ALT White text on a black background with photos of a TPU and a rocket orbiting Earth. The text reads: “Meet Project Suncatcher, our moonshot to test whether we can host AI infrastructure in space.”
ALT An image showing circuit boards, overlaid with text that reads: “We partnered with Planet to send a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs into orbit. We’ll be looking to see how well the TPUs withstand the harsh conditions of space to assess whether we can eventually host machine learning in orbit.”
ALT A colorful 3D reconstruction of a connectome shows the map of over 166,000 neurons and 125 million connections in a male fruit fly's brain and nerve cord.
ALT A fruit fly connectome map text with scattered fruit fly images. The text reads: "With it, we can compare our new map to other connectomes of the female fly brain, including our 2020 hemibrain project with partners. Having maps for both fruit fly sexes allows researchers to pinpoint exact structural brain differences and study how they drive specific biological behaviors.”
ALT A 3D visualization of a fruit fly brain map in vibrant colors is shown alongside text explaining how mapping fruit fly nervous systems using AI helps us understand brain function and neural repair.
ALT A colourful 3D brain connectivity map shown alongside text about mapping neurons in fruit flies to better understand human brains.
ALT White text on a black background with photos of a TPU and a rocket orbiting Earth. The text reads: “Meet Project Suncatcher, our moonshot to test whether we can host AI infrastructure in space.”
ALT An image showing circuit boards, overlaid with text that reads: “We partnered with Planet to send a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs into orbit. We’ll be looking to see how well the TPUs withstand the harsh conditions of space to assess whether we can eventually host machine learning in orbit.”
ALT A person wearing glasses stands in a dark laboratory space beneath white text that reads: “This launch is our chance to learn what works, what doesn’t, and how we adapt. Future satellite designs will each carry dozens of TPU chips while orbiting the Earth in clusters, allowing them to manage bigger AI workloads.”
