion of sales'. I assume you are not suggesting that the founders and management that made these statements don't understand the business. However, things have not gone according to anyone's plan. E.g. the Renesas and Megachiips licences were signed years ago but what happened and where is revenue? People are frustrated and dispirited for a reason, people who have been in the stock for years like me and have invested a lot of money. I think we can have a civil discussion about this without allegations of down ramping and childishly telling people to sell and move on. We can only hope that we will soon see some fruits from the company who after all has an amazing product to sell.
Excellent news! This shows that the company is growing extremely fast (by demand) in hiring another HR Manager. Another visionary leader added to our strong team! Well done Sean and the crew.
Akida Ballista.
Not advice
My understanding is that these expectations were based on the imminent use of Akida 1000.
As we all know Akida 2 was released not long after and caused most of our partners to revise their plan so that they can incorporate this improved version of our IP in their products.
So I believe redesigning these products with Akida 2 will delay our revenues by a further 2-3 years.
Not advice.
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