# Can Great Sky’s Light-Connected AI Enable Bigger Brains?

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Published: 2026-07-22T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/154446020/
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## Resource

In this month’s Brains and Machines podcast, Dr. Jeff Shainline talks about superconducting neural hardware with Dr. Sunny Bains of University College London. Currently in development at Great Sky in Boulder, Colorado, the new systems will incorporate photonic interconnects and a neuromorphic approach to intelligence. Discussion follows with Dr. Giulia D’Angelo from the Czech Technical University in Prague and Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings of Johns Hopkins University.

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