Quantum AI Institute

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 2 of Season 3, Maëva Ghonda, the Global Quantum Computing IP Expert and the chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Mark Nicholas Jones, the CEO of Molecular Quantum Solutions. 

In 2019, Mark co-founded MQS in Denmark to integrate quantum chemistry calculations for property prediction with higher-layer applications, such as computer aided molecular design and unit operation modeling. Dr. Jones earned his PhD from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 1 of Season 3, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Steve Brierley, inventor of the common operating system for all quantum computers and CEO of Riverlane.

Dr. Steve Brierley is the founder and CEO of Riverlane. He is also an expert advisor to the UK government. Steve and his team at Riverlane are building the common operating system for all quantum computers. He founded Riverlane in 2016 because of his passionate belief that quantum computers are capable of accelerating an era of human progress as significant as the industrial and digital revolutions. Steve has worked in quantum for 20 years! And, he has a PhD in Mathematics.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 6 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Rob Hays, the CEO and President of Atom Computing.

This morning, Atom Computing announced the closure of a $60M Series B round. So, today, we welcome back one of our favorite guests: Rob Hays, the CEO and President of Atom Computing.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 5 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Jan Goetz, CEO of IQM.

IQM is focusing on a co-design approach where hardware and software are developed hand-in-hand. The resulting application-specific quantum computing stack can be seamlessly integrated into an HPC infrastructure, such that the quantum processor is utilized in an accelerator approach.

Dr. Jan Goetz is a quantum physicist and the CEO of IQM. IQM is a company based in Finland that is building next-generation quantum computers. IQM has assembled an exceptional team of international quantum computing experts developing on-premise systems for high-performance computing (HPC) and special applications. IQM has raised more than EUR 71 million in funding, including the largest seed investment round in Finnish history. Jan did his doctorate on superconducting quantum circuits at the Technical University (TU) of Munich. He also worked as a Marie-Curie Fellow in Helsinki at Aalto University, where he holds the title of Lecturer. In 2020, Capital magazine selected him as one of 40 under 40 in Germany and he received the prestigious entrepreneurship award from the KAUTE Foundation. Jan is on the Board of the European Innovation Council (EIC), the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC), and he is a member of the German Federal Economic Senate (Bundeswirtschaftssenat).

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 4 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Hans Melo, CEO, Menten AI.

Dr. Hans Melo is co-founder and CEO of Menten AI, Inc., a therapeutics company and leader in quantum computing applications in drug discovery. He holds a PhD in Machine Learning and Computational Neuroscience from the University of Toronto.

Menten AI is a drug discovery company focused on designing peptides for conditions with high unmet medical need. We develop computational methods for protein design that leverage machine learning and quantum computing.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 3 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews John Levy, the CEO of SEEQC. Prior to co-founding SEEQC in 2018, John served as the Chair of Hypres for 8 years where he remains as a member of the board; he serves on the board of goTenna, an ad hoc mesh networking company; he helped create and became the founding Chair of PlusN, a carrier aggregation software company; and, for seven years, he served as the Chair of BioLite, a distributed energy company. John also joined the investment committee of the Nathan Cummings Foundation overseeing a $450m endowment in 2012 and became Chair in 2017.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 2 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Matt Johnson, CEO of QC Ware.

Matt Johnson is the CEO of QC Ware, a quantum computing software company he co-founded in 2014. Prior to QC Ware, Matt worked in principal investing–as a partner at Apollo Management and a managing director at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, Matt was a captain in the US Air Force. Matt has an MBA from Wharton and a BS from the US Air Force Academy. Matt completed a solo crossing of the English Channel and remains an avid swimmer.

QC Ware is a leading quantum computing software startup with offices in Palo Alto, Paris and (soon) Tokyo. QC Ware investors include: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Airbus Ventures, Samsung, Covestro, DE Shaw and Pegasus. Its customer base includes BMW, Roche, British Petroleum, Total SA as well as a number of other undisclosed Fortune 100 companies.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 1 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Rob Hays, the CEO and President of Atom Computing, a company obsessed with building the world’s most scalable quantum computers out of optically trapped neutral atoms.

Rob has more than 20 years of technology leadership experience. Prior to joining Atom Computing, Rob was the Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group where he led the growth and profitability strategy for Lenovo’s data center products and services. Rob also previously worked at Intel, where he was the Vice President and General Manager responsible for leading Intel’s Xeon processor roadmaps, resulting in a period of unprecedented market leadership. Rob holds two U.S. Patents and he earned a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 7 of Season 1, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, and Nir Minerbi, the co-founder and CEO of Classiq Technologies, discuss the past, present, and future of Quantum computing.

Nir Minerbi has a history of leading cutting-edge technology teams to extraordinary outcomes. He has a Master's degree in Physics and is a graduate of the prestigious 'Talpiot' program. Classiq is the quantum software development company based in Tel Aviv that is accelerating breakthrough innovations with their revolutionary quantum algorithm design platform. Although it was founded―just a year ago―in May 2020, this impressive startup has already raised $14 million in venture funding.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 6, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Michael Marthaler, the CEO and co-founder of HQS Quantum Simulations.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 4, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. Michele Mosca, CEO of evolutionQ Inc. Dr. Mosca is an entrepreneur, an inventor, a professor and the co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo. He has made significant contributions to the development of quantum computer algorithms and he pioneered implementations of quantum algorithms using nuclear magnetic resonance.

Dr. Mosca earned his PhD in Mathematics in 1999 from Oxford on the topic of Quantum Computer Algorithms. His research interests include quantum computation and cryptographic tools. He is globally recognized for his drive to help academia, industry and government prepare our cyber systems to be safe in an era with quantum computers. Dr. Mosca’s countless awards and honors include the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013 and a Knighthood in the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2018.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 3, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Dr. John Martinis, master inventor and CEO of Quantala. Quantala's mission is to help build a fully functional quantum computer by identifying and solving technical roadblocks.

Dr. John Martinis has been focusing on quantum computing since the late 1990s. He did pioneering experiments in superconducting qubits in the mid-1980s for his PhD thesis. From 2014 to 2020, Dr. John Martinis worked at Google to build a useful quantum computer, culminating in a quantum supremacy experiment in 2019. In 2014, Dr. John Martinis was awarded the London Prize in Low temperature physics for his work in this field. And, this year, Dr. Martinis was awarded the John Bell prize.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Nir Minerbi, the co-founder and CEO of Classiq Technologies. Nir has a history of leading cutting-edge technology teams to extraordinary outcomes. He has a Master's degree in Physics and is a graduate of the prestigious 'Talpiot' program.

Classiq is the quantum software development company based in Tel Aviv that is accelerating breakthrough innovations with their revolutionary quantum algorithm design platform. Although it was founded―just a year ago―in May 2020, this impressive startup has already raised $14 million in venture funding.

The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 1, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, reconnects with Amir Naveh, the extraordinary entrepreneur and co-founder of Classiq Technologies, as he celebrates the first year anniversary of his fast-growing start up. During their engaging exchange, Amir reflected on the unique challenges he encountered throughout the company's first year as well as the unexpected lessons learned, including the need to quickly become an intellectual property (IP) expert to effectively protect the startup's novel inventions.

Classiq is the quantum software development company based in Tel Aviv that is accelerating breakthrough innovations with their revolutionary quantum algorithm design platform. Although it was founded―just a year ago―in May 2020, this impressive startup has already raised $14 million in venture funding. Amir is the former leader of large R&D teams in the Israeli Ministry of Defense. He is also a "Talpiot" alumnus.