1QBit's Andrew Fursman: "We’ve explored zero percent of what’s possible”

The Times Tech Podcast

Will Morley

Business, Unknown, Technology

4.9 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Andrew Fursman, co-founder of 1Qbit, to talk about quantum computing (4:00), how close we are to useful applications (7:00), simulating worlds (9:30), desktop carbon sequestration (13:00), what quantum computers look like (16:20), the race to develop hardware (20:00), if we are approaching a quantum “moment” (22:00), what he did before 1QBit (25:40), his pitch to investors (27:40), and investing in quantum as an insurance policy (29:15).

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0:00.0	I'm always up before the birds and the kids.
0:02.9	Good thing Costa Express is always up too.
0:07.0	Early starts are easier with great coffee.
0:09.7	And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company.
0:14.5	Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep.
0:17.2	Oh, you legend.
0:19.6	Now that's a proper coffee. Should kick in Justin Sanfut, remember which end of the
0:23.3	screwdriver to use. Hmm. Costa Express, quality coffee every time.
0:32.4	Yo, technology. What is it all about? If you could do more work in a single day than has ever been done before in the history of humanity,
0:42.6	you can only imagine that the things that you would discover,
0:45.4	the materials that would be possible,
0:47.0	and the way that you would start changing how you build things,
0:50.4	would seep into every facet in the world.
0:59.2	Thank you. would seep into every facet in the world. Hello and welcome to Danny in the Valley, your weekly podcast from behind the scenes and inside the minds of the top people in tech.
1:06.2	I am your host, Danny Fortson, the West Coast correspondent for the Sunday Times. And yes, this is your second
1:13.7	pod of the week because it's 4th of July. Hopefully you'll have some time to hang out, relax,
1:20.5	watch the fireworks. I know you don't do that in the UK, but I must say when I live there,
1:25.0	I did miss 4th of July, the barbecues and all that good stuff.
1:29.5	But anyhow, hopefully you have some time to relax and maybe even listen to a podcast.
1:34.6	And this one is a mindbender.
1:37.3	The question is, have you heard of quantum computing?
1:42.7	Now, chances are that you have, if you listen to this podcast, and chances are pretty good also that you have no idea what it actually is.
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