Peter van der Made

Part of BrainChip Holdings Ltd., Brainchip, Inc. is a private company that offers Akida, the industry-standard for Edge AI. The company is based in Aliso Viejo, CA. BrainChip's first-to-market, digital neuromorphic processor IP, Akida™, mimics the human brain to analyze only essential sensor inputs at the point of acquisition—processing data with unparalleled performance, precision, and economy of energy. The company combines advanced IoT infrastructure with Artificial Intelligence technologies inspired by the human brain to make AI ubiquitous. BrainChip offers insight into two widely accepted forms of deep learning, transfer learning and incremental, which are presumed to be more efficient than traditional neural network training. The company was founded by Peter van der Made, who has been the CEO since incorporation. Brainchip was acquired by Aziana Ltd. on August 17, 2015 for $57.58 million.

IBM Internet Security Systems engages in the provision of information and infrastructure security services. The company is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Part of International Business Machines Corp., vCIS Technology, Inc. develops and provides security software. The private company is based in Santa Clara, CA. The company was founded by Peter van der Made, Robert F. Mitro. vCIS Technology was acquired by Internet Security Systems, Inc. on October 31, 2002 for $20 million.