  We discuss nuclear physics in the Sakai-Sugimoto model in the limit of large
number $N_c$ of colors and large 't Hooft coupling $\lambda$. In this limit the
individual baryons are described by classical solitons whose size is much
smaller than the typical distance at which they settle in a nuclear bound
state. We can thus use the linear approximation outside the instanton cores to
compute the interaction potential. We find the classical geometry of nuclear
bound states for baryon number up to eight. One of the interesting features
that we find is that holographic nuclear physics provides a natural description
for lightly bound states when $\lambda$ is large. For the case of two nuclei,
we also find the topology and metric of the manifold of zero modes and,
quantizing it, we find that the ground state can be identified with the
deuteron state. We discuss the relations with other methods in the literature
used to study Skyrmions and holographic nuclear physics. We discuss $1/{N_c}$
and $1/\lambda$ corrections and the challenges to overcome to reach the
phenomenological values to fit with real QCD.

High Energy Physics - Theory