Sergio Gago, CTO of Cloudera and former Head of AI & Quantum at Moody’s, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. They discuss a practical, problem-first path to quantum in finance. Sergio contrasts annealers and gate-based systems, emphasizes hybrid workflows for portfolio optimization and Monte Carlo risk, and explores fraud detection and
Insider Brief Timelines for a quantum computer powerful enough to break modern cryptography are being widely overstated, and that exaggeration is driving costly and in some cases misguided security decisions, according to an analysis by Justin Thaler, a research partner at a16z and an associate professor of computer science at
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The UK and Germany have announced plans to work even more closely together to unlock the vast potential of quantum technology, as part of a suite of joint science and tech announcements unveiled on the final day of the German President’s State Visit to the UK
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Horizon Quantum Computing has secured $110 million in new funding through a PIPE transaction that will help finance its planned merger with dMY Squared Technology Group, a publicly traded SPAC, according to a statement from the companies. The raise — priced at the SPAC’s redemption
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — An international research team involving Paderborn University has achieved a decisive breakthrough on the road to the quantum internet. For the first time, it has been possible to teleport the polarisation state of a single photon emitted from one quantum dot to a photon from