Numenta is at the intersection of neuroscience and AI.
Numenta is at the intersection of neuroscience and AI.
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Numenta launches brain-based NuPIC to make AI processing up to 100 times more efficient

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Numenta has researched the brain for 17 years, and now it finally has a product that it hopes can make AI up to 100 times more efficient.

The Redwood City, California-based company — started by computing pioneers Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky — is unveiling its neuroscience-based AI commercial solution, the Numenta Platform for Intelligent Computing (NuPIC).

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.