Lightning round and personal anecdotes

Ben Bloom is the co-founder and CEO of Atom Computing, a company building quantum computers out of individual atoms. Ben’s problem is this: How do you build a quantum computer that is actually useful for everything from discovering new medicines to building better batteries? 

In this episode, Ben explains: 

• The practical applications of quantum computers 
• Atom Computing’s approach using individual neutral atoms as qubits 
• The key engineering challenge of scaling while maintaining accuracy 
• The playbook for commercializing quantum computing

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