IQT The Quantum Dragon Podcast

(QuantumTechPod) Chris Bishop announces, "My Quantum Tech Pod conversation with Markus Pflitsch is live. Markus brings a wide range of experience to his role as CEO of Terra Quantum – CERN physicist, investment banker, BCG consultant. Terra Quantum optimized a large European investment bank's collateral portfolio using a quantum algorithm deployed on their QMware machine. Result? 6 basis points improvement which translates into more than 120 million dollars annual recurring cost savings for the bank! Quantum Tech Pod hopes that our conversation with  will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you. Scroll to bottom of this page to open sound bar. PROFILE OF MARKUS PFLITSCH, CEO AND FOUNDER TERRA QUANTUM Markus is a dedicated quantum physicist, senior financial executive and deep tech entrepreneur. He believes in the competitive advantage of quantum tech and is committed to support the European ecosystem to unlock its value. Since he was 14 years old, Markus has been a quantum physics enthusiast. He built on that passion, studying mathematics and physics, and accomplished a research career at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Before founding Terra Quantum in 2018, his curious mind and business acumen led him to pursue his profession in the business and finance industry. Starting at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Europe and North America, he applied his expertise in the financial services industry. He spent additional years working as chief financial officer and senior executive in various corporations (Deutsche Bank, UniCredit), as well as owner-managed digital and high-tech companies. Ultimately, he decided to leverage his expertise in quantum physics, business and finance to become an entrepreneur in the quantum tech space. He founded Terra Quantum AG, a deep tech pioneer commercializing quantum tech applications. Markus is senior advisor to private equity funds and member of the “Baden-Badener Unternehmergespräche” (BBUG), a German institution which helps cultivate the next generation of executive leaders by bringing together decision makers from business, politics and society. ABOUT Terra Quantum Terra Quantum develops revolutionary deep tech applications based on quantum computing, hardware, software and algorithms. From its base in Switzerland, Terra Quantum has invested 2 years and substantial funding into building and developing a leading-edge QuantumTech project portfolio with IP and legal rights. The company has attracted top level institutional investment, including a prestigious early stage venture capital firm, and has also received funding from a number of highly regarded business angels and private investors.

Quantum Tech Pod Host Chris Bishop today interviews Quantinuum CEO Ilyas Khan Ilyas founded CQ in 2014 and is the CEO of Quantinuum, the company created as a result of the merger of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum. He is the Leader in Residence at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School where he was instrumental in establishing the highly regarded Accelerate Cambridge programme of investment in early-stage Cambridge-based deep-science technology sector companies. Ilyas was the inaugural Chairman of The Stephen Hawking Foundation, holding the post until 2019. He is also the founding Chairman (non-executive) of the Topos Institute. He is also a fellow of St Edmund’s College, Quantinuum is a result of the combination of two leaders in the global eco-system for quantum computing: Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum. This new investment and business collaboration provides an example of how Quantinuum is poised to accelerate the development of quantum computing and innovation of quantum technologies to deliver real-world quantum-enabled solutions for some of the most intractable problems that classical computers have not been able to solve. Quantum Tech Pod hopes that our conversation with  will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you.

Quantum Tech Pod Host Chris Bishop today interviews POLARISqb CEO Shahar Keinan Shahar Keinan is CEO and co-founder at POLARISqb with 15+ years of computational chemistry experience, including the previous 10 years in senior scientific and operational leadership positions. She excels at integrating scientific goals and capabilities with business objectives to craft a cohesive go-to-market strategy. POLARISqb will revolutionize drug design by joining Quantum Computing with AI and Precision Medicine. The platform will produce up to 100 drug blueprints per year and will compress the lead time for preclinical drug candidates from 5 years to 4 months, enabling real time adaptability to the precision medicine market. POLARISqb will own an IP portfolio of drug assets to license, sell, or develop internally. Quantum Tech Pod hopes that our conversation with  will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you.

Quantum Tech Pod Host Chris Bishop today interviews Multiverse Computing CTO Sam Mugel. Sam Mugel, CTO of Multiverse computing is an expert in quantum computing and quantum machine learning. His PhD was jointly awarded by ICFO (Spain) and the University of Southampton (UK). Formerly Computational physicist at Cortirio UK), Scientific Advisor at The Quantum Revolution Fund, and Founder and CTO at Groundstate Consulting. Multiverse Computing is a leading quantum software company that applies quantum and quantum-inspired solutions to tackle complex problems in finance to deliver value today and enable a more resilient and prosperous economy. The company’s expertise in quantum control and computational methods as well as finance means it can secure maximum results from current quantum devices. Its flagship product, Singularity, allows financial professionals to leverage quantum computing with common software tools. The company is headquartered in San Sebastian, Spain with offices in Toronto, Canada and Paris. IQT hopes that our conversation with Sam Mugel will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you.

Quantum Tech Pod Host Chris Bishop today interviews Eden Figueroa. Eden Figueroa is an Associate Professor, Stony Brook University. He is jointly appointed between Stony Brook University as faculty and quantum information technology research leader and Brookhaven National Laboratories researcher in the computational sciences initiative in the instrumentation division. Eden Figueroa has long been fascinated with quantum mechanics. He discusses his path to his quantum information career. "Very happy journey of mine. . I was born in Mexico, " he recounted.  From there he studied at the Monterey Institute of Technology for Bachelor's degree.  Dr. Eden was already  thinking of becoming an experimental physicist, then a masters in optical engineering and his path was working with photons.  He was accepted for PhD at U of Constance in Germany, at that time the center of quantum optics in Europe.  That's where I started my journey in quantum optics and quantum memories. IQT hopes that our conversation with Dr. Eden Figeuroa will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you.

Quantum Tech Pod Host Chris Bishop today interviews Chad Rigetti. Chad Rigetti is a quantum computing physicist and thefounder and CEO of Rigetti Computing. He worked in the quantum computing group at IBM. Chad has a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Regina and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Yale. Rigetti Computing is an integrated systems company that builds quantum computers and the superconducting quantum processors that power them. Through Rigetti's Quantum Cloud Services (QCS) platform, their machines can be integrated into any public, private or hybrid cloud. IQT hopes that our conversation with Chad Rigetti will make this an interesting, informative and worthwhile talk for you.

Dr. Andrew Horsley, Quantum Brilliance Co-Founder, discusses room temperature quantum computing using diamonds. Topics cover creating qubits from nucleus bins and electron spins in synthetic diamonds, global partnerships, quantum utility, integrating quantum computers into larger systems, and expanding into Germany for talent acquisition.

The podcast discusses Michael Biercuk's journey in quantum technology from academia to entrepreneurship, highlighting Q-CTRL's focus on quantum control engineering. They delve into the challenges in quantum hardware, AI automation, and partnerships with IBM Q network. The episode also explores the launch of Black Opal for quantum education and envisions the transformative power of quantum technology in daily life.

Oxford Quantum Circuits CEO, Ilana Wisby, discusses pioneering quantum computing-as-a-service, UK's quantum ambitions, and transforming the tech sector. Topics include transition from music to quantum startups, quantum computing solutions, workforce diversity challenges, potential impact on problem-solving, and societal implications of quantum technology.

Explore the journey of Pete Shadbolt and PsiQuantum in developing a fault-tolerant quantum computer using silicon photonic architecture. Discover the transition from academia to establishing PsiQuantum, breakthroughs in optical quantum computing, and the quest for error correction. Learn about the strategic partnership with foundries for quantum chip production and the technology behind efficient wave guides for routing photons in a photonic quantum computer.