Making Quantum Computers a Commercial Reality

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

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🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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IonQ is the first company solely focused on quantum computing to go public, with its quantum computers accessible via the cloud today. The company’s co-founder/chief scientist Chris Monroe and president/CEO Peter Chapman join Azeem Azhar to explore how they turned cutting-edge research into a scalable product. They also discuss the engineering challenges that remain before quantum systems not only surpass the fastest supercomputers, but also become widely available.

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0:59.0	Today I'm joined by two guests who are turning quantum computing from an expensive research project
1:05.0	into a commercial reality.
1:07.0	Chris Monroe is a co-founder and chief scientist of IonQ.
1:11.0	Chris is a pioneer in the field of quantum computing in 1995.
1:15.0	He led the first team to create a quantum logic gate, a key building block of quantum computing.
1:21.0	I'm also joined by IonQ's president and CEO, Peter Chapman.
1:26.0	Now, Peter has led the company to the launch of its first commercial product,
1:30.0	a 32-qbit system accessible via the cloud,
1:33.0	and he's also planning to take the company public via a SPAC,
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