We recently published a list of 15 Important AI News and Ratings on Investors’ Radar. In this article, we are going to take a look at where T Stamp Inc. (NASDAQ:IDAI) stands against other important AI news and ratings on investors’ radar.
On Monday, the US government revealed that it would further restrict artificial intelligence chip and technology exports. As reported by Reuters, the goal behind these restrictions is to help the US advance its computing power and AI technology, while finding more ways to block China’s access. Under the new regulations, the number of AI chips exported to most countries will be capped, allowing unlimited access to U.S. AI technology for America’s closest allies. Meanwhile, a block shall be maintained on exports to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
“The U.S. leads AI now – both AI development and AI chip design, and it’s critical that we keep it that way”.
These regulations are seemingly the last efforts by the Biden administration to maintain US leadership in AI and close any loopholes in controlling the flow of AI chips. The new administration, set to take office on January 20, shares similar views on the competitive threat from China. However, President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make significant changes to the Biden administration’s stance on artificial intelligence.
“We will repeal Joe Biden’s dangerous Executive Order that hinders AI innovation, and imposes radical leftwing ideas on the development of this technology. In its place, Republicans support AI development rooted in free speech and human flourishing”.
With only a few days left until Trump takes office, the recently revealed restrictions on AI chips have been imposed on advanced graphics processing units (GPUs), which are used to power data centers needed to train AI models. Moreover, under the new rules, cloud providers will be able to build data centers by applying for global approval. Once approved, they won’t need export licenses for AI chips which will allow them to build data centers in countries that cannot import enough chips because of the U.S.-imposed quotas. However, these authorized companies must abide by stringent conditions and restrictions, such as security requirements, reporting demands, and a plan or track record of respecting human rights.
Currently, the recent regulation divides the world into three tiers. 18 countries, including Japan, Britain, South Korea, and the Netherlands, will essentially be exempt from the rules. Moreover, 120 other countries, including Singapore, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, will face country caps, whereas arms-embargoed countries like Russia, China, and Iran will not be allowed to receive the technology altogether.
“How effective the rule ends up being in the next 10 to 15 years is now up to the incoming team. They are well aware that ensuring a dominant domestic industry is a core element of competition with China”.
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T Stamp Inc. (IDAI) Partners with Qenta to Launch QID Technologies, Boosting AI Identity Solutions
T Stamp Inc. (NASDAQ:IDAI) is a software company that develops proprietary artificial intelligence-powered solutions, particularly in identity authentication. On January 6, the company announced a strategic transaction with Qenta Inc., a financial technology company. Under the transaction, Qenta will be spinning off Goldstar KYC technology into a newly formed subsidiary, QID Technologies LLC (“QID”). Trust Stamp will have a 10% ownership interest in the new entity, while the company itself will provide a non-exclusive license of its AI-powered identity technologies to QID in exchange for a single $1m license fee receivable to be paid in three installments over Q1 of 2025. Starting January 1st, 2025, QID will also be paying a monthly service fee capped at $3.6 million annually to Trust Stamp for business development, product development, and product operations for identity and privacy services and solutions. The projected $3.6m in billed revenue is anticipated to result in a net cash inflow of $3.3m.
“This strategic transaction brings together Trust Stamp’s unique AI-powered identity authentication and tokenization technology, Qenta’s global asset tokenization capability, and the power of the QOS permissioned blockchain. The result is a robust identity and asset ecosystem designed to resist threats, including quantum computing, ransomware, and deepfake technologies. From a Trust Stamp perspective, the transaction is immediately accretive in that we have been able to restructure and reallocate existing resources to service this new revenue stream without incurring additional expenses. QID is a perfect fit for our mission of accelerating secure financial and societal inclusion. The partnership allows our AI-powered technology to be deployed in a wider range of large-scale use cases, including national identity programs while providing Trust Stamp with potentially valuable equity participation and offsetting a significant proportion of our operating costs”.
Overall, IDAI ranks 12th on our list of important AI news and ratings on investors’ radar. While we acknowledge the potential of IDAI as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than IDAI but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
