The Quantum Weekly: Why Isn’t Venture Capital Hunting Quantum Unicorns?
How is venture capital approaching the quantum tech potential, breaking the hold of Bell Inequalities and more in this edition of The Quantum Weekly.
Spotlight Story: Quantum Computing and the World of Venture Capital
“As outlined in a previous TQD article Venture Capital (VC) investment in QC is increasing, but it pales in comparison to other “deep tech” areas. ~$9bn was invested in AI in 2018 vs less than $200m in QC. Given the recent news around Quantum Supremacy, you could be forgiven for being surprised by these figures. Whilst there are firms out there investing in QC, it’s fairly uncommon to see the big hitters getting involved in the space. So at TQD we wanted to explore why there isn’t more interest from VC investors…” — The Quantum Daily
Science
Engineers Crack Quantum Puzzle, Could Lead to a ‘Treasure Trove’ of Applications — The Quantum Daily
Breaking the Hold of Bell Inequalities — The Quantum Daily
Getting More with Less: Study Proposes the design of an Optimum Quantum Circuit — Research Matters
What is Quantum Entanglement in Physics — World Atlas
Scientists Measured An Exact Moment In Quantum Time – And It Was Fuzzy — Forbes
Initialization of Quantum Simulators by Sympathetic Cooling — Phys.org
Business
TQD Exclusive: Interview with Strangeworks CEO William “Whurley” Hurley — The Quantum Daily
Multiverse Computing: Quantum Software for Extreme Ideas — The Quantum Daily
Quantum Winter? Is the Red Hot Quantum Startup Space About to Turn Ice Cold? — The Quantum Daily
D-Wave: Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Are ‘Extremely Well Matched’ — Venture Beat
Will Quantum Computing Define the Future of AI — Analytics India Magazine
Opinion
Two Physicists Bet on Quantum Computing Moon Shot — Wired
Jobs
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Matt Swayne
With a several-decades long background in journalism and communications, Matt Swayne has worked as a science communicator for an R1 university for more than 12 years, specializing in translating high tech and deep tech for the general audience. He has served as a writer, editor and analyst at The Quantum Insider since its inception. In addition to his service as a science communicator, Matt also develops courses to improve the media and communications skills of scientists and has taught courses.
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