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Opinion
Seventy quantum hardware startups could fail without hurting sector vitality
“There are too many organizations out there, and I can confidently say 70 of them could go belly up in the next two years, and it ultimately wouldn't affect the overall vitality of the sector, because the smart ones will rise to the top, and the ones that perha…”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 36:46 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Opinion
Current quantum benchmark claims rely on tests with no practical relevance
“A lot of organizations right now that are hoped to aspire to be, you know, significant quantum computing vendors are coming out with benchmark claims that in some sense are interesting, but somewhat confusing, and organizations will say, we have solved an inte…”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 7:47 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Opinion
Early quantum benchmarks like boson sampling were terribly misleading
“Ok, there's no practical application for those kinds of things. So what you end up getting Are, in some cases, in the early days benchmarks that sounded interesting but were terribly misleading.”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 9:31 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Opinion
Quantum algorithm development is underfunded by both government and academia
“The algorithm development phase of this is really quite complicated and slow, and unfortunately, to my mind, underfunded from both government and academic environments.”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 13:11 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Opinion
Error correction remains quantum computing's most pernicious challenge
“And so this issue of error correction in quantum systems is, is probably the most pernicious aspect facing the industry today.”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 16:21 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
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