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Building Useful Quantum Computers: Constraints, Customers, and the Two Religions of Quantum | Richard Murray
What happens when quantum computing startups can’t wait 15 years for fault tolerance?
Richard Murray, co-founder and CEO of Orca Computing, reveals how his team chose commercial usefulness over technical idealism - and why that decision drives everything from recruitment to product development.
Operating from a University of Oxford spinout with limited resources compared to Google or IBM, Orca faced a choice: follow the same path but years behind and millions of pounds short, or constrain themselves differently. They chose constraints. Starting with just £1.5 million forced creative decisions…
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