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Hi, everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast.

I'm Sonal.

Today we're talking about one of the most exciting advances in the history of computing

and next platforms, quantum computing.

We start by talking about the almost impossible march of Moore's Law, going beyond debates

around whether it's reached its limits finally or not, to what that means, not just for the

potential of quantum computing, but also advances in parallel computing from machine learning and GPUs to FPGAs.

And more broadly, how the economics of all this continually change who gets to and how we innovate

in the computing industry. And then we cover what is quantum computing and where are we right

now in the practical

reality of what people can actually do with it, including what the first applications will be,

especially given what classical computers can't do, and who are the players in this global race.

Our guest on this podcast is the CEO and founder of quantum computing company Righetti

computing, Chad Raghetti, in conversation with A6 and Z partner, Chris Dixon.

So let me let's start with kind of where are we in the history of computing.

Modern computers started probably for real World War II-ish 1940s.

You know, the PC revolution began the 70s and 80s, Internet and the sort of 80s, 90s, mobile phones now, right sort of in the heart of that revolution.

And, you know, you're working on this kind of new thing, quantum computing.

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