SMRTR AIJun 25, 2026TechCrunch

Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x

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Naveen Rao, former AI chief at Databricks, launched Unconventional AI with a bold goal: cutting AI's power consumption by 1,000 times using a new oscillator-based chip architecture. The company released its first model, Un-0, an image generator matching today's best AI tools, currently running on a software simulation while actual chip hardware is still being developed.

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