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Quantum Commercialization
Clients Kept Asking Us to Train Their Teams, So I Started Quantum Academy
Applied Quantum has delivered hundreds of hours of private training, from board briefings to hands-on technical work. Quantum Academy moves that teaching into a separate company, with practitioner instructors, proctored exams and a flagship program for Chief Quantum Officers.
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Quantum Commercialization
Nobody Checked the Physics: How Venture Due Diligence Went Missing Where the Checks Are Largest
On Carta's platform the median startup waits 774 days for a Series A. The hottest deep-tech deals close in days on no product. Between those numbers is where nobody can see the physics checked, and quantum is paying for it.
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Quantum Computing
McKinsey’s $600 Billion Quantum Finance Number Doesn’t Add Up. Literally.
McKinsey's Quantum Technology Monitor puts quantum computing's finance value at 400 to 600 billion USD by 2035. The disclosed arithmetic ignores its own assumptions, merges AI with quantum, and is never reconciled with published resource estimates. I checked.
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Quantum Commercialization
Quantum’s SPAC Gold Rush: The 2021 Class Promised $1.2 Billion and Delivered $138 Million
The first quantum SPAC class projected $1.2 billion in 2025 revenue and delivered $138 million. Five more companies have listed through SPACs since January, with at least six queued. I read the new wave against that scoreboard.
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Quantum Commercialization
Why Are Companies and Governments Buying Quantum Computers That Can’t Do Anything Yet?
The quantum computing market hit $1.4 billion in 2025 for machines that deliver no practical advantage over classical computers. Here's why that spending is more rational than it sounds.
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Quantum Policies
How the EU Can Capture the Benefits of Quantum Computing
The European Union has entered the global quantum race with determination - aiming not just to excel in research, but to translate breakthroughs into economic and strategic benefits. In July 2025, the European Commission unveiled the Quantum Europe Strategy, a roadmap to make Europe a “quantum industrial powerhouse” by 2030. This strategy acknowledges Europe’s historic strength in quantum science - from pioneers like Planck and…
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Quantum Commercialization
Quantum Computing Due-Diligence: A Field Guide to Evaluating Startups, Technologies, and Claims
Over the years, I’ve developed a personal toolkit - a field guide - for evaluating quantum startups and their claims. The goal is to neither be swept up by the mystique nor dismiss genuine progress. This balance is crucial: the quantum field is rife with hype, now more than ever, and companies sometimes exaggerate to secure funding. Yet real breakthroughs do happen - just on…
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Quantum Commercialization
Deep-Tech Commercialization Challenges in the EU
Europe is a global powerhouse in deep-tech research - from quantum breakthroughs to biotech - yet it struggles to turn this scientific excellence into market success. In fact, Europe’s deep-tech sector holds immense potential (estimated at €8 trillion) but lags behind the US in funding and commercialization, with only a fraction of innovations translating into market-ready products. European startups produce impressive patent output and cutting-edge R&D,…
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