The Superposition Guy’s Podcast
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- 9 nov 2026
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Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra, hosts thought leaders in quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum communications to discuss business and technical aspects that impact the quantum ecosystem. Full transcripts are available at podcast.yboger.com
Episódios 179
Callum Stewart, Principal at Bullhound Capital
In this episode, host Yuval Boger speaks with Callum Stewart, a former Cambridge physicist turned deep tech investor at Bullhound Capital, about how he evaluates quantum companies for late-stage venture …
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In this episode, host Yuval Boger speaks with Callum Stewart, a former Cambridge physicist turned deep tech investor at Bullhound Capital, about how he evaluates quantum companies for late-stage venture investment. Stewart explains why he shifted from hardware-agnostic bets to backing specific modalities like superconducting qubits, and discusses the dual pressures of algorithmic improvements and hardware advances that are compressing quantum timelines. He also offers a contrarian take on the quantum funding environment, warning that a market correction is likely before commercial quantum advantage triggers the next wave of investment and industry consolidation.
Daniel Volz, co-founder and CEO of RhymeQ
Yuval Boger interviews Daniel Volz, co-founder and CEO of RhymeQ, a new quantum software startup that wants people to be able to program quantum computers without knowing what a quantum circuit is. Daniel has …
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Yuval Boger interviews Daniel Volz, co-founder and CEO of RhymeQ, a new quantum software startup that wants people to be able to program quantum computers without knowing what a quantum circuit is. Daniel has spent ten years in quantum, at McKinsey, leading quantum at BASF, and co-founding Kipu Quantum. He explains why circuit-level programming is too close to assembler for the domain experts who will actually run quantum use cases in production, and why he thinks AI coding agents won't close that gap any time soon. They also cover the 130-plus use cases his team found at BASF, why he expects chemistry to be unlocked at around 200 logical qubits, the origin of RhymeQ's abstraction layer, Europe's need for software sovereignty as well as hardware, and much more.
Joel Van Dyk, a physicist and longtime Wall Street cybersecurity leader
In this episode, host Yuval Boger sits down with Joel Van Dyk, a physicist and longtime Wall Street cybersecurity leader who now consults in the post-quantum cryptography space, including work with Project …
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In this episode, host Yuval Boger sits down with Joel Van Dyk, a physicist and longtime Wall Street cybersecurity leader who now consults in the post-quantum cryptography space, including work with Project Eleven on a ground-up PQC key management system and his own quantum proxy venture, PQC Done. Van Dyk argues that while a cryptologically relevant quantum computer could arrive within four to five years, organizations need cryptoagility — the muscle to rapidly rotate algorithms — rather than a one-time fix, and he ranks the quantum threat as second only to AI among CISO priorities. The conversation covers practical guidance on selecting partners, bridging quantum security and quantum computing teams within an enterprise, the role of cloud providers in accelerating migration, and Van Dyk's nuanced take on quantum key distribution.
Walter Raquet, Chairman and CEO of Symmatrics
Yuval Boger interviews Walter Raquet, Chairman and CEO of Symmatrics, a company that has revived the one-time pad symmetric key encryption concept — once used exclusively by US intelligence agencies — and …
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Yuval Boger interviews Walter Raquet, Chairman and CEO of Symmatrics, a company that has revived the one-time pad symmetric key encryption concept — once used exclusively by US intelligence agencies — and brought it to the modern times. Walter explained how their system eliminates passwords and reusable credentials by wrapping every transaction in unique keys that are used once and destroyed, making it fundamentally different from today's math-based asymmetric encryption. We discussed their key distribution center, their hardware-based "quantum protected network," their ongoing work with NIST to achieve certification ahead of the government's 2027 quantum-resistance deadline, and much more.
Steve Gibson, President, JIJ Americas
Yuval Boger interviews Steve Gibson, President of Americas at JIJ, a Japan-based optimization company whose founders came from Professor Nishimori's lab. Steve shared how JIJ spans the spectrum from classical …
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Yuval Boger interviews Steve Gibson, President of Americas at JIJ, a Japan-based optimization company whose founders came from Professor Nishimori's lab. Steve shared how JIJ spans the spectrum from classical to quantum-inspired to quantum computing, and discussed how the company is now using AI to make its optimization tools more accessible to customers who lack in-house quantum expertise. They explored the state of quantum readiness, and how organizations should start preparing now for the business and technical changes quantum will require. Steve also outlined his mission to bring JIJ's capabilities and deep research talent from Japan to the US and European markets, provided advice for US executives doing business with Japan, and much more.
Sumit Kapur, Zapata Quantum
Yuval Boger interviews Sumit Kapur, CEO of Zapata Quantum. They speak about the company's remarkable phoenix-from-the-ashes story — surviving a quantum winter and a failed SPAC to rebuild as a focused quantum …
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Yuval Boger interviews Sumit Kapur, CEO of Zapata Quantum. They speak about the company's remarkable phoenix-from-the-ashes story — surviving a quantum winter and a failed SPAC to rebuild as a focused quantum applications company. They discuss Zapata's partnerships, their landmark cancer research published on the cover of Nature Biotech, and their work on using agentic AI to accelerate quantum resource estimation. Sumit walks us through the quantum journey for enterprises, from Quantum Application Intelligence to Quantum Application Engineering, shares his view on how the challenges in quantum have shifted, and much more.
Steve Orrin, Chief Technology Officer for Intel Federal
In this episode, host Yuval Boger speaks with Steve Orrin, Chief Technology Officer for Intel Federal, about the sweeping post-quantum cryptography mandates confronting U.S. government agencies and their supply …
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In this episode, host Yuval Boger speaks with Steve Orrin, Chief Technology Officer for Intel Federal, about the sweeping post-quantum cryptography mandates confronting U.S. government agencies and their supply chains. Orrin breaks down the 2030-2031 migration deadlines, the January 2027 acquisition requirement for national security systems, and why a standard Windows laptop can contain 20,000 crypto assets — not all of which need immediate attention. The conversation covers Intel's multi-generational approach to embedding PQC in silicon, the importance of crypto agility for future algorithm changes, and practical advice for agencies beginning their cryptographic inventory, including the often-missed firmware and peripheral layers beneath the OS.
Rob Jesudason, CEO and founder of Serendipity Capital
Rob Jesudason, CEO and founder of Serendipity Capital — a $1.3 billion permanent capital vehicle focused on critical technologies — joins the podcast to discuss quantum investing across modalities, the SPAC …
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Rob Jesudason, CEO and founder of Serendipity Capital — a $1.3 billion permanent capital vehicle focused on critical technologies — joins the podcast to discuss quantum investing across modalities, the SPAC versus IPO debate, and how governments should allocate quantum funding. Jesudason argues that the quantum industry has entered a new phase where managerial execution and engineering scale matter as much as the underlying science, and that future winners will likely be multimodality companies that can ship systems at scale. He offers a nuanced perspective on government investment strategy, suggesting that while leading nations should pick winners in partnership with the private sector, smaller countries should focus on being the fastest integrators of winning technologies into their economies rather than trying to build world-leading hardware from scratch.
Stephen DiAdamo, co-founder and CTO of Qoro Quantum
Stephen DiAdamo, co-founder and CTO of Qoro Quantum, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. DiAdamo discusses Qoro's position as a software middleware company that abstracts hardware away from applications, walking …
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Stephen DiAdamo, co-founder and CTO of Qoro Quantum, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. DiAdamo discusses Qoro's position as a software middleware company that abstracts hardware away from applications, walking through the Divi SDK, circuit serialization and parallelization, and an orchestrator that automatically selects between 12 simulation methods on CPU and GPU or dispatches to QPUs from any vendor. They explore how Qoro plugs into HPC schedulers like SLURM rather than replacing them, the CESGA proof of concept built on the CUNQA platform, the "150,000 lines of code to 20" claim, and the argument that multi-QPU centers are needed today for fallback and resilience and for scaling applications. DiAdamo also reflects on developer experience for students learning QAOA and variational algorithms, and Qoro's two-year history.
Julien Camirand Lemyre, co-founder and CEO of Nord Quantique
Julien Camirand Lemyre, co-founder and CEO of Nord Quantique, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Julien discusses Nord Quantique's bosonic code approach, which uses microwave photons in superconducting cavities to …
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Julien Camirand Lemyre, co-founder and CEO of Nord Quantique, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Julien discusses Nord Quantique's bosonic code approach, which uses microwave photons in superconducting cavities to achieve quantum error correction without large qubit overhead, including their GKP and Tesseract code demonstrations and a quantum error correction gain that has more than doubled since 2024. They explore the company's roadmap toward 10^-7 to 10^-9 error rates by 2032, the four-qubit system entering operation this year, and how Quebec's Sherbrooke ecosystem has enabled a capital-efficient build. They also discuss high-rate codes, transmon-based scaling challenges, and much more.
Corey O'Meara, Chief Quantum Scientist at E.ON Digital Technology
Yuval Boger interviews Corey O'Meara, Chief Quantum Scientist at E.ON Digital Technology. They discuss how E.ON’s five-person quantum team works with business units to find high-value use cases, especially …
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Yuval Boger interviews Corey O'Meara, Chief Quantum Scientist at E.ON Digital Technology. They discuss how E.ON’s five-person quantum team works with business units to find high-value use cases, especially where classical methods may hit bottlenecks in optimization and machine learning. Corey describes the company’s work on peer-to-peer energy trading and other grid-related applications, and shares his perspective on cloud access, hybrid deployment, and the accelerating progress toward fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Helmut Katzgraber, general partner at 55North
Yuval Boger interviews Helmut Katzgraber, general partner at 55North and former quantum leader at AWS. They discuss Helmut’s view that the most promising near- to mid-term quantum applications are in quantum …
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Yuval Boger interviews Helmut Katzgraber, general partner at 55North and former quantum leader at AWS. They discuss Helmut’s view that the most promising near- to mid-term quantum applications are in quantum simulation for materials, chemicals, and pharma, rather than optimization. They also explore European competitiveness, venture opportunities across the quantum stack, cloud and on-prem deployment models, and the workforce and product skills needed to turn quantum ideas into successful companies.
Mehmet Sanliol, managing director at Evercore
Yuval Boger interviews Mehmet Sanliol, managing director at Evercore covering quantum technologies and semiconductors. They discuss how investors value public quantum companies, when private companies should …
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Yuval Boger interviews Mehmet Sanliol, managing director at Evercore covering quantum technologies and semiconductors. They discuss how investors value public quantum companies, when private companies should consider IPOs or SPACs, and why consolidation may shape the next phase of the industry. Mehmet also shares his perspective on technical and market signals that could affect valuations, the outlook for quantum software, and the recent developments in quantum that caught his attention most.
Robert Wille, Professor at TuM and CEO of Munich Quantum Software Company
Yuval interviews Robert Wille, a computer scientist and co-founder focused on quantum computing software. They discuss the field’s transition from research to practical deployment, the need for heterogeneous …
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Yuval interviews Robert Wille, a computer scientist and co-founder focused on quantum computing software. They discuss the field’s transition from research to practical deployment, the need for heterogeneous and hardware-agnostic software stacks, and the integration of quantum into HPC environments. Robert explains the importance of design automation, open-source strategy, and AI-assisted development, arguing that quantum’s complex optimization challenges resemble those long solved in classical computing.
Sebastian Hassinger, host of The New Quantum Era podcast and author of a new book by the same name
Sebastian Hassinger, host of The New Quantum Era podcast and author of a new book by the same name, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Sebastian and Yuval have much in common beyond their work in quantum: both are …
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Sebastian Hassinger, host of The New Quantum Era podcast and author of a new book by the same name, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Sebastian and Yuval have much in common beyond their work in quantum: both are podcasters, neither holds a PhD, and both are authors of new books — Sebastian's The New Quantum Era and Yuval's Quantum Bits, the Comic Book Guide to Quantum Computing. In a conversation more symmetric than the typical episode, they compare notes on the motivation and process of writing these books, the challenge of explaining quantum computing to non-physicists, and debate Hassinger's modality forecast. They also discuss their hypothetical dinner guests from the quantum greats, and much more.
Get the books at:
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www.TheNewQuantumEra.com
Klea Dhmitri, Application Engineer, Hamamatsu Corporation
Klea Dhmitri of Hamamatsu joins Yuval to discuss the company’s role as a photonic component provider for trapped-ion and neutral-atom quantum computers. She explains key technologies such as photomultiplier …
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Klea Dhmitri of Hamamatsu joins Yuval to discuss the company’s role as a photonic component provider for trapped-ion and neutral-atom quantum computers. She explains key technologies such as photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), SPADs, and quantitative CMOS cameras, and how scaling to larger qubit arrays changes requirements for speed, resolution, and integration. Klea also shares how customer demand is pushing product innovation, reflects on her unconventional path into quantum, and offers advice for those looking to build careers in photonics and quantum technologies.
Brian Gaucher, co-chair of ERVA’s report on Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies
Yuval Boger interviews Brian Gaucher, an experienced engineer and IBM veteran who co-chaired ERVA’s report Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies. Brian explains that while U.S. quantum science …
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Yuval Boger interviews Brian Gaucher, an experienced engineer and IBM veteran who co-chaired ERVA’s report Engineering Research to Advance Quantum Technologies. Brian explains that while U.S. quantum science remains strong, global competition is accelerating and the key limiter is no longer physics discovery but engineering the path from “lab to fab”—scalable, manufacturable, reliable systems. They discuss why the U.S. should pursue a coordinated, semiconductor-like national strategy with shared pilot lines, standards, metrology, public-private investment, and a broader workforce—not just physicists. They also cover the report’s four pillars (materials, biology, computing, AI), the importance of domestic fabrication, and why biology and quantum sensing may deliver surprisingly near-term impact.
Michaela Eichinger, a product solutions physicist at Quantum Machine
Yuval Boger interviews Michaela Eichinger, a product solutions physicist at Quantum Machines and the author of a widely read quantum computing newsletter. They discuss her transition from academia to industry …
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Yuval Boger interviews Michaela Eichinger, a product solutions physicist at Quantum Machines and the author of a widely read quantum computing newsletter. They discuss her transition from academia to industry, her fascination with systems-level views of the quantum stack, and the role of communication in building the quantum ecosystem. The conversation covers the state of quantum computing in 2026, realistic metrics for progress, superconducting qubits, and why classical processing and HPC integration are becoming central to useful quantum computers.
Lionel Martellini, founding director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute
Yuval Boger interviews Lionel Martellini, finance professor at the EDHEC and founding director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute. Lionel describes his unusual path from finance to astrophysics and why business …
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Yuval Boger interviews Lionel Martellini, finance professor at the EDHEC and founding director of the EDHEC Quantum Institute. Lionel describes his unusual path from finance to astrophysics and why business schools should teach quantum awareness to future leaders. They discuss core quantum concepts, the danger of overhyping “quantum washing,” and the real prospects for quantum applications in finance. The conversation also explores executive education, practical use cases, and how businesses should prepare for quantum technologies.
Dorit Dor, co-founder of Qbeat Ventures
Yuval Boger interviews Dorit Dor, co-founder of Qbeat Ventures and former senior executive at Check Point. They discuss lessons quantum startups can draw from the evolution of cybersecurity, including the …
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Yuval Boger interviews Dorit Dor, co-founder of Qbeat Ventures and former senior executive at Check Point. They discuss lessons quantum startups can draw from the evolution of cybersecurity, including the importance of go-to-market strategy, focus, and adherence to standards. Dorit outlines her fund’s cross-stack investment strategy, compares different quantum modalities, comments on public market dynamics, and highlights the growing Israeli quantum ecosystem and its potential for future impact.
Matt Kinsella, CEO of Infleqtion
Yuval Boger interviews Matt Kinsella, CEO of Infleqtion. They discuss Infleqtion’s neutral-atom strategy, including its combination of quantum computing, sensing, and timing products, and why Matt believes that …
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Yuval Boger interviews Matt Kinsella, CEO of Infleqtion. They discuss Infleqtion’s neutral-atom strategy, including its combination of quantum computing, sensing, and timing products, and why Matt believes that diversified approach strengthens both the business and the technology stack. Matt also shares his timeline for commercially useful quantum computing, his reaction to Google entering neutral atoms, and his perspective on capital, talent, and scaling the company as a newly public business.
Skeptic mathematician Gil Kalai from Reichman University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yuval Boger interviews mathematician Gil Kalai about his long-standing skepticism regarding scalable quantum computing. Kalai explains two main arguments behind his theory: correlated noise that may defeat …
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Yuval Boger interviews mathematician Gil Kalai about his long-standing skepticism regarding scalable quantum computing. Kalai explains two main arguments behind his theory: correlated noise that may defeat quantum error correction and complexity-based limits on NISQ devices achieving quantum supremacy. They discuss experimental claims such as Google’s 2019 result, potential tests of Kalai’s conjectures, and the implications for the future of quantum research. The conversation also explores how Kalai hopes the community will evaluate bold claims and what scientific insights could emerge regardless of the outcome.
Tom Darras, CEO and co-founder of Welinq
Yuval Boger interviews Tom Darras, CEO and co-founder of Welinq. They discuss how quantum networking uses shared entanglement to interconnect quantum processors, enabling modular scale-out clusters and …
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Yuval Boger interviews Tom Darras, CEO and co-founder of Welinq. They discuss how quantum networking uses shared entanglement to interconnect quantum processors, enabling modular scale-out clusters and quantum-safe connectivity between data centers. Tom explains the technical building blocks—qubit-photon interfaces, optical networks, entangled photon sources, and especially quantum memories—as well as the performance metrics that matter most, like entanglement generation rate, fidelity, and memory lifetime. They also cover Welinq’s Arachne compiler for distributing circuits across multiple QPUs, why networking is becoming a consensus scaling strategy across modalities, and how “quantum-augmented data centers” are starting to become real initiatives.
Bob Sorensen, Chief Quantum Analyst, Hyperion Research
Yuval Boger interviews Bob Sorensen of Hyperion Research about the growing convergence of quantum computing and high-performance computing. They outline a problem-first adoption playbook for HPC centers …
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Yuval Boger interviews Bob Sorensen of Hyperion Research about the growing convergence of quantum computing and high-performance computing. They outline a problem-first adoption playbook for HPC centers: identify bottlenecks, benchmark classical options and costs, then evaluate quantum as an accelerator with clear ROI and procurement targets. Sorensen weighs cloud versus on‑prem tradeoffs, argues quantum hardware needs short lifecycles with upgrade paths, and explains why HPC managers mainly worry about seamless integration. They close with practical definitions of quantum advantage (speed, capability, and power), real-world case studies, and why error-correction-driven architecture is increasingly shaping modality decisions.
Christian Weedbrook, founder and CEO of Xanadu
Yuval Boger interviews Christian Weedbrook, founder and CEO of Xanadu. They discuss Xanadu’s photonic approach to gate-based quantum computing, the advantages of room-temperature operation, and the company’s …
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Yuval Boger interviews Christian Weedbrook, founder and CEO of Xanadu. They discuss Xanadu’s photonic approach to gate-based quantum computing, the advantages of room-temperature operation, and the company’s plan to scale through optical networking. Christian also describes PennyLane, photonic error correction, customer engagements, and Xanadu’s target of building a 500-logical-qubit system by 2029–2030. The conversation also touches on partnerships, manufacturing, likely early applications in chemistry and materials, and much more.
Prof. Scott Aaronson, UT Austin
Yuval Boger interviews computer science professor known for his work on quantum computing theory. They explore the current state of quantum hardware, the narrowing case for quantum skepticism, and the realistic …
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Yuval Boger interviews computer science professor known for his work on quantum computing theory. They explore the current state of quantum hardware, the narrowing case for quantum skepticism, and the realistic path toward fault-tolerant, useful quantum machines. The conversation also covers quantum algorithms, cryptography risks, ethics, hype in commercialization, and advice for the next generation of quantum researchers.
Joab Rosenberg, partner at Deep33
Joab Rosenberg, partner at Deep33, a new $100–150M venture fund focused on the future of compute, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They discuss the current state of quantum computing, why Joab expects commercial …
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Joab Rosenberg, partner at Deep33, a new $100–150M venture fund focused on the future of compute, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They discuss the current state of quantum computing, why Joab expects commercial applications within a few years, and where venture capital can realistically capture value. The conversation covers hardware-first investing, quantum algorithms and applications, capital intensity, geopolitics, and the growing role of deep tech in venture investing.
Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder of QuantrolOx
Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder of QuantrolOx, a quantum control software company focused on automating qubit tuning and calibration, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They discuss how automation accelerates …
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Vishal Chatrath, CEO and co-founder of QuantrolOx, a quantum control software company focused on automating qubit tuning and calibration, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They discuss how automation accelerates chip characterization, supports scalable manufacturing, and feeds into real-time calibration and error correction. The conversation covers competition in quantum control, open architectures, fundraising challenges, and what it takes to industrialize quantum hardware.
Zach Yerushalmi, CEO, Elevate Quantum
Yuval Boger interviews Zach Yerushalmi, CEO of Elevate Quantum and leader of the U.S. Quantum Tech Hub. They discuss how to accelerate quantum commercialization through industry-led ecosystems, targeted …
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Yuval Boger interviews Zach Yerushalmi, CEO of Elevate Quantum and leader of the U.S. Quantum Tech Hub. They discuss how to accelerate quantum commercialization through industry-led ecosystems, targeted public–private partnerships, and clear prioritization across research, industry, and market failures. Zach draws parallels to semiconductors and biotech, emphasizing demand signals, advanced market commitments, and cycle time as key success metrics. The conversation highlights the high geopolitical stakes of quantum and the urgency for the U.S. to execute its industrial strategy correctly.
Jonathan Reiner, Director of Product Solutions, Quantum Machines
Jonathan Reiner is interviewed by Yuval Boger and describes his path from condensed-matter physics to leading the Product Solutions team at Quantum Machines. They discuss the rising complexity of quantum …
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Jonathan Reiner is interviewed by Yuval Boger and describes his path from condensed-matter physics to leading the Product Solutions team at Quantum Machines. They discuss the rising complexity of quantum control, customer trends toward fidelity, low-latency compute, and automated calibration, as well as QM’s products such as QUA, Qualibrate, and OPX-NIC for error-correction workflows. Jonathan shares insights on scaling control electronics, the skills needed to operate quantum computers, and his preference for spin qubits. The conversation concludes with a discussion of IP protection practices.
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