Quantum Tech Pod

Tune in to the latest episode of the Quantum Tech Pod, where host Jake Duhaime is joined by Lawrence Gasman, President of IQT Research, for a deep dive into the world of Quantum and AI. With the highly anticipated Quantum + AI event coming up in New York City on October 29-30, Lawrence shares his expert insights into the current landscape of these groundbreaking technologies. Together, they dissect the hype cycle—from the frenzy of trading interest and media buzz to the practical realities of what's achievable today. The conversation also ventures into the future, exploring whether Quantum and AI will become inseparable, how they might intersect, and where the industry is headed. This episode is a must-listen for anyone looking to separate fact from fiction and understand the real potential of Quantum and AI. Don't miss out! IQT's first QUANTUM + AI conference and exhibition covering the coming revolution of combining quantum computing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). QUANTUM + AI takes place October 29-30, 2024, in New York City.

The latest Quantum Tech Pod with Julien Camirand Lemyre, CEO and Co-founder, Nord Quantique is live! Julian was born in a small town in Quebec called Sutton – a very beautiful environment where he got to a lot of stuff like skiing! He has a PhD in Experimental quantum computation from the University of Sherbrooke and conducted research on fabricating devices for improved quantum computing performance. Julian and his co-founder, Philippe St-Jean, met through their mutual interest in quantum computing and started Nord Quantique in 2020. The key differentiator of Nord Quantique's technology is their approach to quantum error correction using bosonic codes. They use superconducting circuits and leverage the intrinsic redundancy of photon states to create error-corrected qubits. This bosonic code approach allows them to correct errors at the individual qubit level, without needing many physical replicas of qubits. Nord Quantique is currently working with OTI Lumionics, a company that develops LEDs, to test new quantum computing applications for materials science. Julien believes that in 10 years we'll reach a point where fault tolerant quantum computers are sufficiently powerful to be used within an increasingly larger subset of industry processes. Check out this fascinating conversation with Julien! #quantumcomputing #Superconducting #QuantumAndMaterialsScience  #QuantumInCanada Inside Quantum Technology

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Sabrina Maniscalco – CEO and co-founder, Algorithmiq, is live! Sabrina grew up in a small town called Mazzara, in southwestern Sicily, facing Africa. Two years before she went to university, she got a telescope as a birthday present and started to observe the stars and read about how galaxies are formed. This is what started her passion for quantum physics! Sabrina has held research and post-doctoral positions in many places around the world including South Africa, Bulgaria, Vienna, Germany, and eventually Finland. She co-founded Algorithmic in 2020 while a professor of quantum information, computing and logic at the University of Helsinki– where she still teaches. Algorithmic is developing advanced quantum algorithms that run on near-term quantum devices to enable the discovery of new drugs and the development of new materials. Working with IBM Quantum and the Cleveland Clinic, they are creating a hybrid quantum and classical solution to help choose and optimize the properties of photosensitizers used in photodynamic therapy for curing cancer. A patient eats a so called protodrug which is not in an active form. Once absorbed by the cells, it is then activated locally by light irradiation. Worth noting that the World Economic Forum recently announced the selection of Algorithmic as one of this year's 100 companies that will be joining its technology pioneers initiative. Check out my fascinating conversation with Sabrina! #quantumcomputing #QuantumAndLifeSciences #WomenInQuantum #QuantumInFinland #quantumdrugdiscovery Inside Quantum Technology

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Enrique Lizaso Olmos, Founder and CEO of Multiverse Computing, is live! Enrique has a degree in mathematics, a PhD in biostatistics, an MD, and an MBA. He is also a former university professor, having taught engineering, mechatronics, statistics, finance, and marketing at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. For 22 years, Enrique was Deputy CEO at Unnim Bank and was actively involved in various startups across different verticals. Plus, he serves as VP and Treasurer of the Barcelona Flight School – he has a pilot's license! In 2016, he read a piece in The Economist that stated quantum computing would essentially revolutionize everything. So, in 2019, he co-founded Multiverse Computing with three colleagues, and they started working on quantum for finance, a domain that he knew well. BBVA was one of their first clients – addressing portfolio optimization for the bank. They now also focus on Monte Carlo simulations, index tracking, ETFs, as well as pricing and value in large, complex derivatives. Today, they are the biggest quantum computing software company in the EU. Their purpose-built software platform, Singularity, lets users choose quantum-inspired solutions or pure quantum ones and works across the landscape of qubit modalities: superconducting, photonics, neutral atoms, ion traps, etc. In 2023, CB Insights named Multiverse Computing “one of the 100 most promising companies in AI in the world” based on their ability to efficiently compress an LLM Model in a sustainable way through tensorization, thus saving time and maintaining performance. Check out my fascinating conversation with Enrique! #quantumcomputing #TensorNetworks #QuantumAndFinance #quantumbusiness Inside Quantum Technology    

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Zhanet Zaharieva, Chief Operating Officer of Quantum Dice, is live! Zhanet earned a DPhil from the University of Oxford in Materials Science where she designed novel methods for the development of quantum dot technologies. As the result of creating a patent application from her doctoral research, Zhanet began considering how to translate her academic quantum research into real world applications. She strongly believes that sharing scientific discoveries with society is a key responsibility of scientists. The result? Quantum Dice! Her company is developing the world's fastest self-certifying and completely embedded quantum random number generator - QRNG. Founded in April 2020, Quantum Dice was spun out of the world's leading quantum optics group at the University of Oxford. As COO, she was involved in scaling the start-up from five founding members to a team of twenty in under two years. In addition, her external role involved business development for large enterprises including securing a commercial contract with HSBC for exploring QRNGs in Monte Carlo simulations. As a result of her work in the sector, she has recently been awarded Electronics Weekly's Electronics Entrepreneur of the Year. She hopes to use her platform to further promote STEM subjects among young women as they navigate their careers. Check out my fascinating conversation with Zhanet! #QRNG #quantumrandonnumbergenerator #quantumcomputing #quantumnetworking #WomenInQuantum Inside Quantum Technology

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Andrei Dragomir – Co-Founder and CEO of quantum company Aquark Technologies is live! Andrei grew up in Romania in a house with a scientific focus: his mother is a professor of physics, and his father is an engineer.  He remembers as a kid going to his mom's lab after school, where his toys of choice were the devices lying around—the optics, the lasers, the electronics. He moved to the UK to study, and for the first two-thirds of his PhD at the University of Southampton, he focused on microfabrication and vacuum science rather than quantum physics. Aquark Technologies was spun out of the University of Southampton in 2021 to develop the world's smallest plug-and-play cold atom quantum device. Andrei and I discussed recent developments in cold atom technology, including the invention of “super molasses,” which simplifies miniaturizing and mainstreaming this technology. One application is a “gravity camera,” which can scan large areas simultaneously and monitor long-term gravity signatures. The company has been selected for the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) initiative, a NATO-funded accelerator program. Aquark aims to miniaturize quantum devices for multiple real-world applications, such as sensing, computing, and communications, leveraging cold atom technology. Check out my wide-ranging conversation with Andrei! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Lawrence Gasman, President of IQT Research, is live!  Lawrence Gasman, a renowned expert in quantum technology, hails from North London and is an alumnus of Manchester University, where he studied mathematics and philosophy. He further honed his skills with an MBA from the prestigious London Business School.  Over the past 30 years, Lawrence set up several market research companies specializing in different technologies, with the most continued focus on telecommunications. He and I discussed the range of topics he covers in his role as President of  IQT Research, including guidance on telecom, advanced materials, smart tech markets, and an emphasis on quantum technology. Lawrence and his team will be publishing the Quantum Technology Industry Report 2024 in the next few weeks. It is a treasure trove of insights for executives, offering a comprehensive perspective on today's quantum technology landscape, including market forecasts, initiatives at major companies, and potential investment opportunities.  If you want to know how Roche uses quantum computers to design drugs or what JP Morgan is doing on portfolio optimization, the QTIR 2024 provides guidance to help you understand how specific verticals are leveraging quantum technologies. Listeners can download an excerpt today from the main IQT website. Check out my wide-ranging conversation with Lawrence! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology (IQT), offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO of quantum company Nu Quantum, is live!  Carmen grew up in Spain and received an MSc in Physics from Imperial College London and a PhD from the University of Cambridge.  Nu Quantum was a spin-out of the University of Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory in 2018. They are building the entanglement fabric required to enable large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers.  Their approach is to interconnect many smaller cores using a Quantum Networking Unit (QNU) capable of scaling discrete Quantum Processing Units (QPU) to form a larger and more useful quantum computer. Earlier this year, the U.K. Government awarded Nu Quantum a $2.9 million contract to deliver a first-of-a-kind rack-mounted, scalable quantum data center prototype working with networking supplier Cisco as the prospective end user. Nu Quantum also recently announced a collaboration with SoftwareQ as part of Project Quarrefour. This initiative will use hardware-software codesign techniques to integrate SoftwareQ's compiler technology into the real-time firmware of Nu Quantum's control system.  Carmen believes in diversity of thought and background and has led several pro-equality and LGBTQIA+ visibility groups, initiatives, and direct actions in STEM and beyond. Check out my wide-ranging conversation with Carmen! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Jan Goetz, Co-CEO of leading quantum company IQM Quantum Computers is live!  Jan is a quantum physicist who earned his superconducting quantum circuits doctorate at Technical University of Munich. His company IQM Quantum Computers was founded in 2018 and is building Finland's first commercial 54-qubit quantum computer using superconducting transmon qubits working with VTT and an IQM-led consortium. IQM aims to provide on-premises quantum computers for research labs and industrial clients with a unique application-specific code design approach to maximize hardware efficiency. We discussed IQM Quantum Computers' product offerings, including the flagship quantum computer "Radiance" for high-performance computing centers and the educational "Spark" model designed for universities and R&D applications.  Jan called out the challenges in talent recruitment, emphasizing the need for diverse skill sets beyond theoretical and experimental physics, including product management and marketing. He envisions a gradual development of quantum computing, with increasing commercial viability and broader applications over the next decade. Check out my wide-ranging conversation with Jan! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Peter Chapman, President and CEO, of leading quantum computing company, IonQ, is live!  Peter had an atypical childhood. He grew up near the Johnson Space Center in Houston because his father was an astronaut who used to fly over the house in his trainer jet. In high school, Peter went to study with the well-known cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky at the AI lab at MIT because he wasn't being challenged enough in school. He said that IonQ chose ions as qubits because they are all the same and perfectly identical. But he also said they may not be the modality of choice in 50 years – new approaches may emerge. We discussed the new facility IonQ just opened outside Seattle to provide additional cloud access to clients and more room for their engineering team. Peter also feels that at some point, we may not be able to put more qubits on a single chip, which might mean a quantum solution that uses multiple chips networked together, kind of the way we do blade servers in supercomputers today.  Check out my wide-ranging conversation with Peter! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Maud Vinet, Co-founder and CEO of quantum computing company Quobly, is live!  Dr. Vinet received her Ph.D. in quantum physics from the University of Grenoble Alpes and has authored or co-authored over 300 papers. She owns more than 70 patents related to nanotechnology, and her Google H index is 57, with more than 11,000 citations. Plus - she's a Knight of the French Legion of Honor! She also founded Quobly in November 2022.  Quobly is based in Grenoble, regarded as France's “Silicon Valley.” The company was spun out of CEA-Leti and CNRS to develop and commercialize a universal large-scale quantum computer using proven semiconductor industry processes. In simple terms, they are turning transistors into quality quantum bits. Maud and I also discussed the importance of building a diverse and passionate team. She is actively recruiting talent, as well as collaborating with universities to train a workforce for quantum computing.  Check out my conversation with Maud! #quantumcomputing #quantumtechnology #SiliconSpinQubits #QuantumInFrance #IQT #Grenoble #CEA-Leti #quobly #CNRS Inside Quantum Technology The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Elie Girard, Executive Chairman of quantum company Alice & Bob, is live!  Elie has over 20 years of leadership experience in various companies, including his most recent role as CEO and director at Atos. His company, Alice & Bob, focuses on cat qubits, a novel approach that enables them to reduce hardware requirements for building fault-tolerant quantum computers by up to 200 times compared to other current solutions. Elie shared his perspective on the broad implications of quantum technology across various sectors and processes, including optimization, simulation, AI, machine learning, finance, manufacturing, and logistics. On the podcast, Elie discussed the technical aspects of different qubit modalities and logical vs. physical qubits and how they interoperate.  My interview concludes with Elie sharing his vision for quantum computing in the next three to five years, anticipating the solving of complex real-world problems and a growing awareness of quantum's transformative potential. Check out my conversation with Elie! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Ken Durazzo, VP of tech company Dell Research, is live!  Prior to joining Dell Research, Ken worked at Cisco for 20 years on myriad technologies. In 2016, he started leading research into quantum at Dell. At Dell Research, Ken's current focus includes hybrid quantum computing, quantum-safe cryptography, as well as generative AI, human-machine interfaces, and heterogeneous computing acceleration and virtualization. His take on the current state of quantum? “We are in the ENIAC era. If you go back in computer history, there was a time when we used to have to write assembly language for computers!” Ken is also Dell Research's representative to the World Economic Forum's Quantum Network, a global array of business leaders and practitioners focused on leveraging quantum technologies to address large-scale problems. A recent collaboration between Dell and ASU's Quantum Collaborative resulted in a certificate program called Quantum Technology for Executives and Leaders (QTEL) designed to help learners explore emerging applications of quantum information science and its potential to revolutionize academia, government, and industry. ASU is offering a discount until March 1st using this promo code - QTEL30OFF11731. Check out my conversation with Ken! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod episode with Kurt Stokbro, CEO of quantum company Sparrow Quantum is live!  Sparrow Quantum is a quantum photonics company based in Copenhagen, founded in 2016 by Professor Peter Lodahl. It is widely recognized as a leader in single photon sources, achieving the world's highest light matter coupling efficiency. Kurt is the CEO and is also a major investor in Sparrow Quantum.  Kurt grew up in a small town in Denmark and studied quantum mechanics at the Niels Bohr Institute, attending advanced quantum mechanics lectures given by Aage Bohr, one of Niels Bohr's sons! Sparrow Quantum's flagship product is a deterministic single photon source, a superior alternative to probabilistic quantum emitters. When the photon is excited in the quantum dots, it only has one path to follow. Every time you trigger it, it will emit one photon, resulting in billions of indistinguishable photons per second. To do the same with probabilistic approaches would require millions of emitters. Sparrow Quantum is a component provider and works with various partners. They recently initiated strategic relationships with photonic computing companies to include Sparrow Quantum's solution in their system. Check out my conversation with Kurt! The Quantum Tech Pod podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, Quantum Tech Pod delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

My latest Quantum Tech Pod with Grégoire Ribordy, CEO of ID Quantique (IDQ)is live!  Gregoire went to EPFL (Écolepolytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) - the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - where he studied physics. After working for a year in Japan at Nikon, the camera company, he returned to Switzerland in the mid-90s.  Interesting back story: Just before 2000, one of the very first quantum companies called Magic Technologies, founded in Boston, was going around the world trying to license QKD for quantum cryptography.  They came to Geneva and offered to partner with Grégoire and his team. But he said to his colleagues, “Why don't we just do it on our own? Why would we do it with a company far away when we could do it here and control our own destiny?” So they founded ID Quantique (IDQ) in 2001. The first application, which surprised him, was online gambling. In the early 2000s, many casino games like poker were moving online and they needed a source of entropy. It was a market that IDQ found by chance. Today, IDQ prepares organizations for a quantum-safe future by providing quantum key distribution, Quantum-Safe Key management solutions, quantum random number generators, and single photon counters.  IDQ recently signed an agreement with Singtel to develop Singapore's first Nationwide Quantum-Safe Network Plus (NQSN+) for enterprises. Check out my conversation with Grégoire! The “Quantum Tech Pod” podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology shapes the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, “Quantum Tech Pod” delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Kristin M. Gilkes, Ph.D., Global Quantum Leader at EY, is live! Kristin has a Ph.D. in Decision Sciences and a graduate diploma in artificial intelligence from the University of Oxford. She also has an MBA from the University of Colorado and a BBA in computer science from Texas A&M University. She and her team at EY have built a quantum center of excellence to help governments and institutions worldwide design their quantum strategy without having to build their quantum ecosystem.  While EY partners with big tech, small tech, academia, and public sector organizations to formulate the best-in-class access to both quantum computing and quantum sensing, their major quantum alliance is with IBM. In fact, Kristen spoke earlier this week at the IBM Quantum Summit in NYC.  She also runs the Financial Services Women in Technology Group. Her advice to women interested in getting involved in quantum? “Lean in and accelerate! Women are more empowered to drive their careers than sometimes they think.”  Check out Chris's conversation with Kristin! #quantumcomputing #quantumtechnology #EY #quantumconsulting Inside Quantum Technology The "Quantum Tech Pod" podcast, hosted by Christopher Bishop from Inside Quantum Technology, offers a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of quantum technology. Christopher, an industry expert, engages with leading figures in the field, discussing the latest developments, breakthroughs, and challenges in quantum computing, communication, sensing and cryptography. The podcast is an informative platform for experts and enthusiasts, providing insights into how quantum technology is shaping the future and its implications across various industries. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just curious about quantum technology, "Quantum Tech Pod" delivers engaging conversations illuminating this cutting-edge field.

Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Niels Bultink, CEO and Co-Founder of Qblox, a leading quantum company, is live!  Chris first spoke to Niels almost two years ago and wanted to check in to see what he and his team have been up to. Qblox provides quantum control stacks that combine unequaled noise performance and low-latency arbitrary control flows and can be scaled up to support hundreds of qubits. They have delivered over 100 systems worldwide - in the US, Europe, and Asia. Recently, the company celebrated its five-year anniversary!  Topics they discussed included the 2.5 million euros in European Innovation Council transition funding that Qblox and SemiQon received in July - a clear indicator that this tech is actually bankable by subsidy instruments like the Council.  Chris and Niels also talked about the partnership with QuantrolOx announced in August. Leveraging its QuantumEdge software will enable the delivery of a more hands-off solution for the automation of superconducting qubits.  Check out Chris's conversation with Niels! About Qblox Qblox is a leading provider of scalable and modular qubit control stacks. The company operates at the frontier of the quantum revolution in supporting academic and industrial labs worldwide. Its control stack, the Cluster, combines key qubit control and readout technologies with a modular solution ready to support customers using different qubit technologies. Qblox has grown to 80+ employees and continues to innovate to enable the quantum industry. About the "Quantum Tech Pod" The Quantum Tech Pod is an IQT podcast focusing on exclusive interviews and insights from key figures within the quantum ecosystem. From CEOs to policymakers or consultants, Quantum Tech Pod host Christopher Bishop gets to the crucial details that make quantum technology worth discussing.

Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Vanesa Diaz, CEO of quantum computing company LuxQuanta is live! Vanesa grew up in a small village in the north of Spain and because she was good at math, she eventually got a degree in engineering. Her early career found her in tech roles, but she wanted to spend less time in the lab and more time with customers and developing business strategies. So, she moved to Australia and got a Master's degree in marketing and business! When she returned to Europe, she landed a job at Corning, where she worked for over a decade. She has also worked at RYMSA and Vodaphone. Her company LuxQuanta was formed in May 2021 as a spin-off from The Institute of Photonic Sciences where it was incubated for over four years. LuxQuanta delivers Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems that can be integrated into existing network infrastructures to provide a quantum-safe layer of security on top of mathematical cryptographic techniques. Her advice to women interested in working in quantum: “The tech industry is still very male-dominated, and it is normal to fear that you might not be able to do something new or challenging. Surround yourself with the right support – from mentors to supervisors. And don't be afraid to fight for it!” Check out Chris's conversation with Vanesa at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at this link!

Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Théau Peronnin, CEO and Co-Founder of Alice & Bob, is live!   As a student, Théau was into both physics and electronics. An innovator to the core, he competed in the International Young Physicist tournament but soon realized he was 50 years too late to develop new groundbreaking low level electronics. Quantum computers provided the perfect setting for him to apply his passion for physics with his desire to innovate.   His collaborative work with Raphaël Lescanne (CTO and Co-Founder) on a bit-flip-protected qubit design that could dramatically improve quantum error correction led them to start Alice & Bob in 2020.   The two error types that affect a quantum bit are bit flips - that switch a zero into a one and vice versa – a somewhat classical error – and phase flips - a purely quantum error that switches the phase of a superposition from zero plus one into zero minus one.   Alice & Bob's cat qubits exponentially suppress the first type of error - bit flips - by design, thereby providing a new level of error correction! Thanks to this feature, a cat qubit-based quantum computer would run Shors' algorithm with 60 times fewer qubits than the state-of-the-art, the company demonstrated earlier this year.   Check out Chris's conversation with Théau!

To celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod is a conversation with Konstantinos Karagiannis, Director of Quantum Computing Services at Protiviti. Konstantinos has been involved in the quantum computing industry since 2012 and has worked in information security since the 1990s. Protiviti is a global business consulting firm that helps companies address quantum opportunities and threats. Their clients include more than 80 percent of the Fortune 100. In his role as a consultant, Konstantinos can access people with different skills within his company to work on client engagements, as well as partner with outside firms such as Multiverse, Infleqtion, and IonQ. Ally Financial reached for Protiviti to explore using quantum computing to improve financial index tracking. Using “cardinality constraints” – limiting the number of times an entity appears in a particular custom ETF - Konstantinos and his team, partnering with Multiverse, were able to recreate the performance of the NASDAQ 100 with only 25 assets. Learn more about this project. Also, worth noting – Konstantinos hosts his own terrific podcast called The Post-Quantum World focused on business impacts, benefits, and threats of quantum technologies. Check out Chris's conversation with Konstantinos for perspective on how consulting firms are addressing quantum business opportunities and challenges! #quantumcomputing #quantumtechnology #quantumconsulting  Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #Protiviti #cybersecurity ##

Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with John Levy, CEO, Chair and Co-Founder of Seeqc is live! Seeqc was spun out of Hypres in 2018 where John had served as Chair for 8 years and where he remains a board member. His company is one of the first to have built a superconductor, multi-layer commercial chip foundry to design, test, and manufacture quantum-ready superconductors. Seeqc recently announced a partnership with NVIDIA to build the world's first fully digital chip-based quantum-to-GPU integration to enable error-corrected quantum supercomputing - all powered by Seeqc's proprietary Single Flux Quantum (SFQ) technology. This chip-based solution is compatible with all quantum computing technologies (superconducting, silicon spin, photonics, trapped ion, neutral and cold atom, topological). Check out Chris's conversation with John! #quantumcomputing #quantumtechnology  Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #NVIDIA @seeqc #SingleFluxQuantum ##    

Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod is a roundtable discussion on the exciting state of quantum sensors. Guests included Stuart Woods, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer, Quantum Exponential ; Niall Holmes, Founder and Scientific Advisor, Cerca Magnetics Limited, and Pete Stirling, CEO at Delta g. Cerca Magnetics Limited has created OPM-MEG - the world's most advanced functional brain scanner – an integrated, #3D printable wearable device leveraging quantum sensors to provide “a revolutionary product to transform the neuroimaging landscape.” This device measures magnetic fields at 50 locations around the scalp, offering complete brain coverage.  The initial focus is detecting childhood epilepsy. Delta g's cutting-edge underground imaging system leverages quantum technology to measure gravity gradients beneath the earth's surface. Use cases include mapping as-built utility infrastructure, improving the monitoring of sinking buildings from climate change or seismic activity, and discovering hidden natural resources. Quantum Exponential has invested in Delta g and also sponsored the Institute of Physics' qBIG prize which Cerca Magnetics won. These companies are providing transformative, real-world applications of quantum sensors. Stuart shared his perspective on why, from a VC perspective, these are such exciting times for quantum sensors. Check out this fascinating conversation about the current state and future potential of quantum sensors!  ## #quantumsensors #quantum #quantuminvestment Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #quantumVC    

Christopher Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Yonatan Cohen, Co-Founder and CTO, Quantum Machines is live! Dr. Cohen is a quantum physicist, entrepreneur and co-founder and ex-managing director of the entrepreneurship program at The Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv. He founded Quantum Machines in 2018. His company just announced OPX1000 – The Quantum Control Solution for Large-Scale Quantum Computing. This device leads the industry in key performance metrics including feedback capabilities, runtime, analog performance and channel density.  Plus, the solution works across multiple disparate qubit modalities including quantum dot spin qubits, NV & other defect centers, superconducting qubits and neutral atoms. In March of this year Quantum Machines announced a collaboration with the innovative French quantum computing company Alice & Bob to aid them in their development of fault-tolerant quantum computers. Plus, they are partnering with NVIDIA on a first-of-its-kind architecture to create the first purpose-built infrastructure for industrial-scale quantum-accelerated supercomputers. Check out Chris's wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Cohen! #quantumcomputing #quantumsoftware #quantumcontrolsystems  Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #QM #OPX+ #QUA #OPX1000 ##

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Dr. Stephanie Simmons, Chief Quantum Officer at Photonic is live! Stephanie describes herself as a “quantum native” - she was a huge nerd growing up and was upset that her parents only introduced her to programming at age nine! She came across quantum when she was 16 and has been heads down into it ever since. She is looking forward to a future with many more quantum natives! Her perspective is that human progress is always anchored in the commercialization of various branches of physics – which has led us to where we are today exploring quantum! Photonic is working the middle ground between silicon photonics and silicon spins to create a silicon spin interface. Since spin qubits are essentially unpaired electrons, they are brilliant qubits. This approach will allow users to fill rooms with modular rack-mountable devices that can scale across a whole data center. Check out Chris's fascinating conversation with Dr. Stephanie Simmons! #quantumcomputing #quantumsoftware #siliconspin #spinqubits #siliconphotonics  Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #Photonic @TeamPhotonic    

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Si-Hui Tan, Chief Science Officer at Horizon Quantum Computing is live! Dr. Tan has a Bachelor of Science with honors in Physics from Caltech and PhD in Physics from MIT. Prior to joining Horizon, she spent 5 years as a researcher at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Dr. Tan also spent a year as a Visiting Professor at the Niels Bohr International Academy at the University of Copenhagen. Horizon's approach allows users to write programs in classical languages that can be compiled and run on conventional or quantum computers, without any knowledge of quantum computing. The output can be instruction sets in the language of the targeted processor and is not limited to any specific libraries. Her advice to women interested in working in quantum? "Look for role models! It can be hard and it might take some time to find them, but surround yourself with allies and stay strong against naysayers – be yourself!" Check out my fascinating conversation with Dr. Tan! #quantumcomputing #quantumsoftware Inside Quantum Technology #IQT Horizon Quantum Computing

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Antti Vasara, President & CEO of VTT is live! VTT is a state-owned and controlled non-profit, limited liability company based in Helsinki, Finland with over 2000 people. It is one of Europe's leading research, development and innovation institutions. Almost two years ago, the VTT Technical Research Centre deployed Finland's first operational 5-qubit quantum computer in partnership with hardware start-up IQM. The roadmap lays out a plan to get to a 50-qubit machine by 2024. In addition to quantum computers, VTT is also actively involved in developing quantum sensors, quantum networks and quantum cryptography solutions leveraging QKD and PQC. VTT is also a member of Institute Q - the Finnish Quantum Institute whose goal is to raise the readiness of Finnish society for the disruptive implications that quantum technologies will have on both society and the economy at large. To learn more about quantum innovation in Finland - check out his conversation with Dr. Vasara! #quantumcomputing #VTT @VTTFinland #quantumsensors #quantumnetworks Inside Quantum Technology #IQT  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Duncan Earl, President & CTO of Qubitekk, Inc., and David Wade, President & CEO, EPB is live! Chris led a roundtable discussion on the exciting partnership between EPB and Qubitekk to develop the EBP Quantum Network in Chattanooga, Tennessee - America's first industry-led, commercially available quantum network. EPB Quantum Network offers quantum-as-a-service to provide quantum technologists with fiber optic infrastructure using the latest quantum equipment and software to accelerate bringing quantum technologies to market. The network leverages Qubitekk, Inc.'s Bohr-IV, a proprietary system that generates, transmits, and measures qubits. The team is also partnering with Aliro Quantum to use their quantum network controller. To address workforce challenges, they launched Gig City Goes Quantum, an event designed to introduce, educate, and encourage more people to pursue careers in this emerging technology. Check out Chris's conversation on the future of quantum networks with Duncan and Dave. #quantumcommunication #quantumnetworks #quantumtechnology Inside Quantum Technology #Chattanooga #GigCityGoesQuantum #IQT  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Aurélie Hélouis, CEO and Founder infinityQ Technology Inc is live! At age 24, Aurélie was the Deputy Head Officer of the Rafale jet aircraft maintenance workshop for the French navy where she served for 16 years. After moving to Montreal, she received her MBA from McGill and then worked at the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute where in 2019, she founded infinityQ. Aurélie described how skills she learned in the Navy have helped her as a tech entrepreneur - managing complicated situations in a stressful environment, the importance of anticipating problems and doing whatever it takes to complete the mission. Her advice to women interested in getting into quantum? "Don't let anyone define who you are or what you want to do. If you want to do quantum, don't let anyone stand between you and your dreams – just do it!" Her company's proprietary #Ising machine is fast and easy to use compared to other current quantum-inspired technologies. They create artificial atoms that make circuits that behave like a quantum system. Check out Chris's conversation with Aurélie! #quantumcomputing infinityQ Technology Inc Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #artificialatoms #quantuminspired  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Alexander Keesling, CEO, QuEra Computing Inc. is live! Alex is an expert in quantum computing and quantum simulation with neutral atoms. While at #Harvard , he pioneered the development of programmable Rydberg atom arrays into a leading technology for quantum information processing. Among his accomplishments are the creation and coherent control of systems with hundreds of neutral atom qubits as well as the demonstration of high-fidelity entangling gates with neutral atoms. QuEra Computing Inc. was founded in 2018 based on pioneering research at Harvard and #MIT and is based in Boston. The company came out of stealth mode in November 2021 with $17 million in funding from Rakuten, and other investors. QuEra is building the industry's most scalable quantum computers to tackle useful but classically intractable problems for commercially relevant applications. Their signature machine, Aquila, is available now for general use on Amazon Braket. Check out Chris's conversation with Alex. #quantumcomputing QuEra Computing Inc. #neutralatoms #Rydbergatoms #AmazonBraket #Aquila Inside Quantum Technology #IQT  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Matt Johnson, Co-Founder and CEO, QC Ware is live! Matt was a captain in the Air Force on active duty for five years and then worked as a managing director in private equity at Apollo Management. His company, QC Ware, is a quantum and classical computing software and services company focused on delivering enterprise value through cutting-edge computational technology. With specialization in machine learning and chemistry simulation applications, QC Ware develops for both near-term quantum and state-of-the-art classical computing hardware. The company just introduced an exciting new capability called Promethium providing a SaaS platform that enables customers to simulate molecular properties and accelerate new molecule discovery on powerful classical hardware. Check out the press release. Take a listen to this fascinating conversation! #quantumcomputing @QCWare #quantumchemistry #HPC Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod features Brian Lenahan and Kenna Hughes-Castleberry discussing their latest book “On the Shoulders of Giants” which shares stories of 10 unsung heroes in quantum physics, engineering, and mathematics. Brian is the Founder & Chair of the Quantum Strategy Institute and the author of two seminal books on quantum and business. Kenna is a science journalist and podcaster who currently works as the Science Communicator at JILA. She also writes for Inside Quantum Technology as a freelance staff editor. Worth noting that most of the subjects for this book come from a non white male background, offering new role models to inspire the next generation of the quantum workforce and encourage them to break current stereotypes. You can order the book on Amazon. Check out this very interesting conversation! #quantumcomputing #QSI #JILA Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Andrew Dzurak, CEO & Founder, Diraq is live! Andrew was a key participant over 20 years ago in establishing the Australian Research Council Centre for Quantum Computer Technology. Along with his colleague Andrea Morello, they demonstrated the world's first silicon quantum bits (qubits) in 2012. Today, they are world leaders in building quantum processors using electron spins in CMOS quantum dots. Their goal is to drive qubit numbers on a single chip to the billions, compared to the hundreds of qubits that exist today. His company's SMART qubit protocol delivers extended coherence times using so-called ‘dressed' qubits that rock back and forth like a metronome rather than spinning in circles – delivering coherence times of more than 230 microseconds. Take a listen to this great conversation! #diraq #quantumdots #siliconqubits #ARC #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology #IQT  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Alan Baratz, CEO, D-Wave is live. He became CEO in 2020 and previously served as EVP of R&D and Chief Product Officer. Alan has over 25 years of experience bringing new products to market at leading technology companies and software startups. He was the 1st president of JavaSoft at Sun Microsystems and oversaw the growth and adoption of the Java platform from its infancy to a robust platform supporting mission-critical applications in nearly 80 percent of Fortune 1000 companies. D-Wave's 2X Quantum Computer with more than 1,000 qubits was installed in 2015 at the Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab at NASA Ames – over 8 years ago! Today, D-Wave is the only company developing both annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Take a listen to this fascinating conversation! @DWavesystems #quantumannealing #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology #IQT  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Shai Machnes, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Qruise is live! Shai's team is using machine learning & Quantum Optimal Control to improve control of the current generation of noisy intermediate scale quantum computers (NISQ devices). His company is also developing Machine Learning for Science as a productized toolset to make ML-driven discovery accessible to all. They are starting with a junior quantum control physicist, similar to the capabilities of a 2nd year PhD student and growing from there. Take a listen to this interesting conversation! #Qruise #ML #machinelearning  #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology #IQT

Inside Quantum Technology is delighted to support Black History Month with Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod - an interview with Charles Robinson, Public Sector Leader IBM Quantum Computing & World Wide leader Quantum Safe Team. Charles is a veteran and a graduate of Howard University with over 30 years' experience in information technology, business development, engineering, and management in commercial, DOD and intelligence organizations. He has worked on all aspects of information and communications infrastructure. Charles was instrumental in the formation of the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center, enabling talented Black students to get involved in this exciting new technology. He currently leads IBM's Quantum Safe Team focused on securing the world's digital infrastructure for the era of quantum computing. Take a listen to this great conversation! @IBMQuantum IBMQuantumSafe #BlackHistoryMonth #HBCU #quantumsafe #PQC #quantumcomputing Inside Quantum Technology  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Dana Anderson, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, ColdQuanta Infleqtion is live! His father was a physicist and professor at the U of Chicago and worked with Enrico Fermi! Dana got a Ph.D. in quantum optics at the U of Arizona and started guiding cold atoms through hollow core optical fibers in the mid-1990s. Excited about the tremendous potential of the Bose-Einstein Condensate, he founded ColdQuanta in 2007. Today, the company has a wide-ranging portfolio that includes Hilbert - a gate-based quantum computer that uses lasers to cool ions to extremely low temps - and Albert - a cloud-accessible BEC implementation specifically targeting the development of sensing (inertial and RF) and quantum signal processing. Take a listen to this great conversation! #BEC #Bose-Einstein Condensate #coldatoms #hilbert #albert #quantumcomputing #quantumsensing #IQT #Fermi InsideQuantumTechnology  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Jack Hidary CEO of SandboxAQ is live! Jack is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of several tech companies, including EarthWeb/Dice, which he led from its founding through IPO. In July, SandboxAQ was selected for NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Project. With a focus on encryption management for large enterprises and governments in the face of Store-now-decrypt-later attacks, SandboxAQ developed AQ Analyzer - a piece of enterprise software that crawls around on prem or in the cloud to uncover encryption vulnerabilities. The company is also working on quantum-driven solutions in biopharma, materials science, and battery chemistry. Take a listen to this great conversation! #quantumcomputing #quantumencryption #SNDL #Alphabet Inside Quantum Technology #IQT #sandboxaq

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Bob Coecke, Chief Scientist, Quantinuum is live! Bob initially studied architecture and engineering but, after an internship, discovered he didn't like it and moved to physics where he got a PhD. Bob and Chris discussed ZX calculus (a key element of TKET), category theory, Quantum Foundations, linear logic, Quantum-native natural language processing, this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, and Categorical Quantum Mechanics (CQM). Btw – Bob has a new book coming out in a couple of weeks called “Quantum in Pictures” designed to make quantum understandable to both the general public as well as High School students. Look for it on Amazon. And take a listen to the conversation! #quantumcomputing #QNLP #quantumphysics #quantuminformationscience #TKET #quantumstudents Inside Quantum Technology  Quantum in Pictures Coecke's book available soon on Kindle, and early January paper copies  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Noel Goddard, CEO, Qunnect is live! Noel was an avid sportbike motorcyclist for 10 years in a former life! She is also a serial entrepreneur who founded/led two biotech startup companies and was a seed investor with the Accelerate NY Seed Fund - she built a portfolio of 24 companies across deep technology and life science sectors. In 2021, Qunnect introduced the world's first commercial quantum memory, the cornerstone of their Quantum Repeater product suite providing long-distance distribution of entanglement over existing telecom infrastructure. Plus – they recently received a Series A funding round of over $8M, led by Airbus Ventures, with additional participation from Quantonation and SandboxAQ. Check out the conversation! #quantumnetwork #quantummemory #quantumrepeaters #quantumcomputing

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Noel Goddard, CEO, Qunnect is live! Noel was an avid sportbike motorcyclist for 10 years in a former life! She is also a serial entrepreneur who founded/led two biotech startup companies and was a seed investor with the Accelerate NY Seed Fund - she built a portfolio of 24 companies across deep technology and life science sectors. In 2021, Qunnect introduced the world's first commercial quantum memory, the cornerstone of their Quantum Repeater product suite providing long-distance distribution of entanglement over existing telecom infrastructure. Plus – they recently received a Series A funding round of over $8M, led by Airbus Ventures, with additional participation from Quantonation and SandboxAQ. Check out the conversation! #quantumnetwork #quantummemory #quantumrepeaters #quantumcomputing

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Tony Uttley, COO and President of Quantinuum is live! Tony saw the movie “The Right Stuff” and wanted to be an astronaut! (He did eventually spend 10 years in management roles at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Human #Space Flight program.) Tony founded Honeywell Quantum Solutions and served as its President before the creation of Quantinuum. Before Honeywell, he was a Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). We had a great discussion about the company's recent achievement of a quantum volume of 8192, their second new record in a year. Also excited about the fact that #TKET, their advanced software developer kit, has been downloaded over 500K times. Check out the conversation! #quantumcomputing #quantum #quantumsoftware #quantumhardware

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Eric Holland, Director, Strategic Growth Initiatives, Quantum Engineering Solutions at Keysight Technologies is live! Eric grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and after getting a PhD in physics from Yale, worked as Fermilab's Deputy Director of Quantum Technology as well as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Chief Quantum Hardware & Application Architect. Keysight's Quantum Control System (QCS) is described as the world's first fully digital quantum control solution. We talked about what Bill and Dave might think of their company leading the way in quantum engineering solutions! Check out the conversation. #quantum #Keysight #quantumcontrolsystems #QCS

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Richard Murray, Co-Founder and CEO of ORCA Computing is live. His parents were science teachers who inspired hi to study math and physics. After receiving his PhD in coherent quantum comtrol of cold Rubidium atoms, Richard worked in the private sector--helped Oakley look at using nano structures to polarize their sunglasses! He led Innovate UK's £32 million program focused on quantum technologies, but had always wanted to start a company.  So, in 2019, Richard co-founded ORCA Computing. His distinguished team identified that short-term quantum memories could synchronize photonic operations, performing what is known as "spectral multiplexing." Check out their conversation. #quantumtechnology #quantumcomputing #photonicquantum #spectralmultiplexing #InnovateUK ORCA Computing Richard Murray LinkedIn profile Innovate UK website  

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Steve Brierley, CEO/Founder, Riverlane is live! Steve founded the company in 2016, based on his passionate belief that fault tolerant quantum computers will accelerate a significant era of human progress and could be developed sooner than previously imagined. His company is building Deltaflow.OS – the operating system for error-corrected quantum computers. Innovate UK has provided £500k to explore using syndrome extraction (additional qubits) on superconducting quantum computers to develop error correction techniques. Riverlane will be presenting “Beyond NISQ: Defining the roadmap to error-corrected quantum computers” at IEEE Quantum Week next week. Check out our conversation! #quantumtechnology #quantumcomputing ##superconducting #syndromeextraction

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod with Nick Farina, CEO of EeroQ Quantum Hardware is live! Nick was a caddy at the Biltmore and then became a financial and tech journalist. He also started three companies. EeroQ Quantum Hardware is building a universal quantum computer by trapping and controlling individual electrons floating above pools of superfluid helium. Their ultimate goal: a large-scale quantum computer based on the magnetic (spin) state of these trapped electrons. Plus – they just announced a $7.25 million seed funding round! Check out the conversation.  #quantumcomputing #qis #quantumtechnology #investinginquantum

Chris Bishop's latest Quantum Tech Pod provides expert insight in a group conversation with three amazing guests: whurley, CEO, Strangeworks; Ilana Wisby, CEO, Oxford Quantum Circuits and Morgan Polotan, Senior Principal, B Capital Group. The topic: “How to do due diligence on a quantum company.”  Topics include balancing conflicting information, managing LP expectations about ROI, importance of partnerships and government investment and the need for reverse due diligence to make sure the VC is the right partner for your journey. Check it out here. #quantumtechnology #quantumcomputing  Inside Quantum Technology #investinginquantum

Chris Bishop on Quantum Tech Pod with Corban Tillemann-Dick, Founder/CEO, Maybell Quantum Industries is live! Before Maybell, Corban spent 10 years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he led Quantum Computing efforts. Working with many leading-edge players led him to believe that quantum was going to be as important to the next 60 years as integrated circuits have been for the past 60 years and he didn't want to be on the outside. He left BCG and co-founded Maybell to make a revolutionary dilution refrigerator called The Icebox as well as a high-density wiring solution called Maybell Flexlines.

Chris Bishop's Quantum Tech Pod with Timothy Costa, Director, HPC & Quantum Computing Product at NVIDIA is live! Tim was an #HPC application engineer at Intel before joining NVIDIA where he discovered that he enjoyed the role of product manager and that led to his current role. We discussed the recently announced  Quantum Optimized Device Architecture (#QODA), an open, unified environment for today's most powerful computers and quantum processors. NVIDIA already has an impressive list of hardware, software, and supercomputing partners.

(QuantumTechPod) Chris Bishop's Quantum Tech Pod with Per Nyberg, VP, Strategic Markets and Alliances at Quantum Machines is live! Per grew up in Montreal, spent 12 years at NEC Corporation then joined Cray Inc. running all industry verticals. A year ago, QM came knocking. Per is delighted to be part of an industry “being born in front of our eyes.” Their Quantum Orchestration Platform (QOP) is the first hybrid architecture designed for quantum control, allowing for real-time decision-making with extreme ease and speed. Check out the conversation.

(QuantumTechPod) Chris Bishop's Quantum Tech Pod with Denis Mandich, CTO of Qrypt is live! Denis was born in Croatia and then was a refugee in Austria waiting for asylum in the US. Always interested in science, he studied string theory and quantum mechanics and was recruited by the intelligence community where he spent 20 years. The rise of quantum computers along with visibility into the scale of data theft from the US by foreign governments led him to start Qrypt to provide clients with “everlasting encryption.”

(QuantumTechPod) Chris Bishop's Quantum Tech Pod w/Georges-Olivier REYMOND, Pasqal CEO is live! PASQAL is the first French company to develop quantum computing hardware and their roadmap gets them to 1000 qubits by the end of 2023. The recent merger with Qu & Co allows them to provide a turnkey system - hardware and software together – accelerating the achievement of quantum advantage enabling practical real-world applications. They are also partnering with Atos to develop hybrid #HPC and quantum solutions. And their system will be available on Azure - Microsoft's Cloud Computing Platform later this year.