About AO8

Innovating the physical foundation of the digital world.

Who We Are

AO8, Inc. is a technology company headquartered in Prescott, Arizona, building the next generation of computing from the ground up. Founded by inventor David Burnett and led by a small team of partners, we design hardware, software, and AI systems around a single, unifying idea: compute with physics, not against it.

Our Mission

To rebuild the foundation of modern computing so it is faster, more efficient, more sustainable, and more accessible — and to use what we build to create lasting good in the world.

The computing industry has spent decades scaling the same digital model by adding more transistors, more power, and more cost. We believe the next leap forward will not come from doing more of the same. It will come from rethinking what computation is.

Our Technology

At the center of everything AO8 builds is the Levitation Algorithm — a proprietary frequency-based architecture invented by our founder. The Levitation Algorithm encodes data and computation as resonant frequency signatures, opening a path to:

Dramatically reduced power consumption for AI and high-performance workloads
Higher computational density without the heat, cost, and footprint of traditional silicon scaling
New memory and signal architectures that work alongside — and beneath — today's digital infrastructure

From analog processors and memory technology to AI design platforms and consumer displays, every AO8 product is an expression of this same foundational idea.

Our Team

AO8 is led by a small, focused leadership team:

David Burnett — Founder & Primary Inventor

I. Laci Burnett-Sundberg — CEO & Co-Founder

Ryan Sundberg — Chief Financial Officer

Brandon Atchison — Director of Government Relations

Brad Beam — Director of Software Development

Our partners bring decades of combined experience across enterprise technology, finance, government relations, and software engineering — including work with organizations such as Sandia National Labs, Intel, HP, USDA and more.

Where We're Headed

AO8 is in the early chapters of a long story. We are building toward a future where computing infrastructure is sustainable by design, where artificial intelligence runs efficiently on the hardware people already own, and where the benefits of advanced technology reach further than they do today.

We are based in Prescott, Arizona, and we are just getting started.

📍 AO8, Inc. | Prescott, Arizona