Special Event
Quantum West Business Summit: Keynote Session
28 January 2025 • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PST | Moscone South, Room 153 (Upper Mezz)
The Quantum West Business Summit is the premier forum where industry leaders meet to discuss the opportunities, challenges and progress towards commercializing quantum technologies. This year’s program kicks off with a Keynote Address from Jeffrey Shainline, Founder and CEO of Great Sky, followed by a Business Intelligence report from Alex Challans, CEO of Resonance. Join us to hear from these leaders in the field as they start the 2025 program.
Scalable Supercomputers for AI with Quantum Devices Great Sky is a startup building radically new hardware for AI from first principles. Semiconductors, superconductors, and photonic integrated circuits have complimentary features, yet these technologies have not been monolithically integrated to exploit all their capabilities simultaneously. Computational hardware combining these attributes brings performance advantages for large AI systems and neuromorphic supercomputers. As models continue to grow, the number of processors increases, and communication between processors becomes a severe bottleneck. This constraint can be overcome with light-based communication, which can be carried out at the single-photon level with superconducting detectors. These detectors require cryogenic operation at 4K, but the cooling energy is more than offset by a reduction in optical power. The cryogenic operation also enables superconducting elements, such as Josephson junctions, which readily implement the nonlinear operations required for neural networks. Systems combining single-photon communication with Josephson-junction computation have immense potential to overcome scaling barriers faced by contemporary AI hardware.
The Market Potential of AI and Quantum for Transformative Compute Alex Challans is the founder and CEO of Resonance, the leading provider of market intelligence across deep tech verticals. He works with the world's pioneering companies and national governments to help them navigate and thrive in the world's most complex markets. Alex's keynote will cover the current state of quantum and how governments are leaning toward supporting the market. He will also cover the increasing focus on the intersection of AI and quantum and will provide a balanced appraisal of the state of the technology and the long term value creation potential.
MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available nearby.
SETUP: Theater style seating.
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Scalable Supercomputers for AI with Quantum Devices Great Sky is a startup building radically new hardware for AI from first principles. Semiconductors, superconductors, and photonic integrated circuits have complimentary features, yet these technologies have not been monolithically integrated to exploit all their capabilities simultaneously. Computational hardware combining these attributes brings performance advantages for large AI systems and neuromorphic supercomputers. As models continue to grow, the number of processors increases, and communication between processors becomes a severe bottleneck. This constraint can be overcome with light-based communication, which can be carried out at the single-photon level with superconducting detectors. These detectors require cryogenic operation at 4K, but the cooling energy is more than offset by a reduction in optical power. The cryogenic operation also enables superconducting elements, such as Josephson junctions, which readily implement the nonlinear operations required for neural networks. Systems combining single-photon communication with Josephson-junction computation have immense potential to overcome scaling barriers faced by contemporary AI hardware.
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The Market Potential of AI and Quantum for Transformative Compute Alex Challans is the founder and CEO of Resonance, the leading provider of market intelligence across deep tech verticals. He works with the world's pioneering companies and national governments to help them navigate and thrive in the world's most complex markets. Alex's keynote will cover the current state of quantum and how governments are leaning toward supporting the market. He will also cover the increasing focus on the intersection of AI and quantum and will provide a balanced appraisal of the state of the technology and the long term value creation potential.
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Event Details
FORMAT: General session with live audience Q&A to follow each presentation.MENU: Coffee, decaf, and tea will be available nearby.
SETUP: Theater style seating.