Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design
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Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design Skip to main content Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design November 4, 2025 Travis Beals, Senior Director, Paradigms of Intelligence Project Suncatcher is a moonshot exploring a new frontier: equipping solar-powered satellite constellations with TPUs and free-space optical links to one day scale machine learning compute in space. Quick links Paper Share Copy link × Artificial intelligence (AI) is a foundational technology that could reshape our world, driving new scientific discoveries and helping us
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