Andrew Casper

Co-Founder/CTO @fortellresearch. ex-Google TPU. ex-Butterfly Ultrasound on a chip.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

It was great to host @Sachin_and_Adam! It’s an honor to have them share our story!

[Sachin and Adam @Sachin_and_Adam]

Exclusive: Inside Fortell (@fortellresearch)

The $740M startup that had to waitlist billionaires and celebrities for its AI hearing aid.

Their custom chip helps you "hear where you look", distinguishing voices in noisy environments - which solved a problem no hearing aid had cracked in 70 years. Now they're expanding across America to start reaching the 1.5 billion people globally who need it.

Founded by four wildly impressive co-founders. Plus, backed from top VC's led by @JoshuaKushner @AntonioGracias @traestephens @wolfejosh @GavinSBaker @patrick_oshag @RobertIger @jaltma @aplusk @hbarra + more.

We flew to New York, toured their factory, and tried it ourselves. To date, this is our proudest episode, truly technology at it's best. Enjoy :)

0:00 Today's Most Intelligent Hearing Aid
2:09 70 years unsolved - until now
3:34 "I'd mortgage my house for this"
4:37 Igor: A Pianist Turned Physicist
7:18 Andy + Factory Tour: "Injecting The AI"
9:00 Why they built a custom chip
10:39 Live demo: AI vs conventional
14:48 Matt: Building For His Grandparents
15:22 Cole: Can $6,800 Reach Everyone?

[Sachin and Adam @Sachin_and_Adam]

Exclusive: Inside Fortell (@fortellresearch)

The $740M startup that had to waitlist billionaires and celebrities for its AI hearing aid.

Their custom chip helps you "hear where you look", distinguishing voices in noisy environments - which solved a problem no hearing aid had cracked in 70 years. Now they're expanding across America to start reaching the 1.5 billion people globally who need it.

Founded by four wildly impressive co-founders. Plus, backed from top VC's led by @JoshuaKushner @AntonioGracias @traestephens @wolfejosh @GavinSBaker @patrick_oshag @RobertIger @jaltma @aplusk @hbarra + more.

We flew to New York, toured their factory, and tried it ourselves. To date, this is our proudest episode, truly technology at it's best. Enjoy :)

0:00 Today's Most Intelligent Hearing Aid
2:09 70 years unsolved - until now
3:34 "I'd mortgage my house for this"
4:37 Igor: A Pianist Turned Physicist
7:18 Andy + Factory Tour: "Injecting The AI"
9:00 Why they built a custom chip
10:39 Live demo: AI vs conventional
14:48 Matt: Building For His Grandparents
15:22 Cole: Can $6,800 Reach Everyone?

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@NathanielGivens @LaboratoryMinds 2 lanes allow for passing so you’re not limited by the slowest driver.
And in reality there are on and off ramps more often than every 500 miles.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

Is anyone else seeing runaway Claude Code Review jobs on GitHub? We’ve had a few recent runs timeout after 2 hours leaving us with no review but a big bill.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@QVHenkel Who does the assembly?

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@MehdiHacks Basys by far. PMODs are very handy.

[Butterfly Network @ButterflyNetInc]

Whether its imaging aboard the ISS or in clinics, ORs, and bedside exams on Earth — Butterfly brings the same portability and performance to every environment it’s needed. 🌎

Read the full article: https://t.co/8DExWslXjV

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@blind_via Inverted F, you set the distance between the tap point and ground to give you the desired impedance so you can avoid a matching network.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@beaversteever They fire another engine on the other side pointing the opposite direction. It’s not shown in this shot so easy to miss.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@yacineMTB You don’t want a real inductor, you just want something low resistance at low freq and high resistance at high frequencies. Inductors are high impedance but it’s imaginary not real resistance so it will store not dissipate energy.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@yacineMTB It’s on the power management unit (pmu) pin, that likely has very fast edges that could radiate into the rest of the system. The ferrite helps to isolate that high freq content. It’s specd to be 18 ohms of impedance at 100MHz.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@ATaylorFPGA @dr_joel01 The nice feature of Verilog is that it transfers to ASIC design easily. VHDL is very much a second tier language in ASICs.

[Josh Wolfe @wolfejosh]

4/ Lux is proud to be partnered with Fortell founders Matt de Jonge, Igor Lovchinsky, Andrew Casper, and Cole Morris

mensches on a mission...🦻 📈

[WIRED @WIRED]

A secret is percolating at dinner parties, salons, and cocktail gatherings among the august New York City elite. It’s whispered in the circles of financial masters of the universe, Hollywood stars, and owners of sports teams. Have you heard about Fortell? https://t.co/pUa02mbt3z

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@yashar Do these statements ever have any real effect? Seems like they happen constantly but the unauthorized usage continues.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@nakul Would be very surprised if groq was acquired. Their SI is 5 years old, inference only, and less performant than the SI developed internally at those co’s.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@iamharaldur The company I work for was acquired by an erratic billionaire who fired me over twitter but then later tried to lure me back to the company after realizing I had a crazy large severance package. What do I do?

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@JunkScience @saifedean Blinks in Fukushima

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@mtracey @samstein The transcript shows trump himself saying he didn't declassify. He isn't saying he followed non-conventional procedure, he's explaining he did follow his own procedure and left the documents classified.

[Andrew Casper @ajcasp]

@atrupar Missed kicks have never hurt the vikes before, I'm sure it'll be fine.