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Yikes. Extortion, Defamation and Y Combinator

  • 2019-09-15
  • Alex Nugent
  • History, Memristor, Uncategorized
  • 1 Comment

I recently came across a discussion thread on Y Combinator Hacker News, which has been archived here. After looking into the law regarding defamation of character and taking a few deep breaths–I decided it would be better to offer a public response.... read more

Knowm Inc History [2001-2011]

  • 2020-01-01
  • Alex Nugent
  • History, Knowm and AHaH Computing, Philosophical
  • 0 Comment

The Idea [2001] I was a junior undergraduate physics major with a new mission. A year earlier I stumbled the field of neural networks after a (quite literal) random walk through my college library. Frustrated with quantum mechanics, for which I was studyi... read more

Knowm Inc: The World’s Smallest “$6 Billion Company”

  • 2026-02-10
  • Alex Nugent
  • Announcements, History, Java, Machine Learning, Memristor, Thermodynamic RAM
  • 1 Comment

Since its inception, Knowm Inc has had a genuinely funny problem: Everyone thinks we’re much larger than we actually are. That’s probably par for the course given the nature of our work, but I’ll be honest—it’s been irritating in a very specific... read more

Knowm’s Blog Has Moved to knowm.ai

  • 2026-05-25
  • Alex Nugent
  • Announcements, History, How To, Interview, Java, Knowm and AHaH Computing, Knowm API, Literature, Machine Learning, Memristor, Philosophical, Press, Technical, Thermodynamic RAM, Uncategorized
  • 1 Comment

Knowm’s writing now lives at knowm.ai The new site is the long-form blog from Knowm Inc.: the theory, the patents, the lab results, the fab, the politics, the software, the hardware, and the stubborn thread of persistence that connects all of it. Mu... read more

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