[FRIAM] SavantX in SFe

Marcus Daniels marcus at snoutfarm.com
Sun Sep 13 12:07:32 EDT 2020


There are a number of these logistics software companies that are doing what amounts to integer quadratic programming but cast it as a quantum or quantum ‘inspired’ optimization to discriminate from bigger players in their space.   I do remember this name now so will not further comment.  I thought it was just a name collision.   Not a quantum computing company in the way I thought was intended.

> On Sep 13, 2020, at 8:07 AM, glen∉ℂ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nothing for sure. This recent patent seems indicative:
> 
> David Linus Ostby
> https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C48&q=david+ostby&oq=d#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DqplV7M8W2xwJ
> 
> But Ostby's also presented on graph search:
> http://nmbdas.com/speakers/
> 
> 
>> On September 13, 2020 7:10:14 AM PDT, Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
>> Thinks for the extra references.   I can't penetrate the brochure-speak
>> either... even HONE which sounds like yet another gussied up machine
>> learning platform.  Of course, a great deal of the success in that
>> domain is it's application.   I'm assuming they are stirring in some
>> Quantum just to create the appearance of an "edge". 
>> Do you have any more insight into what HONE is beyond the words that
>> make the acronym?
>> 
>> Heinbockel's other company of record:  Visual Purple
>> https://visualpurple.com reminds me way too much of the two major
>> clients that I suffered in the last 12 years... WorldScape and Micoy,
>> each of whom were aspiring to fill a strong niche in virtual training
>> and hollywood FX, but they started with modest IP in the multi-camera
>> capture domain (flat and spherical arrays)...  the websites are slick
>> enough and have enough implied content for many customers I suspect.  I
>> think their demo reel would be what makes or breaks them.  And whomever
>> his "co-founder" might be...
>> 
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