I’ve been a supporter and part owner of Brainchip for about 8 years now, all through the soul sapping lows and rare euphoric ups. I believe in the tech but I’m starting to detect a stench. I’m starting to think that Hehir and Vianna are weasels. They resent being listed on and accountable to the ASX and they resent being accountable to Australian shareholders. I suspect they hate coming to Australia and fronting up at the AGM and being questioned by Australians. ‘The share price will do what the share price will do’ is bullshit and just shows true contempt to thousands of shareholders who have put in their hard earned. BRN knew that the redomiciling announcement would hurt the share price, it was marked price sensitive, and they know that thousands of Australian shareholders hold their shares in Australian super funds because they have full access to the register. I, for one, don’t think that there is any huge revenue making deal around the corner contingent on a US listing. Australia is in AUKUS, we’re a trusted ally right? Surely Australia can help build the iron dome and protect US defence computer infrastructure the same as we can buy second hand nuclear subs and 4th or 5th gen fighters from the US. I think BRN wants to largely divest itself of Australian shareholders and become a fully US company. The question I have is can Aussie shareholders hang on and maybe reap some rewards from the promised land? My opinion is that the redomiciling is going to happen, what happens to us is the question. I’d love to know what PVDM thinks. As a proud Australian and founder surely he doesn’t want us shafted. Sorry for the rant, just feeling a bit shitty with BRN at the moment.
The board including PVDM agreed that it's the best solution.
Quote:
The Board
unanimously believes this strategic decision is in the best interests of our shareholders,
our employees, our partners and our existing and future licensees.
No one wants to get shafted, and I think you are overreacting.
Let's see what will be said during the AGM first before crying foul play, shall we?
In the meantime, in the US:
Big Tech is moving quickly and aggressively to ensure it stays on President Trump’s good side.
Companies ranging from Apple (
AAPL) and Meta (
META) to Google (
GOOG,
GOOGL) and Amazon (
AMZN) have taken steps to improve their standing with Trump, whether that’s through promised investments in American factories or changes to their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices.
Apple has promised to
pour $500 billion into projects across the US, including sourcing servers for its Apple Intelligence platform from a factory in Texas, while TSMC (
TSM) has pledged to spend
$100 billion building out new plants in Arizona.
Google renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America in Google Maps, cut its DEI efforts, and removed a clause in its AI policy that would have prevented the company from using the technology for weapons.
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has
installed Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White as a Meta board member, curtailed DEI programs, and paid $25 million to settle a lawsuit Trump filed after the social media network banned his account following the Jan. 6 attack.
Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, meanwhile, has exerted his
influence over the Post’s editorial board, preventing it from endorsing Trump’s rival, former Vice President Kamala Harris, in the run-up to the 2024 election and telling the board to focus on personal liberties and free markets.
“There is an old saying in DC that you’re either at the table or on the menu,” explained Edward Mills, managing director and Washington policy analyst at Raymond James. “We saw significant resistance [from tech] in Trump 1.0, and very frequently tech [companies] found themselves on the menu through much more aggressive antitrust actions and a very unfriendly DC. In Trump 2.0 it is clear to me that they are trying to be at the table.”
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