Gill Verdon founded Extropic, an AI hardware company, in 2022 to meet the demanding power and computation requirements of generative AI. Extropic is commercializing a novel approach to computing called thermodynamic computing, resulting in far more energy-efficient and performant processors for AI. Gill is also known under his pseudonym “Beff Jezos” online, spearheading a techno-progressive movement known as “e/acc”, where he initiates conversations on civilizational progress and technology’s im