About
Jeffrey Shainline is the founder and CEO of Great Sky, a startup developing AI hardware based on superconductors and photonics, which recently closed its Seed funding round. He holds a B.S. in physics from CU Boulder (2005) and a Ph.D. in physics from Brown University (2010), and spent 12 years as a scientist at NIST, where he led a team working on hardware for AI and advanced measurement systems. He is an inventor on 11 patents, his research has been cited over 5,000 times, and in 2024 he received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Founder at Great Sky
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Experience
- Great SkyFounder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentBoulder County, CO
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Physicist / Staff Scientist2013 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Staff Scientist and Project Leader2013 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
- University of Colorado BoulderResearch Associate2010 — 2013Boulder, CO
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Physics20Science11Matlab7Research5Nanotechnology7Mathematica5HTML51JavaScript2Optics7Fiber Optics3Nanofabrication3Photonics13
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jeffrey Shainline?
- Jeffrey Shainline is the founder and CEO of Great Sky, a startup developing AI hardware based on superconductors and photonics, which recently closed its Seed funding round. He holds a B.S. in physics from CU Boulder (2005) and a Ph.D. in physics from Brown University (2010), and spent 12 years as a scientist at NIST, where he led a team working on hardware for AI and advanced measurement systems. He is an inventor on 11 patents, his research has been cited over 5,000 times, and in 2024 he received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
- Where does Jeffrey Shainline work?
- Jeffrey Shainline is Founder of Great Sky.
- What companies did Jeffrey Shainline found?
- Jeffrey Shainline founded Great Sky.
- Where did Jeffrey Shainline go to school?
- Jeffrey Shainline studied at Brown University (Ph.D., Physics); University of Colorado Boulder (B.A., Physics).
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