> > optical communication for artificial intelligence (AI) data transmission.

> if the Company is suggesting it out of pure hype of AI mania.

IMHO, this is pretty transparently r&d for better? data transmission attached to the trend of the day that does a lot of data transmission. Where better is higher bandwidth, lower cost, etc.

AI is the current trendy thing, but better data transmission will always have applications.

I remember attending a "pitch night," at a local incubator, about nine or ten years ago, when crypto was the new hotness.

One of the pitches was for a fairly good nonprofit service. I thought it was a good idea. Sort of a "help people that help people" thing. I can dig that.

At the very end of the pitch, the last thing the young lady said, was "And we're looking at implementing blockchain technology in our service."

I don't remember exactly what the service was, but it clearly had no applications for distributed-key tech.

I think it probably cost her the backing. No one was fooled. I think someone told her that she had to mention blockchain, somewhere.