Everyone is talking about quantum computing. Almost nobody actually understands it. Tommaso Demarie is going to change that.

Tommaso is the Co-Founder and CEO of Entropica Labs, a company building the error correction infrastructure that sits at the very heart of making quantum computing actually work. He has a PhD in quantum information systems, nearly two decades in the field, and the rare ability to explain one of the most complex technologies in the world in a way that clicks.

In this episode, Ravi Belani, Chairman and Founder of Alchemist (formerly CEO), sits down with Tommaso for a conversation that starts with the basics and ends somewhere you didn't expect.

They get into:

- What quantum computing actually is, explained in a way that finally makes sense.

- Why some of the world's top researchers still don't believe it will ever be useful.

- The 1940s computer parallel: why the killer app for quantum hasn't shown up yet, and why that's completely normal.

- Whether quantum has its own version of Moore's Law (it does, and it's moving faster).

- Why quantum error correction is the single biggest roadblock between where we are and where we need to be.

- The "fault-tolerant chasm": what it is, why it matters, and what Entropica is doing to cross it.

- Where the real opportunities are for founders building in quantum right now.

- Why governments are still the primary buyers, and what that tells us about where the market is headed.

- Why Tommaso is an optimist even when people push back on the dystopian case.

Rigetti Computing went through Alchemist over a decade ago. It's now a multibillion dollar public company. Entropica might be next. This conversation is worth paying attention to.

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