Its a reminder of how tough it is with new never used before ' game changing' products.While these numbers can be a guide for chip sales based on volume, we don't know where they will land. We don't have a complete breakdown of the price point by exact volume, nor the volume existing customers are slated to purchase. We know the worst-case (someone buying up the whole lot) and best-case profit (all items being sold individually), but not what the actual totals will be.
It is also important to note that the chips do not preclude any IP sales if and when those are made. There is also the income they have been reporting through engineering support when assisting customers in creating models for their platform.
Fortunately, we are not looking at just a single revenue stream.
We are not a drop in or bolt on.
Even a huge company like Parsons is not taking any risks until it proves AKIDA in 'real life' situations over and over again.
No one wants to risk their brand on AKIDA until it a 100% certainty.
No one is going to take on IP until they have done chips to death to eliminate all risk both brand and financial wise.
If for example it works out for Parsons they may make huge chip orders or move up to Gen 2 IP.