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[Pom down under]

Did anyone purchase an M.2 board and ship it to Australia? When I went to place an order it gave a shipping fee of $200 (which is also probably USD also but i need to double check.). !!!

Yep, double checked and the price is $449 USD on checkout !

If it’s $200 USD or au that’s either a mistake or piss take unless you live on the

 

[IloveLamp]

Apologies if posted and discussed.

But this is a very strange hire imo, there must be more to the story than what is available on LinkedIn.

He doesn't seem very highly qualified?

Finn Ryder on LinkedIn: I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development…

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development Representative at BrainChip !

www.linkedin.com

 

[manny100]

Why aren't they bidding now?

I love the optimism but if NVIDIA, apple, google wanted to buy is, surely they would have offered already. What's a cool $5 billion to them? Like 5 bucks to me lol

Not sure. The Edge is in its infancy and maybe they would prefer that BRN does all the back breaking work setting the business up pay much more for us but make money from day 1 with growth left in the tank??

 

[AARONASX]

Apologies if posted and discussed.

But this is a very strange hire imo, god i hope there is more to the story, there must be.......surely.

Finn Ryder on LinkedIn: I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development…

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development Representative at BrainChip !

www.linkedin.com

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Looks to me that up until Mar 2024 he was a Business Development Rep and sure there is more, the two middle might be as simple as community work part time

 

[SERA2g]

Yes, I screenshot everything. The secret squirrel club always show up in short order.
It gets better.
Go to:
brainchip.com
Click on the air force contract: - Home page.
At first , I thought they had chopped the second page of the announcement, but no, they have specifically removed the section regarding the sub-contractor.

Here is a link to the original ASX announcement. Do the comparison.

https://www.listcorp.com/asx/brn/brainchip-holdings/news/us-1-8-million-contract-with-air-force-research-laboratory-3129056.html

Hi Tap

BrainChip Awarded Air Force Research Laboratory Radar Development Contract

BrainChip Awarded Air Force Research Laboratory Radar Development Contract Laguna Hills, Calif. – DECEMBER 9, 2024 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI, today...

web.archive.org

Above is an archived version of the airforce contract page dated 10th December 2024. This is the same date that the announcement was released to the ASX.

It looks like the post on their webpage never referenced a subcontractor.

The removal of the Day 2 post from social media is interesting, but it seems you're jumping at shadows with respect to their AFRL webpage having been updated.

 

[Taproot]

Hi Tap

BrainChip Awarded Air Force Research Laboratory Radar Development Contract

BrainChip Awarded Air Force Research Laboratory Radar Development Contract Laguna Hills, Calif. – DECEMBER 9, 2024 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI, today...

web.archive.org

Above is an archived version of the airforce contract page dated 10th December 2024. This is the same date that the announcement was released to the ASX.

It looks like the post on their webpage never referenced a subcontractor.

The removal of the Day 2 post from social media is interesting, but it seems you're jumping at shadows with respect to their AFRL webpage having been updated.

Roger, fair enough, at first glance I thought it was the ASX version.
My gut feel about the Day 2 post and any reference to RTX being a partner may have rubbed someone up the wrong way though.
I don't think we'll see any mention of the sub-contractor anytime soon. Happy to be wrong about that.

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

Apologies if posted and discussed.

But this is a very strange hire imo, god i hope there is more to the story, there must be.......surely.

Finn Ryder on LinkedIn: I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development…

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development Representative at BrainChip !

www.linkedin.com

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Maybe they need someone young on the team, and though inexperienced, he could fit in better with a similarly preppy group of clients.
A lot of the process in sales is in first selling yourself, and similar backgrounds, age and cultural bias all help in establishing rapport.
We have had, and still do, plenty of senior sales exec's with relevant experience and reputations to talk the talk and so far, none of that has seemed to crystallise into anything very tangible. Let's let the young pup have a try at the brass ring.
It can be good to shake things up in the mix with some fresh blood and new ideas from time to time and everyone has to start somewhere.

 

[IloveLamp]

Maybe they need someone young on the team, and though inexperienced, he could fit in better with a similarly preppy group of clients.
A lot of the process in sales is in first selling yourself, and similar backgrounds, age and cultural bias all help in establishing rapport.
We have had, and still do, plenty of senior sales exec's with relevant experience and reputations to talk the talk and so far, none of that has seemed to crystallise into anything very tangible. Let's let the young pup have a try at the brass ring.
It can be good to shake things up in the mix with some fresh blood and new ideas from time to time and everyone has to start somewhere.

I get that. I do, i have a fairly decent sales back ground myself.

But our tech is cutting edge. It is a struggle for people already heavily embedded in the industry to wrap their heads around.

At this crucial juncture in the companies timeline i guess i would hope that we could attract people with more relevant experience and proven sales achievements?

We aren’t exactly smashing out the ip agreements the past few years ....and with hires like this, the question i ask myself is, is it going to make it easier or harder?

Just my thoughts, but it is odd imo.

 

[schuey]

I also have the PCIe board, which I put into a small form-factor Dell that I purchased from a site that refurbished business machines. It was a lot more affordable than the shuttle PC, and hopefully, it too will be a collector's item.

I chose the B+M key for the M.2 board --unfortunately, the Raspberry Pi 3B that I have doesn't have an M.2 slot, so I would have to upgrade if I wanted the poor man's shuttle PC and Raspberry Pi with Akida on board. For now, I was hoping to add it to the PC's M.2 slot if both the PCIe and it will coexist, thus my inquiry with BrainChip.

The only thing about the arrangement is that I needed an Ubuntu Linux distribution to use the PCIe card. I want a PCIe driver for Windows 10/11 for either device, since I am most comfortable developing on those platforms. To that end, I have been working in conjunction with ChatGPT to try and port the Linux driver that BrainChip has in their GitHub repo to use the Windows Kernel Mode Driver Framework.

At this point, I need to prepare an SSD to swap out the Linux installation with Windows and Visual Studio to test and debug the driver. This is my first attempt at actually writing a driver, so it's been an educational journey, to say the least.

In english please....completely lost.....

 

[HopalongPetrovski]

I get that. I do, i have a fairly decent sales back ground myself.

But our tech is cutting edge. It is a struggle for people already heavily embedded in the industry to wrap their heads around.

At this crucial juncture in the companies timeline i guess i would hope that we could attract people with more relevant experience and proven sales achievements?

We aren’t exactly smashing out the ip agreements the past few years and with hires like this is, the question i ask myself is, is it going to make it easier or harder?

Just my thoughts, but it is odd imo.

I understand where you are coming from.
Was just spitballing a possible explanation.
Maybe he's someone of influence's son or nephew.
Maybe they needed a pretty boy on the team for promotional or marketing material.
Saw all of that sort of thing happen in my time in the workforce.
Thank goodness am retired now but still hopeful brainChip can get on with it before I go for the long dirt nap.

 

[IloveLamp]

I understand where you are coming from.
Was just spitballing a possible explanation.
Maybe he's someone of influence's son or nephew.
Maybe they needed a pretty boy on the team for promotional or marketing material.
Saw all of that sort of thing happen in my time in the workforce.
Thank goodness am retired now but still hopeful brainChip can get on with it before I go for the long dirt nap.

All possible hoppy. And perhaps the big deals have already been done, buried under nda's and secrecy. With all our big tech associations and partnerships, i guess it's possible that they feel comfortable enough to hire some new blood?

The founders retiring would seem to support this also. As a shareholder i guess once again, it is a wait and see scenario.

Oh to be a fly on the wall in that office.

 

[DingoBorat]

@SERA2g it would need to be more than a few to interest anyone with a reasonable holding imo.

I've, for quite a long time, thought the offer would need to be in the vicinity of 8 to 10 billion AUD.

Offers of 2 billion, have most likely been made and rejected.

The numb skulls, who make absolutely stupid (or disingenuous) statements, that a large player would just "buy us out" for whatever the current market capitalisation is, "if we were any good"..

Either have absolutely no idea how Company takeovers work (in a solvent situation) or are plain out just lying.

 

[FiveBucks]

I've, for quite a long time, thought the offer would need to be in the vicinity of 8 to 10 billion AUD.

Offers of 2 billion, have most likely been made and rejected.

The numb skulls, who make absolutely stupid (or disingenuous) statements, that a large player would just "buy us out" for whatever the current market capitalisation is, "if we were any good"..

Either have absolutely no idea how Company takeovers work (in a solvent situation) or are plain out just lying.

They haven't (since listing) had a takeover offer because if an offer is made, it has to be announced regardless if the board or ceo believes it's a low offer. They can't reject it without advising the market.

From AI because I'm lazy:

an ASX-listed company must announce a takeover offer to the market, regardless of the offer's value. The bidder must notify the ASX and issue a bidder's statement to the target shareholders.

 

[Diogenese]

All possible hoppy. And perhaps the big deals have already been done, buried under nda's and secrecy. With all our big tech associations and partnerships, i guess it's possible that they feel comfortable enough to hire some new blood?

The founders retiring would seem to support this also. As a shareholder i guess once again, it is a wait and see scenario.

Oh to be a fly on the wall in that office.

... not if they've got that dragonfly thing working!

 

[MDhere]

Interesting no CES podcasts out yet. Last year they released each podcast the day after they were recorded.

According to @Pom down under it's released

 

[Esq.111]

Good Afternoon Chippers,

Found the second page rather tittelating.

RTX 2023 Annual Report... big download , so may require a savey Chipper to past said page.
On my phone and can't for the life of me figure out how. .

Be thinking my price indicater , RockerRothsGettyFellerChild, last price estimate of $7.117 per BRN share needs to be SUBSTANTIALLY UPGRADED.

https://investors.rtx.com/financial-information/annual-reports

Regards,
E

I'd imagine there would be a bidding war.

Evening Diogenese ,

I'd fricken well hope so.

Thankyou once again for your technical input , most including myself would be foooooked without it.

Regards,
Esq.

 

[Terroni2105]

Apologies if posted and discussed.

But this is a very strange hire imo, there must be more to the story than what is available on LinkedIn.

He doesn't seem very highly qualified?

Finn Ryder on LinkedIn: I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development…

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Sales Development Representative at BrainChip !

www.linkedin.com

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I had to ask ChatGPT what the role does “A Sales Development Representative (SDR) is a key role in the sales process, primarily responsible for the initial stages of lead generation and qualification. SDRs typically focus on identifying and reaching out to potential customers (prospects) to create opportunities for the sales team to close deals. They are often seen as the first line of engagement with leads, and their work sets the stage for more in-depth sales conversations later.”

yes he does seem strange pick based on his history but at least he seems keen.

 

[Frangipani]

I did listen to the interview myself, thank you very much. This is not the first time you’ve made completely false assertions about me, which reflects far more on your character than on mine.

For the record, I posted my own comments on the interview after listening to it a second time, before sharing what Curlednoodles had to say from HC. I made no claims regarding the accuracy of his summary. And I certainly did not encourage people to rely on that information exclusively or not listen to the actual interview themselves.

Why are you constantly seeking to pick a fight with me, @Bravo? And what are you even talking about?

Neither did I assert that you hadn’t listened to the interview before reposting @curlednoodles’ “summary” (as you weirdly call it) nor that you claimed it were accurate nor that you “encouraged people to rely on that information exclusively or not listen to the actual interview themselves”.

I did not even address you at all! My post was addressed to no one in particular, but to all forum readers in general who hadn’t yet listened to the interview, and whom I advised to not rely on other posters’ interpretations (including mine!) or supposed “transcripts” to find out what had really been said. And while commenting on the discrepancies between the actual conversation that took place during CES 2025 and @curlednoodles’ “interesting snippets from the interview” (that you had reposted here on TSE, hence that screenshot of your post), I reiterated my advice to those not yet having done so to listen to the original interview instead of basing their assessment on what they would naturally have assumed to be the highlights from an authentic transcript.

I had neither hit the reply button to respond to your post nor addressed you directly or tagged your username, so why do you falsely claim I had been talking to you specifically, when in reality the addressee was anyone reading my post who hadn’t yet listened to the interview?

Having had read your earlier comments on the interview, I was well aware you had listened to the actual conversation prior to reposting the HC post. You appear to have reposted it, though, without actually reading over it, as otherwise - with the interview still fresh in your mind - you ought to have noticed the discrepancies.



You keep on insulting, maligning and belittling me.
Reminds me of last week, when I factually refuted your wild speculatation that the 2020 SBIR that saw Silicon Space Technology Corporation (now known as VORAGO Technologies) propose to explore Akida might be part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. Instead of discussing the valid points I had raised in a civil manner, you reacted with yet another emotional outburst, mocking and insulting me. That rude post of yours (see below, with the actual insult blacked out) was later reported by other users - not by me - and moderated. (Just for the record - I have only ever reported a single post so far, and that wasn’t one of yours).

If you have concerns about Curlednoodles' post, then I suggest you address those concerns directly with him on the Crapper, where you can engage in your forensic critiquing and pathological nitpicking to your heart’s content.

As a side note, Curlednoodles explicitly labeled their post as "some interesting snippets from the interview." He didn't claim it was a precise, chronological transcript. But, it's a free world, so if you want to go chew his balls off, then I can't stop you. With any luck, you'll like it over there so much that you'll decide to stay for an extended holiday.

So it sounds as if you don’t have any concerns at all when someone posts “some interesting snippets from the interview” in the form of a dialogue excerpt that turns out to be an altered version of what was actually said rather than a transcript? Interesting…

Well, I’ll have to disappoint you, then, as I have no intention of leaving TSE, despite all the cyber-bullying against me that has been going on for months.

How about addressing the main topic of my post for a change by sharing your opinion on my assessment that some shareholders were reading too much into what our CMO had said in that CES 2025 interview, eg. regarding Apple or his five-year outlook?

 

[FiveBucks]

I had to ask ChatGPT what the role does “A Sales Development Representative (SDR) is a key role in the sales process, primarily responsible for the initial stages of lead generation and qualification. SDRs typically focus on identifying and reaching out to potential customers (prospects) to create opportunities for the sales team to close deals. They are often seen as the first line of engagement with leads, and their work sets the stage for more in-depth sales conversations later.”

yes he does seem strange pick based on his history but at least he seems keen.

Reporting for duty!

 

[7für7]

$3? $50? I believe in the 10x microsoft. We a very unique tech. So IMO 1k or more is just beyond the horizon

TheDon

Sure afte 10 revers-splits á 1000000:1