Unconventional

Unconventional (Unconventional, Inc.) is an AI-hardware research company rethinking the foundations of the computer to optimize energy efficiency for AI. Founded by experts in AI systems, analog circuits, computing theory, and neuroscience, and backed by Playground Global, the company researches dynamical-systems computing substrates — coupled-oscillator (Kuramoto) hardware, an instruction set architecture for dynamical-system hardware, and hardware/software neural co-evolution — targeting biology-scale energy efficiency. Its open-source Un-0 model generates images with simulated coupled oscillators. Unconventional does not currently publish a public API, developer portal, or hosted product.

Unconventional is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, AI, AI Hardware, Analog Computing, and Energy Efficiency.

Unconventional’s developer surface includes engineering blog and 8 more developer resources.

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description: Unconventional (Unconventional, Inc.) is an AI-hardware research company rethinking the foundations of the computer
  to optimize energy efficiency for AI. Founded by experts in AI systems, analog circuits, computing theory, and neuroscience,
  and backed by Playground Global, the company researches dynamical-systems computing substrates — coupled-oscillator (Kuramoto)
  hardware, an instruction set architecture for dynamical-system hardware, and hardware/software neural co-evolution — targeting
  biology-scale energy efficiency. Its open-source Un-0 model generates images with simulated coupled oscillators. Unconventional
  does not currently publish a public API, developer portal, or hosted product.
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