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▶ 3:40 · $UNCONVENTIONAL-AI · Unconventional AI aims for 1000x power efficiency in AI compute
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Naveen Rao: 4D Computing, AI's Energy Wall & Beating Biology

2026-09-21 · 2 company · 0 thematic
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naveen rao

Neuroscientist and computer architect with 30 years experience; PhD in neuroscience; founded one of the first AI chip companies (Nervana, acquired by Intel); ran Mosaic ML (acquired by Databricks); built Databricks' AI platform; now building Unconventional AI to commercialize neuromorphic dynamical computing.

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“[03:40] And the goal has been within it was initially within 5 years to get to a thousand X power efficiency. I've actually revised this to three and a half years because things have gone faster than we anticipated. We've actually solved v…”
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