Episodes
My guest today is Shahar Keinan, co-founder and CEO of Polaris Quantum Biotech, a drug discovery firm that leverages quantum computing to find compounds to treat and cure diseases. We talk about the quantum drug discovery process, their desire to use gate-based quantum computers, whether they can find better COVID therapy, and much more. 
Published 03/02/22
My guest today is My guest today is Russ Fein, Managing Director at Corporate Fuel Partners, a private equity firm. Russ and I talk about vertical integration in the quantum computing space, about what gets lost in translation between business executives and engineers, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 02/23/22
My guest today is Amir Naveh, co-founder and Head of Algorithms at Classiq. Amir and I talk about his vision for Classiq, new types of quantum algorithms, whether circuit optimization is important in the long run, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 02/16/22
My guest today is Trevor Lanting, Director of Science at D-Wave Systems. Trevor and I discuss what quantum annealing CAN and CAN NOT do, how the quantum annealer is maintained, what customers worry about when they deploy quantum solutions and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 02/09/22
My guest today is Oscar Diez, head of the Quantum Computing Sector at the European Commission. Oscar and I talk about funding opportunities for quantum, the comparison between Europe, the US and China, the challenge of commercializing world-class research, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 02/02/22
My guest today is Tom Marshall, software engineer from Bloomberg. Tom and I spoke about deploying quantum computing in data centers, his assessment of various quantum modalities, killer applications for financial services and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 01/26/22
My guest today is Rob Hays, CEO of Atom Computing. Rob and I discuss the uniqueness of atom-based approach, their go-to-market strategy, his view on diversity in the quantum workforce and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 01/19/22
David von Dollen is a lead data scientist for Volkswagen America. David describes Volkswagen’s experience with quantum computing. He reveals lessons learned over a period of five years, during which Volkswagen prototyped, tested and deployed several quantum solutions. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 01/12/22
My guest today is Mikko Mottonen - co-founder and Chief Scientist, IQM, Mikko and I talk about custom-built quantum computers, how Nordic values contribute to the success of their company, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 01/05/22
My guest today is Elica Kyoseva, Quantum Computing Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim. Elica and I talk about quantum computing in the pharma industry, the composition of their quantum team, the degree of competition and collaboration between companies, and much more.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 12/29/21
My guest today is Sergio Gago, CEO of Qapitan Quantum. Sergio and I talk about quantum APIs, how to find the best cloud provider and quantum hardware for a particular quantum algorithm, the price of quantum computing and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 12/22/21
My guest today is Doug Finke, Publisher and managing editor of the Quantum Computing Report. Doug and I spoke about export licenses and regulations in quantum computing, avoiding the quantum hype, about the growing importance of business translators, and much more.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 12/15/21
My guest today is Julian van Velzen, Lead quantum technologist at Capgemini. Julian and I spoke about which technologies are over-hyped and under-hyped, customers that were helped by Capgemini, his predictions for 2022 and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 12/08/21
My guests today are Marcin Detyniecki, head of research and development and chief data scientist at AXA as well as George Woodman, quantum computing lead at AXA. Marcin, George and I discuss what enterprises are looking for when they get into quantum computing, how Marcin and George built support within AXA and much more.We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 12/01/21
My guest today is Alex Challans, CEO of The Quantum Daily. Alex and I talk about investment opportunities in the quantum computing market, results from surveys his company conducted and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 11/23/21
My guest today is Rene Schulte, research director at Valorem Reply. Amongst other topics, Rene described several customers that are taking quantum computing solutions into production environments. These are customers in energy, transportation and telecommunications. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 11/17/21
My guest today is Araceli Venegas-Gomez - Founder and Director, Qureca. Araceli and I speak about the best way to get started with quantum, whether governments and investors are versed enough in quantum technology, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 11/10/21
My guest today is Jack Hidary, AI and Quantum Director, Sandbox at Alphabet. We spoke about the Hybridization of quantum computing, abstraction layers in software, the new edition of his quantum computing book, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 11/03/21
My guest today is Dr. Robert Sutor, Chief Quantum Exponentt for IBM. Bob and I discuss why IBM is in the quantum computing market, what IT managers should expect when integrating quantum into the enterprise, shares his market predictions and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 10/27/21
My guest today is Paul Lipman, President, Quantum Computing at ColdQuanta. Paul and I talk about the differences between cold atom qubits and superconducting qubits, pricing strategies for cloud-based quantum computers and much more.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 10/20/21
My guest today is Brian Lenahan, Founder & Chair of the Quantum Strategy Institute. Brian and I speak about his new book “Quantum Boost”, the Quantum Strategy Institute, his predictions about a quantum winter and much more.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 10/13/21
My guest today is Ivan Ostojic, Partner at McKinsey & Company. Ivan and I talk about what success looks like - and how to avoid failure -  in quantum computing proof of concept projects. We also discussed how we know whether 1000 qubits will be a quantum computing panacea, and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 10/05/21
My guest today is Vincent van Wingerden,  Technical Architect for Data & AI at Microsoft. Vincent and I spoke about quantum-inspired computing, about the open-source Quantum Katas education project and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 09/29/21
My guest today is Vishal Shete, director of strategy and product at Terra Quantum AG. Vishal and I spoke about why they chose to build their own quantum cloud, the kind of quantum solutions that are moving from prototype to production, and much more.  We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 09/22/21
My guest today is Itan Barmes, Quantum Lead at Deloitte Nederland. Itan and I spoke about a new World Economic Forum initiative on quantum computing, the impact of quantum on cybersecurity and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Please let us know how we did by emailing [email protected]
Published 09/13/21