AI Outcomes

Ep36 First GPU trains & inferences in space! With Starcloud CEO, Philip Johnston

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Show Notes

The first data-center-grade @NVIDIA H100 just spoke from orbit (and Elon Musk FOMO’d in with a retweet). This is the exclusive first interview with @starcloud-inc co-founder & CEO Philip Johnston, recorded hours before today’s press release. Philip reveals: - Gemini’s first words + Shakespeare LLM live from orbit - Submerging the H100 motherboard in phase-change wax - Radiation testing at Brookhaven particle accelerator - Exact roadmap to 40 MW orbital data centers - Why “we...

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