David Bennett

CEO & Co-Founder of ai&. Ex-CCO@Tenstorrent. 元社外取締役@Sanrio. 元レノボ兼NEC PC代表取締役執行役員社長. Ex-VP@Lenovo, CEO@NEC PC, CVP@AMD. Living in Austin🇺🇸なう. Ex-🇨🇦🇸🇬🇯🇵.

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

先月出した本について、色な方から聞かれてますので、もう一度リンクを載せさせて頂きます😅🙏🏻　因みに、ビジネスの本ではありません。面白い日本語のトリビアの本です。まさに、僕にとって気になる日本語です。Thank you for asking about my new book! https://t.co/pwHjQtA1wK

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

We said we were hiring the best and the brightest… and we weren’t joking.

Yagiz, welcome to ai&!
@Weyaxi @aiand_

[Yağız Çalık @Weyaxi]

Excited to share I've joined @aiand_ as a Founding Member of Technical Staff (Post-Training).

I met @hara_shimpei at AAAI-2026 in Singapore back in January, ran into him again at GTC, and last week I was in Japan with the team.

ai& is building the full AI stack out of Japan: data center infra, heterogeneous compute, and frontier models in one platform. I'll be working on post-training.

Thanks to @hara_shimpei and @DavidBennett__ for the trust, and for flying me out to see it firsthand. This is just the start.

Let's build! 🦾

[Yağız Çalık @Weyaxi]

Excited to share I've joined @aiand_ as a Founding Member of Technical Staff (Post-Training).

I met @hara_shimpei at AAAI-2026 in Singapore back in January, ran into him again at GTC, and last week I was in Japan with the team.

ai& is building the full AI stack out of Japan: data center infra, heterogeneous compute, and frontier models in one platform. I'll be working on post-training.

Thanks to @hara_shimpei and @DavidBennett__ for the trust, and for flying me out to see it firsthand. This is just the start.

Let's build! 🦾

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

It has been a busy week for @aiand_ and we aren’t even halfway done.

Due to the typhoon, I had to cancel my Taiwan visit.

However, I was honoured to present yesterday at @plugandplayjp for their AI COE.

Following that I went to @Hitotsubashi_U to present to MBA students. Fun!

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

@plugandplayjp ありがとうございます！

[PR TIMESビジネス @PRTIMES_BIZ]

Plug and Play Japan、ai&とパートナー契約を締結 https://t.co/uLNeyBNCcb

[けろけろ🐸 @penpen3112]

日本のAI実装を加速させたい--ai＆とPlug and Playが協業 - ZDNET Japan https://t.co/t9WzgvhEc2 @zdnet_japanより

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

Thank you @zdnet_japan 日本のAI実装を加速させたい--ai＆とPlug and Playが協業 - ZDNET Japan https://t.co/Y9DR3NRR0J @aiand_

[ai& @aiand_]

Enterprises need AI that is fast, secure, and fully in their control.

ai& x @plugandplayjp: sovereign AI infrastructure built from Japan, ready for the world.

🔗 https://t.co/RQYQ8jg7EP

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

I feel like this needs more play.

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

@TheNoahHein Toronto 🤣🙏🏻
But yes —- 1 is never enough!

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

In 2025 I went off pop and Redbull… it went great but I noticed I didn’t feel especially healthier or happier so on 1/1 2026, I was back in on pop and Redbull.

… and, I’m back off.

What I’ve learned?

I’m an all or nothing guy.

If it’s on, I’m drinking it too much.

LFG!

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

100%

Well said @dhh

[DHH @dhh]

You can’t outwork the whole world. There’s always going to be someone somewhere willing to work as hard as you. Someone just as hungry. Or hungrier.

Assuming you can work harder and longer than someone else is giving yourself too much credit for your effort and not enough for theirs. Putting in 1,001 hours to someone else’s 1,000 isn’t going to tip the scale in your favor.

What’s worse is when management holds up certain people as having a great “work ethic” because they’re always around, always available, always working. That’s a terrible example of a work ethic and a great example of someone who’s overworked.

A great work ethic isn’t about working whenever you’re called upon. It’s about doing what you say you’re going to do, putting in a fair day’s work, respecting the work, respecting the customer, respecting coworkers, not wasting time, not creating unnecessary work for other people, and not being a bottleneck. Work ethic is about being a fundamentally good person that others can count on and enjoy working with.

So how do people get ahead if it’s not about outworking everyone else?

People make it because they’re talented, they’re lucky, they’re in the right place at the right time, they know how to work with other people, they know how to sell an idea, they know what moves people, they can tell a story, they know which details matter and which don’t, they can see the big and small pictures in every situation, and they know how to do something with an opportunity. And for so many other reasons.

So get the outwork myth out of your head. Stop equating work ethic with excessive work hours. Neither is going to get you ahead or help you find calm.

[The Outwork Myth — It Doesn't Have To Be Crazy At Work, 2018]

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

Sunday afternoon and…

At the @aiand_ ai& office with my co-founder @hara_shimpei

So much to do, but having a blast

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

@steipete @chapati23 @openclaw Should I be reconsidering lossless claw? 🤔

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

@BenjaminBadejo when is the VoiceClaw iOS app update coming out?

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

ai&とリョーサン菱洋、日本におけるAI推論ソリューションの普及加速に向けたパートナーシップを締結 https://t.co/kdLZrb0rrh

Super excited about what’s coming here at @aiand_

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

I’ve been working with BOS Semiconductors for years and am impressed with what they’ve accomplished in such a short time.

Their Eagle-N Accelerator (based on @tenstorrent technology) and their AI box are best in class.

Honoured to be advising the team.

https://t.co/xSV2JpBxyE

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

ai& は、日本企業が待ち望んでいた高性能かつセキュアなAI推論環境を、
より速く、より手頃に導入できるようにします。
リョーサン菱洋のハードウェア調達力と販売ネットワーク×
ai& の先進AI推論ソリューションが融合し、
🔥日本の産業競争力を加速させます！詳細はこちら👇
https://t.co/6GBterrFZJ

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

Ok, I’m in.

[Wolfram von Funck @wol_lay]

A quick look at the new crafting UI, tooltips, and inventory in Cube World Omega. Working on actual craft stations and shops next! #cubeworld #cubeworldomega

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

This is huge for @tenstorrent

👏🏻 👏🏻

[Artem Y @artem_aero]

Run @tenstorrent kernels on your CPU.

ttsim is a bit-exact, full-system simulator of Wormhole and Blackhole. The whole tt-metal stack on Linux, Mac (UTM/QEMU) or Windows (WSL2) — numerics match silicon bit-for-bit.

Bring up kernels of explore the architecture. No silicon required. First of its kind. Now Open Source
https://t.co/AtcZ9L9e6T

[David Bennett @DavidBennett__]

This is the kind of story we need more of… way to go Jo!

Genius 10 Year Old's Research Shocks Scientists Around the World https://t.co/nUURs0fyM4 via @YouTube