My podcast guest this week is Barun Kar, CEO of Upscale AI. Barun and I chat about the issues hindering the adoption of AI, the role that open standards will play in the trajectory of AI innovation and where Barun thinks AI infrastructure is headed in the future. Also this week, I check out a new chip that uses light to boost AI performance while reducing power consumption.
Links for December 5, 2025
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New light-based chip boosts power efficiency of AI tasks 100 fold
Near-energy-free Photonic Fourier Transformation for Convolution Operation Acceleration
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