Pioneering the future of AI Hardware
About Us
We are entering a new technological renaissance, one that surpasses even the Internet Boom of the late 1990s. Artificial Intelligence is transforming every aspect of our world, but current hardware systems are struggling to keep up. Heliothon is a next-generation startup focused on building accessible, scalable, and sustainable AI infrastructure for the future. From revolutionary 3D-printed AI chips to distributed AI compute networks, our mission is to democratize access to intelligent computing, at every layer of the stack. We are students, engineers, and dreamers, building the impossible from the ground up.
People

Sami Elsayed
Founder & Lead Researcher
Current TJHSST senior and aspiring computer engineer. He works as a Lead Sysadmin at the TJ Computer Systems Lab. He is the author of Unraveling AI Paradoxes, Codects, and The Techbook. Check out his GitHub here.
Our Projects

3D Chip Printer
We're developing custom AI processor architectures designed for 3D chip fabrication. This is a radical new approach to hardware prototyping that reduces manufacturing cost, time, and energy usage.
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Navaar
Navaar is a lightweight, fault-tolerant network that runs AI workloads across edge devices like Raspberry Pis, old laptops, and underutilized machines. Think of it as “AI compute infrastructure from recycled tech,” empowering education, nonprofits, and developers globally.
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Senior Research
Did you know Heliothon was born from a high school research project? Founder Sami Elsayed began this journey through a senior research capstone at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. The project focused on optimizing AI/ML model performance within Linux-based environments using heterogeneous compute techniques. What started as a school project quickly evolved into a vision for the future of AI infrastructure.
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Be part of the revolution in AI processing technology. Together, we can shape the future of computing.