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Re: SavantX in SFe

Posted by gepr on Sep 13, 2020; 11:40am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/SavantX-in-SFe-tp7598642p7598655.html

It seems they're not trying to be a hardware company.
https://www.insidequantumtechnology.com/news/savantx-partnering-with-d-wave-to-help-trucking-companies-optimizing-loads-and-driver-retention/

I found no listings in the gov funded contracts databases. But CNN lists them as a PPP recipient:
https://www.cnn.com/projects/ppp-business-loans/businesses/savantx-inc

My new guess is Ed made a pretty penny in an IPO and has been hunting for the next big wave, buzzwords from AI/ML to data science to QC.

I'm worried that HONE might be an interesting thing that gets occluded by 'entrepreneurship'.

On September 13, 2020 3:10:25 AM PDT, "⛧ glen" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>Thanks for the link to that book!
>
>I'm unable to pierce the wall of hype around savantx. Ostby's patents
>are about search and training sims. My guess is they're riding a string
>of SBIR type funding and have convinced some brass that they can do
>something cool. I hope it's true and not just hype.
>
>
>On September 12, 2020 6:08:52 PM PDT, Steve Smith <[hidden email]>
>wrote:
>>
>>I'm also interested in the possibility that perspectives such as are
>>presented in books like Blackfoot Physics
>><https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/110248.Blackfoot_Physics> might
>>have some traction, and the long-shot chance that one of my young Tewa
>>neighbors, for example,  might grow up and revolutionize this domain
>>through hybridization of their own cosmological perspectives and those
>>that lead to our current quantum technology.  
>>

--
glen ⛧

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