BrainChip Talks AI Innovation with Accenture’s Managing Director and Global Chief Technology Officer of Accenture Applied Intelligence Jean-Luc Chatelain

Follow a conversation between Ian Bratt, fellow and senior director of technology at Arm, and BrainChip CMO Nandan Nayampally. The two assess predictions about smaller, specialized models and the promise of power-efficient data sets. They evaluate other factors that could accelerate the adoption of AI at the edge in the very near future. In addition to technical topics, they share their views on AI’s imminent impact on education and jobs, its ethical nuances, and its creative potential.   Bratt is an expert on ML, CPUs, GPUs, memory systems, and SoC architecture. His team architected Arm’s line of NPUs; before his work in ML, Bratt served as architect for many releases of Arm Mali GPUs during a period of rapid growth. He previously worked at Tilera, a startup that innovated multicore technology. His S.M. degree is from MIT, and he has 23 granted US patents to his name. Listen in as Bratt and Nayampally cover the evolution of Tiny ML and the larger role of AI.

Zach Shelby, CEO of Edge Impulse, was a recent guest on the BrainChip podcast. Shelby is an IoT pioneer in simplifying development platforms for AI at the edge. He brought his passion for machine learning, embedded solutions and IoT to this lively and enlightening discussion with BrainChip CMO Nandan Nayampally. Hear about Shelby’s astounding metrics for developer recruitment, training volume, and adoption; using AI to fill the gap when data sets are small or non-existent; the challenges of bringing AI to manufacturing and real-world use cases. Shelby is a familiar and highly respected leader in the ML community. He founded Sensinode, an enterprise wireless network provider in the early days of IoT that was acquired by ARM, enabling him to develop ARM's IoT business, first as Director of Technology and later as VP of Developers. At ARM, he helped create the non-profit BBC Micro:bit Educational Foundation and served as its CEO. In addition to his activities as a serial entrepreneur, Shelby is an angel investor in Amini.ai, Augmenta.ai, Operant.ai, and Petasense. Shelby serves on the board of TinyML and has won a Nokia Foundation Award for his work on IoT.

For our 28th episode of “This Is Our Mission,” Rob Telson hosted a wide-ranging discussion between Tenstorrent COO Keith Witek and Brainchip CMO Nandan Nayampally. Their conversation explored the compute landscape, trends in AI, and differences and commonalities between the two companies’ approaches.   Witek holds degrees in Business, Computing, Electrical Engineering, and Law and has several patents. Prior to Tenstorrent, he ran Strategic Alliances for Google consumer electronics, was SVP of Corporate Development and General Counsel at SiFive, was Director of Technology Enablement and Associate General Counsel at Tesla, was Corporate VP of Strategy and Corporate Development at AMD, and had many other teaching, legal, and engineering roles. Witek serves on the board of entrepreneurial hub StartingBlock Madison.   Nayampally’s career has been immersed in the semiconductor arena, starting with AMD. He spent most of his career in IP — first with Denali Software and then at Arm — building the CPU business and later running the Client Line of Business as VP and General Manager, giving him expert insight into the waves and trends in compute. He also worked at Amazon as Alexa’s Head of SDK Products. Nayampally holds degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and the University of Texas atAustin.  In this episode, you can get their views on: - Why AI is here to stay - Real-life impacts of AI, like reducing car-related fatalities and personalizing healthcare - Challenges that currently limit the scalability of AI, such as massive data loads and the slowing of Moore’s Law - How innovators in the industry, including BrainChip and Tenstorrent, are overcoming these barriers - Which deployment models for technology hold the most promise, including a discussion on chiplets - And lots more

Dr. Gaurav Sukhatme, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering at USC, joins BrainChip CMO, Nandan Nayampally, to discuss the fields of AI and robotics. With more than three decades of experience in the field, Dr. Sukhatme is the co-director of the USC Robotics Research Laboratory and is the director of the USC Robotic Embedded Systems Laboratory, which he founded in 2000. He is a recognized expert in the fields of networked robots, learning robots and field robotics. He holds the Fletcher Jones Foundation Endowed Chair in Computer Science and serves as the Executive Vice Dean at the USC Viterbi School of Engineers, in addition to being an Amazon Scholar. Dr. Sukhatme has focused on developing algorithms, techniques, and tools to design and understand large-scale, distributed, networked robotic systems with an emphasis on environmental monitoring. He also works in learning and planning for robot grasping and manipulation. “Gaurav’s deep knowledge and dedication to the field of robotics and artificial intelligence has inspired and equipped the next generation of technology innovators to drive these fields forward both in academic research as well as in the industry,” said Nayampally. “He brings great insights into the evolution of modern robotics, AI and autonomy, and his belief in the future of intelligent compute is contagious and I’m excited that we can share these with our audience.” The “This is Our Mission” podcast provides AI industry insight to listeners including users, developers, analysts, technical and financial press, and investors.

Author Geoffrey Moore joins BrainChip CEO Sean Hehir to discuss the challenges facing large organizations when looking to adopt disruptive innovations. Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor who splits his time between start-up companies in the Wildcat Venture Partners portfolios and established high-tech enterprises including Salesforce, Microsoft, Autodesk, F5 Networks, Gainsight, Google, and Splunk. Moore’s life’s work has focused on the market dynamics surrounding disruptive innovations. Moore’s books include Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, the Gorilla Game, and Zone to Win. Crossing the Chasm is a technology playbook which focuses on the challenges start-up companies face transitioning from early adoption to mainstream customers. Moore’s latest work, Zone to Win, addresses the challenge enterprises face when embracing disruptive innovations, and the importance of adopting when it is in their best interests to do so. “One of the best parts about doing the ‘This is Our Mission’ podcasts is the opportunity to meet fascinating people and get their unique insights into innovative technology, and how this is changing the world at large,” said Hehir. “There are few people more fascinating than Geoffrey Moore. His vast knowledge in business-related experience, and his thoughts on the meaning of life, will help enlighten our listeners about how today’s technology advancements are driving rapid proliferation of increasingly intelligent devices and services.” The “This is Our Mission” podcast provides AI industry insight to listeners including users, developers, analysts, technical and financial press, and investors.

BrainChip CEO Sean Hehir and GFT Founding Managing Partner and former head of Nvidia’s GPU ventures,  Jeff Herbst explore the generational disruption being caused by AI technology. They discuss the impacts, players, the state of the market now and the factors that will drive the future growth of AI at the edge.

In this episode, BrainChip’s Rob Telson engages with AI thought leaders, Founder and CTO Peter van der Made and Chief Marketing Officer Nandan Nayampally discussing the company’s progress as well as providing their perspectives on the AI market today and what the future holds.

Jean-Luc Chatelain joins BrainChip CEO Sean Hehir to help listeners understand how data-driven AI will help businesses gain insight into their business process and affect positive outcomes.

BrainChip’s Rob Telson and EE Times journalist Sally Ward-Foxton discuss the latest trends in AI from the cloud to the edge.

This podcast will highlight the dynamics of the Arm Ecosystem, the BrainChip/Arm partnership and how Arm enables it’s partners through the Ecosystem to accelerate IoT design and developer enablement.