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The New Quantum Era - innovation in quantum computing, science and technology

Sebastian Hassinger

Your host, Sebastian Hassinger, interviews brilliant research scientists, software developers, engineers and others actively exploring the possibilities of our new quantum era. We will cover topics in quantum computing, networking and sensing, focusing on hardware, algorithms and general theory. The show aims for accessibility - Sebastian is not a physicist - and we'll try to provide context for the terminology and glimpses at the fascinating history of this new field as it evolves in real time.

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#115
Yesterday · 30 min
Building a Regional Quantum Ecosystem with Corey Stambaugh
What does it actually take to turn a world-class research university into a functioning quantum industry hub — in real time, in one year? Corey Stambaugh, Director of Maryland's Capital of Quantum initiative, joins Sebastian Hassinger at the 2026 Quantum
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#114
October 12 · 37 min
Quantum Workforce, Sensing, and the Long Game of Operationalization with Isabella Martinez
What does it actually take to get quantum technology into the hands of the people who will use it? Isabella Bello Martinez, Senior Lead Quantum Technologist at Booz Allen Hamilton, brings a rare perspective to that question — one shaped by biomedical engi
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#113
October 5 · 41 min
Superconducting Qubits, STAR Architecture, and Diamond-Spin Qubits with Dr. Shintaro Sato
Fujitsu's quantum roadmap is one of the most ambitious in the world — 10,000+ physical qubits and 250 logical qubits by 2030 — and Dr. Shintaro Sato is the person responsible for making it real. In this episode, Sebastian talks with Sato about the enginee
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#112
September 28 · 41 min
Quantum Venture Investing from the Lab to the Market with Marie Lepske
What does it actually take to evaluate a quantum startup when the founders are showing you an optical table instead of a product? Marie Lepske, General Partner at Constructor Capital, has been making early-stage bets on quantum and deep-tech science found
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#111
September 21 · 46 min
Rational Quantum Mechanics and the Qubit Ceiling with Tim Palmer
What if the mathematical foundation of quantum mechanics — the infinite continuum of Hilbert space — is subtly wrong, and quantum computers are about to prove it? Tim Palmer, Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus at Oxford and the physicist who revolu
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#110
September 14 · 49 min
Classical Reversible Computing on Quantum Dots with Daniel Loss
What if the same hardware being built for quantum computers could also solve one of classical computing's most urgent problems — runaway energy consumption? In this episode, Sebastian talks with Daniel Loss, the theoretical physicist who co-proposed the s
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#109
September 7 · 40 min
Quantum-Inspired AI and Tensor Network Compression with Román Orús
Tensor networks were invented to study quantum entanglement in condensed matter physics — so how did they end up compressing billion-parameter language models and running inside a live LLM on an IBM quantum processor? Román Orús, co-founder and Chief Scie
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#108
August 31 · 46 min
Quantum Workforce Intelligence from qubitsok.com with Piotr Lewandowski
Who is actually doing quantum computing research, where are they, and what does the industry really need — not according to press releases, but according to the data? Piotr Lewandowski built qubitsok.com to answer exactly those questions, constructing wha
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#107
August 24 · 35 min
Quantum Risk, Readiness, and the Enterprise Boardroom with Richard Entrup
Most quantum computing conversations start in the lab. Richard Entrup's start in the boardroom. As Managing Director of Emerging Solutions at KPMG US, he's the person translating quantum risk and quantum opportunity into language that CFOs, CISOs, and boa
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#106
August 17 · 44 min
Silicon Spin Qubits and the IBM–HRL Acquisition with Thaddeus D. Ladd
IBM's pending acquisition of HRL Laboratories is the biggest structural move in quantum hardware in years — but the announcement names sensing, networking, cryogenics, control electronics, and packaging alongside silicon spin qubits. Thaddeus D. Ladd, Chi
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#105
August 10 · 44 min
Quantum in the Big Four with Aaron Kemp
What does it mean when a Big Four professional services firm becomes a named co-author on a peer-reviewed quantum machine learning paper? Aaron Kemp, KPMG's Senior Director of Quantum Research and Enterprise Innovation, joins Sebastian to unpack how enter
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#104
August 3 · 40 min
Investing in the Quantum Frontier and the Road to Fault Tolerance with Barak Bussel
What does it take to invest in a quantum hardware company that has deliberately chosen not to pursue an intermediate product? Sebastian is joined by Barak Bussel – physicist, entrepreneur-turned-VC, co-founder of 7i Capital, and Board Chair of UCLA’s Cent
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#103
July 27 · 41 min
Building the U.S. Quantum Supply Chain with Kate Timmerman
Days after the CQE-led Bloch Quantum Tech Hub secured $55 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to build a domestic quantum supply chain, Kate Timmerman joins Sebastian to explain what that money actually does — and why the Midwest, no
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#102
July 20 · 43 min
The Open Source Substrate for Quantum with Ben Castanon
What does it take to build durable open-source infrastructure for a field that hasn't yet delivered on its biggest promises? Ben Castanon, the first-ever CEO of Unitary Foundation, joins Sebastian to talk about the structural funding gap facing quantum op
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#101
July 13 · 49 min
Quantum Cameras and Sub-Diffraction Imaging with Johannes Galatsanos
What if a camera could skip the JPEG entirely and process photons at the speed of light, extracting information that conventional optics leave on the table? Diffraqtion co-founder and CEO Johannes Galatsanos joins Sebastian to explain how a quantum-inspir
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#100
July 6 · 1 hr 19 min
Episode 100: Live at Barnes & Thornburg — Reflections on the First 100 Episodes
For the 100th episode of The New Quantum Era, the microphone turns around. Bob Karr — partner at Barnes & Thornburg, co-chair of the firm's Quantum Technology Industry Group, and lead architect of the *Quantum Law Navigator* — invited Sebastian to Chi
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#99
June 29 · 38 min
Quantum EDA for Ion Trap Design with Daniel Faircloth
What if the bottleneck in scaling trapped-ion quantum computers isn't the qubits or the lasers, but the design software underneath them? Daniel Faircloth, PhD, co-founder and CTO of Nullspace, joins Sebastian to explain why ion trap engineers have been fo
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#98
June 22 · 41 min
Electrons on Superfluid Helium with Nick Farina
What if the path to a million-qubit processor doesn't run through silicon defects or massive wire bundles, but through single electrons floating a few nanometers above a film of superfluid helium? Nick Farina, co-founder and CEO of EeroQ, joins Sebastian
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#97
June 15 · 45 min
Quantum Drug Discovery and the Path to Advantage with Sabrina Maniscalco
What does it actually take to run a quantum-classical workflow on a real cancer drug — not hydrogen, not a toy molecule, but a photosensitizer already in Phase II clinical trials? Sabrina Maniscalco, CEO and co-founder of Algorithmiq, joins Sebastian to u
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#96
June 8 · 46 min
Funding the Quantum Middle: Series A/B Capital with Kris Naudts and Zeynep Koruturk of Firgun Ventures
Quantum computing has plenty of seed-stage capital and a handful of growth-stage giants — but the Series A and B rounds in between are where promising companies stall. In this episode, Sebastian sits down with Kris Naudts and Zeynep Koruturk, co-founders
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