A VC's View of the Quantum Computing Landscape

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Topic: 
A VC's View of the Quantum Computing Landscape
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Huang 018
Speaker: 
Dr. Shaun Maguire - Partner - Google Ventures
Abstract / Description: 

Quantum Computing has been getting lots of buzz recently but does its current state live up to the hype? This talk will survey the state of the industry from the perspective of a venture capitalist.

Bio: 

Shaun is currently a Partner at GV, focusing on quantum computing and other hard science investments. He previously co-founded Expanse (formerly Qadium) and worked at DARPA where he was deployed to Afghanistan. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from Caltech and Masters’ degrees from both Stanford and Caltech.