Neutral atoms just went from dark horse → workhorse.And it changes everything.

This week on Beyond the Qubit, I sat down with Juval Boger, CCO of QuEra, and he said something that hit me hard:

“Quantum computers today are almost useless… butthat’s exactly why now is the most exciting time.”

Here’swhat I learned 👇

1. Neutral atoms might be the first scalable path to real quantum advantage

Most qubits aremanufactured.

Neutral atoms are perfect by nature.

No fabricationdefects.

No calibrationbattles.

No cryogenic fridgesthe size of a room.

A laser tweezertraps each atom.

A laser moves itwherever you want.

A single laser pulsecan operate on multiple qubits in parallel.

 This means:

It’s wild.

2. Customer-first thinking is QuEra’s secret weapon

Before we eventouched physics, Juval talked about… listening.

Not to qubits.

To customers.

It’s rare indeep-tech.

And it’s exactly whyQuEra builds things people actually use:

This is no longeracademic curiosity.

3. Why QuEra’s proximity to MIT & Harvard matters

Four founders camefrom Harvard and MIT.

Two are still deeply involved.

And the labs areliterally a bike ride away.

This creates aflywheel:

That speed ofiteration is something other modalities can’t replicate.

4. The big picture: error correction & scale

Juval gave a simpleanalogy:

If you’re shoutingyour credit card number in the wind,

you repeat eachdigit multiple times so it arrives correctly.

Logical qubits workthe same way.

And neutral atomsallow parallel operations between allphysical qubits in a logical block, something static qubits cannot do.

This dramaticallyaccelerates progress toward error-corrected systems.

5. The most important signal?

“We’ve moved fromscientific challenges → engineering challenges.”

That’s how you knowa technology is about to break out.

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My takeaway

Neutral atoms are nolonger the “dark horse.”

They’re becoming theworkhorse of quantum computing.

And QuEra is notbuilding a B-2 bomber (beautiful but rare).

They’re building theAirbus A350 of quantum:

usable, scalable,and built for the real world.

If you want tounderstand how quantum will scale fromhundreds to tens of thousands of qubits, this episode is a must-listen.

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