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Unconventional AI

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Unconventional AI

@unconvAI

Unconventional AI is rethinking the foundations of a computer to bring biology-scale efficiency to artificial intelligence.

Joined October 2025

Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Jun 18
Most companies use AI tools, but we are not a 'conventional company.' We're building Unconventional AI for this new age as an AI-native organization. In this latest blog, our [un]CFO, Ali Esfahani, shares how he has used AI in his first five months across finance, research,
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Jun 11
Lewis Hamilton recently pointed to a mismatch between simulation and reality as a major factor behind a challenging race weekend. It's a problem every systems engineer recognizes: how do you simulate a system operating at the edge of chaos? In our latest blog, we explore how
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
May 21
Most real-world systems are dynamic. So why do we still treat computation as static? Our latest blog explores computation through motion using gyroscopes, rods, springs, and ordinary differential equations to perform handwritten digit classification. A deep dive into: •
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
May 14
Tomorrow, May 15, is the final day to submit pre-proposals for the Unconventional Grant. Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen proposals spanning: • computation as dynamics • in-memory and in-physics compute • architectures that minimize data movement • new
Unconventional Grant: Final Call for Proposals - Unconventional AI
From unconv.ai
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
May 7
Getting to 1000x energy efficiency in AI isn’t about one breakthrough. It’s about solving two hard constraints: 1. Data movement dominates energy 2. Amdahl’s Law caps system-level gains Which means you have to rethink everything: models, hardware, and how they’re designed
How to improve AI energy efficiency by 1000x - Unconventional AI
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
May 5
We are proud to announce that Unconventional AI has been named on the 2026 @CBinsights AI 100 list. Find us here: cbinsights.com/learn/ai-100-t…
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Apr 30
Attending #ODSCAIEast today? Join our cofounder @mcarbin at 2:35 PM ET in the Keynote Room. “Nonlinear Dynamics as the Next Substrate for Intelligence” explores a fundamental idea: we may be building AI on the wrong substrate. The human brain runs on ~20 watts. Today’s AI
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Apr 30
Analog vs. digital. Which is actually better? As AI systems hit efficiency limits, it might be time to rethink the abstractions we’ve taken for granted and focus on using the right tool for the job. Explore the case for a mixed-signal future in our latest blog post “Analog is
Analog is dead, long live analog! - Unconventional AI
From unconv.ai
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Apr 24
We’re hiring people who are endlessly curious, comfortable with discomfort, and drawn to the edge of chaos. If this sounds like you, apply here:
Naveen Rao
@NaveenGRao
Apr 24
At @unconvAI we have all the conventional benefits. But we also have unconventional ones: Edge of Chaos Stipend: We provide $1,000 annually to encourage unconventional risk-taking. Use it to fund a project or experience that takes you entirely out of your comfort zone. This can
Careers - Unconventional AI
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Apr 7
We’re introducing the Unconventional Grant. A new research grant program supporting bold, unconventional ideas in AI. We’re allocating $500,000 in total funding, awarding up to five $100,000 grants to researchers exploring new paradigms in efficient, scalable, and biologically
Unconventional Grant - Unconventional AI
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Apr 2
Stop copying the past. Is modern AI just a "cargo cult" worshipping the GPU? For 60 years, hardware and software have lived in completely separate worlds. But AI is forcing us to tear down those walls. The industry is stuck optimizing old abstractions and linear algebra not
Neural co-evolution - Unconventional AI
From unconv.ai
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Mar 6
In a recent episode of the @ThisWeeknAI, our CEO @NaveenGRao joined @Jason for a roundtable discussion with @ChaseLochmiller (@CrusoeAI) and @ml_angelopoulos (@arena). Naveen discusses the long-term limits of scaling AI on today’s computing architectures and why new approaches
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Feb 25
1/10 Reimaging computing using dynamical systems raises a host of fundamental questions, among them: How programmable/steerable is a candidate system? This week, we ran an experiment to test the limits of programmability by asking: is a toy 4-oscillator system expressive enough
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Feb 25
Replying to @unconvAI
9/10 Success! When you plot the learned dynamics through time, the results demonstrate the steerability and programmability of these simple dynamical systems. Yes, this demo is whimsical, but it provides a clear answer: these systems are highly programmable. This answer hints
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Unconventional AI
@unconvAI
Feb 25
10/10 What other fundamental questions should we be asking about dynamical systems and computation? Join us as we continue to explore the limits of programmability, steerability, and efficiency for tomorrow’s computing.
Careers - Unconventional AI
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