--- title: Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power... description: Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, has released Un0, an image-generation model built on a software simulation of a novel... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/databricks-former-ai-chief-thinks-he-can-cut-ai-s-power-bill-by-1-000x-ffmbkdn8g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x | daily.dev og:description: Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, has released Un0, an image-generation model built on a software simulation of a novel... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/databricks-former-ai-chief-thinks-he-can-cut-ai-s-power-bill-by-1-000x-ffmbkdn8g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fFmbKDn8g.png og:image:alt: Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Databricks’ former AI chief thinks he can cut AI’s power bill by 1,000x **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Unconventional AI, led by former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao, has released Un0, an image-generation model built on a software simulation of a novel oscillator-based computing architecture. The company claims this architecture could reduce AI inference power consumption by up to 1,000x compared to conventional chips. Un0 performs comparably to state-of-the-art diffusion models like Stable Diffusion, serving as a proof-of-concept for the new architecture. The company plans to release actual chip schematics soon and eventually build a full inference stack, positioning itself as a compute provider running at a fraction of current energy costs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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