  We note that the non-perturbative quantisation of supergravity as recently
investigated using loop quantum gravity techniques provides an opportunity to
probe an interesting sector of the AdS/CFT correspondence, which is usually not
considered in conventional treatments. In particular, assuming a certain amount
of convergence between the quantum supergravity sector of string theory and
quantum supergravity constructed via loop quantum gravity techniques, we argue
that the large quantum number expansion in loop quantum supergravity
corresponds to the $1/N^2_c$ expansion in the corresponding gauge theory. In
order to argue that we are indeed dealing with an appropriate quantum
supergravity sector of string theory, high energy ($\alpha'$) corrections are
being neglected, leading to a gauge theory at strong coupling, yet finite
$N_c$. The arguments given in this paper are mainly of qualitative nature, with
the aim of serving as a starting point for a more in depth interaction between
the string theory and loop quantum gravity communities.
