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Jeffrey Shainline

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Founder at Great Sky

Boulder, Colorado, United States

FoundedGreat Sky

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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.

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Great Sky's investors · 7

ArcTern VenturesToronto · $730K – $2.9M checks · since 2026Bison VenturesSeattle · since 2025Matchstick VenturesMinneapolis · $500K – $1.5M checksMythos Ventures Management, LlcSeattle · $100K – $2M checksRange VCDenver · $1M – $3M checksService Provider CapitalVailWireframe VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks

Experience

  1. Great SkyFounder and CEOcurrent2024 — presentBoulder County, CO
  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Physicist / Staff Scientist2013 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Staff Scientist and Project Leader2013 — 2024Boulder, Colorado, United States
  4. University of Colorado BoulderResearch Associate2010 — 2013Boulder, CO

Skills & more

Physics20Science11Matlab7Research5Nanotechnology7Mathematica5HTML51JavaScript2Optics7Fiber Optics3Nanofabrication3Photonics13
+9 moreAdobe Creative SuiteSpectroscopyMicroscopyLaTeXStatisticsScanning Electron MicroscopyElectronicsSuperconducting electronicsMATLAB

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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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