The Superposition Guy's Podcast

Stephanie Simmons, co-founder and chief quantum officer of Photonic, a company that Stephanie describes as the largest quantum computing company that you've never heard of, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Stephanie and Yuval talk about their plans for fault-tolerance, their telecom photon spin systems, entanglement distribution, and much more.

Himadri Majumdar, CEO and co-founder of Semiqon, and Janne Lehtinen, CSO, are interviewed by Yuval Boger. Himadri, Janne and Yuval talk about Semiqon's silicon spin-qubits technology, their unique way of shortening fab cycle time, the expected specs of their first machine, and much more.

Vishal Chatrath, CEO of QuantrolOx, discusses using machine learning to automate qubit tuning. Topics include rapid decision-making in quantum computing, evolution of control software, optimization of technology for spin and superconducting qubits, and the shift towards full automation in quantum physics.

Scott Genin, Vice President of Materials Discovery at OTI Lumionics, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Scott and Yuval spoke about using quantum to design new materials for the OLED and display industry, how quantum algorithms can save a lot of time in the process, the path they would hope to take from quantum-inspired to true quantum algorithms, and much more.

Oliver Dial, Quantum CTO at IBM, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Oliver and Yuval talk about what computer they recommend to each customer, whether the machines get better over time, why customers sometimes choose to lease a quantum computer, scaling to a larger number of qubits, and much more

Yudong Cao, co-founder and CTO of Zapata Computing, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Yudong and Yuval talk about how quantum computing can be used for generative modeling, the implications of this usage for various industries, classification vs prediction modeling, and much more.

Dimitri Kusnezov, the Undersecretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Dimitri and Yuval spoke about why the DHS is interested in quantum, the particular types of quantum products that might be useful for their mission, export controls, how vendors can work with the DHS on quantum, and much more.

Karla Loida, project lead, quantum computing hardware, at DLR - the German Aerospace Center, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Karla and Yuval talk about DLR’s 4-year 740 million Euro initiative, the quantum prototypes they are building, how non-European companies can participate, and much more.

Olivier Ezratty and Rob Whitney, co-founders of QEI, the Quantum Energy Initiative, are interviewed by Yuval Boger. Olivier, Rob and Yuval talk about why the energy consumption of quantum computers is important, what drives this power consumption, how it changes with various technologies and algorithms, and much more.

Kenna Hughes-Castleberry and Brian Lenahan, authors of the new “On the shoulders of giants” book that tells the stories of 12 lesser-known quantum greats, are interviewed by Yuval Boger. Kenna, Brian and Yuval spoke about the criteria for inclusion in the book, common traits amongst these giants, what surprised them the most, and much more.