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Tech Disruptors · Yesterday · 32 min

Xanadu CEO on Photonics in Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is approaching an inflection point, with dozens of companies and multiple modalities racing to be first to reach broad commercialization. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Xanadu founder and CEO Christian Weedbrook joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jake Silverman to discuss how photonics could be used to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing in the near future and how it differs from other approaches. They also discuss how enterprises view quantum computing today, potential applications and Xanadu’s plans to scale its quantum-computing hardware.

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Quantum computing is approaching an inflection point, with dozens of companies and multiple modalities racing to be first to reach broad commercialization. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Xanadu founder and CEO Christian Weedbrook joins Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Jake Silverman to discuss how photonics could be used to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing in the near future and how it differs from other approaches. They also discuss how enterprises view quantum computing today, potential applications and Xanadu’s plans to scale its quantum-computing hardware.