The Syndicate

Ramez Naam is a computer scientist, futurist, angel investor and award-winning author best known for his Nexus Trilogy: Nexus, Crux and Apex. His other (non-fiction) books include: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet and More than Human: Embracing the Promises of Biological Enhancement.

He’s currently co-chair of energy and the environment at Singularity University and earlier in his career led teams at Microsoft working on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing where he co-patented 20 inventions, many alongside Bill Gates. Ramez has appeared on Sunday morning MSNBC, Yahoo! Finance, The New York Times, WSJ, PopSci, Wired, and many more. Ramez holds more than 20 patents, and many of those are as a co-inventor with Bill Gates.

Listen and Learn:

* How the Chinese startup ecosystem has evolved in the last 6 years

* Why Madrona prefer to invest in the Pacific Northwest

* What the mobile-only economy of China means for the rest of the world

* The future of the AI/ML talent war and how Matt sees it playing out

* How Matt evaluates startup investments and founder motivation

* The reason Matt would bet on Amazon over anyone else’s

* What were Matt’s biggest takeaways from his trip to China

* Why founders should always prefer for an economic downturn

 

Ramez’s Main Projects:

Ramez’ Angellist profile

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Twitter: @ramez

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Ramez Naam is a computer scientist, futurist, angel investor and award-winning author best known for his Nexus Trilogy: Nexus, Crux and Apex. His other (non-fiction) books include: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet and More than Human: Embracing the Promises of Biological Enhancement.

He’s currently co-chair of energy and the environment at Singularity University and earlier in his career led teams at Microsoft working on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing where he co-patented 20 inventions, many alongside Bill Gates. Ramez has appeared on Sunday morning MSNBC, Yahoo! Finance, The New York Times, WSJ, PopSci, Wired, and many more. Ramez holds more than 20 patents, and many of those are as a co-inventor with Bill Gates.

Listen and Learn:

* How the Chinese startup ecosystem has evolved in the last 6 years

* Why Madrona prefer to invest in the Pacific Northwest

* What the mobile-only economy of China means for the rest of the world

* The future of the AI/ML talent war and how Matt sees it playing out

* How Matt evaluates startup investments and founder motivation

* The reason Matt would bet on Amazon over anyone else’s

* What were Matt’s biggest takeaways from his trip to China

* Why founders should always prefer for an economic downturn

 

Ramez’s Main Projects:

Ramez’ Angellist profile

rameznaam.com

Twitter: @ramez

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Alec serves as an advisor to investors, corporations and government leaders to help them understand the implication of factors emerging at the intersection of geopolitics, markets and increasingly disruptive network technologies and is on the board of directors (or advisors) for companies in the fields of technology, media, telecommunications, education, health care and cybersecurity.

He recently served for four years as Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and acted as the diplomatic lead on issues including cybersecurity, Internet Freedom, disaster response and the use of network technologies in conflict zones. Previously, Alec served as the Convener for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Policy Committee on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.

In 2000, he and three colleagues co-founded the technology-focused nonprofit organization One Economy and grew it from modest origins in a basement into a global organization serving millions of low-income people, with programs on four continents.

His many awards include: Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy Magazine, U.S. Department of State Distinguished Honor Award, Oxford University Internet and Society Award, Huffington Post’s 10 Game Changers in Politics and Tribeca Film Festival Disruptive Innovation Award. Alec has served as a guest lecturer at numerous institutions including the United Nations, Oxford University, Harvard Law School, Stanford Business School and a number of parliamentary bodies and his writing has appeared in academic publications including the Johns Hopkins SAIS Review of International Affairs and the NATO Review.

 

Listen and Learn:

* The reason Obama was such a special, charismatic leader and what other leaders can learn from him

* Why Alec left a successful entrepreneurial career to help Obama on his first campaign

* The possibly existential problem with social media

* How politics changes post-Trump and where we are headed

* Why Alec isn’t that worried about tech monopolies

* How the US government thinks about and promotes innovation, here and abroad

* Which industries Alec believes become $1T markets

* Why biotech and human enhancement are inevitable

* The big difference between CEOs and politicians

* Why health, genomics and personalized medicine as passions of Alec

* The reason the US trumps China in long term innovation and growth

* Why Hiliary’s loss felt inevitable and drawn out

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Alec serves as an advisor to investors, corporations and government leaders to help them understand the implication of factors emerging at the intersection of geopolitics, markets and increasingly disruptive network technologies and is on the board of directors (or advisors) for companies in the fields of technology, media, telecommunications, education, health care and cybersecurity.

He recently served for four years as Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and acted as the diplomatic lead on issues including cybersecurity, Internet Freedom, disaster response and the use of network technologies in conflict zones. Previously, Alec served as the Convener for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Policy Committee on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.

In 2000, he and three colleagues co-founded the technology-focused nonprofit organization One Economy and grew it from modest origins in a basement into a global organization serving millions of low-income people, with programs on four continents.

His many awards include: Top 100 Global Thinkers by ...

Dr. Bertalan Meskó (@berci) is The Medical Futurist, one of the world’s leading biotech thinkers and keynote speakers. A self-described geek physician with a Ph.D. in genomics, Bertalan is an Amazon Top 100 author and host of the popular Youtube channel The Medical Futurist (TMF).Bertalan envisions the impact of digital health technologies on the future of health, and helps patients, doctors, government regulators and companies make it a reality.With 500+ presentations including courses at Harvard, Stanford and Yale Universities, Singularity University’s Futuremed course at NASA Ames campus and organizations including the 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies, he is one of the top voices globally on healthcare technology.Dr. Meskó has been featured by dozens of top publications, including CNN, the World Health Organization, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times.

In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* The future of digital health and medical technology in the next 10 and 25 years

* What Bertalan does when it comes to biohacking and quantified self to live longer and healthier

* How Google, Amazon and the other tech giants are trying to own healthcare

* Why Bertalan thinks immortality is a sci-fi dream

* The future of personalized medicine and self-managed health

* Why Bertalan wants to prevent disease, not catch it early

* How genetic testing and microbiome samples shape Bertalan’s actions and future health

* Why AI is such a scary and unstoppable technology

* What under the table experiments are happening on human augmentation and enhancement

* How 3D printed tissues and organs affect all of us

* Why the DIY citizen science/healthcare movement is changing the landscape of healthcare

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Dr. Bertalan Meskó (@berci) is The Medical Futurist, one of the world’s leading biotech thinkers and keynote speakers. A self-described geek physician with a Ph.D. in genomics, Bertalan is an Amazon Top 100 author and host of the popular Youtube channel The Medical Futurist (TMF).Bertalan envisions the impact of digital health technologies on the future of health, and helps patients, doctors, government regulators and companies make it a reality.With 500+ presentations including courses at Harvard, Stanford and Yale Universities, Singularity University’s Futuremed course at NASA Ames campus and organizations including the 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies, he is one of the top voices globally on healthcare technology.Dr. Meskó has been featured by dozens of top publications, including CNN, the World Health Organization, National Geographic, Forbes, TIME magazine, BBC, and the New York Times.

In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* The future of digital health and medical technology in the next 10 and 25 years

* What Bertalan does when it comes to biohacking and quantified self to live longer and healthier

* How Google, Amazon and the other tech giants are trying to own healthcare

* Why Bertalan thinks immortality is a sci-fi dream

* The future of personalized medicine and self-managed health

* Why Bertalan wants to prevent disease, not catch it early

* How genetic testing and microbiome samples shape Bertalan’s actions and future health

* Why AI is such a scary and unstoppable technology

* What under the table experiments are happening on human augmentation and enhancement

* How 3D printed tissues and organs affect all of us

Scott Klososky (@sklososky) is a technologist, entrepreneur and thought leader that specializes in helping leaders see the world in new ways. He has built and sold multiple companies, the largest being webcasts.com which was ultimately acquired by iBEAM for approximately $115 million in stock in April of 2000.

After the acquisition, he served as VP of Production for iBEAM and led a 150-person team that had innovations including being the first music CD to launch to the Internet, the first interactive CD-ROM to be used to lobby Congress, and the first CD-ROM/Web-based product designed to generate donations for a non-profit organization. Their clients included IBM, Compaq, AOL, Hewlett-Packard, Conoco Inc., and BMG Music, among others.

In 1988, at the age of 26, Scott founded one of the first profitable Soviet/American joint ventures, ParaGraph, Inc., with Russian partners including Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion. ParaGraph designed the original handwritten text-recognition software for the Apple Newton and was later sold to Silicon Graphics. The ParaGraph software standard is now commonly used in personal digital assistants.

Prior to founding webcasts.com’s predecessor company in 1994 Scott work with former Nixon’s protege and chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, on “The Haldeman Diaries,” a New York Times bestseller which was also one of Sony’s first profitable CD-ROM products in 1994.

Scott is the author of several books, including Did God Create the Internet?: The Impact of Technology on Humanity and The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof your Organization and today runs TriCorp Technologies, a strategic advisory firm for the Fortune 500.

Listen and Learn:

* The reason Scott went to the USSR during the Cold War and how he teamed up with chess champion Gary Kasparov

* What Scott learned about capitalism, communism and building businesses

* Why Scott “invented” TV on the internet, a tad bit too early

* The reason AI and cybersecurity are the two most important/interesting technologies in Scott’s mind

* How regulations can help save our cybersecurity problem

* What Scott does to understand his place in the world

* How working with Nixon’s Chief of Staff led to a transformation in the publishing industry

* Why cyberwarfare is so freaking scary and hard to fight

* The things to look for when creating disruptive innovation

* Why things are looking up and Scott is an optimist

* How we can reinvent education for the future

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Scott Klososky (@sklososky) is a technologist, entrepreneur and thought leader that specializes in helping leaders see the world in new ways. He has built and sold multiple companies, the largest being webcasts.com which was ultimately acquired by iBEAM for approximately $115 million in stock in April of 2000.

After the acquisition, he served as VP of Production for iBEAM and led a 150-person team that had innovations including being the first music CD to launch to the Internet, the first interactive CD-ROM to be used to lobby Congress, and the first CD-ROM/Web-based product designed to generate donations for a non-profit organization. Their clients included IBM, Compaq, AOL, Hewlett-Packard, Conoco Inc., and BMG Music, among others.

In 1988, at the age of 26, Scott founded one of the first profitable Soviet/American joint ventures, ParaGraph, Inc., with Russian partners including Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion. ParaGraph designed the original handwritten text-recognition software for the App...

George Dvorsky (@dvorsky) is a Canadian futurist, science writer, and ethicist that has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology—particularly as they pertain to the improvement of human performance and experience. He is also a senior staff reporter at the popular tech blog Gizmodo, a contributing editor at io9 where he writes about science, culture, and futurism and blogs at sentientdevelopments.com

George is a founding member of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, he is Chair of the Board and is the founder and program director for its Rights of Non-Human Persons program. In addition, George is the co-founder and president of the Toronto Transhumanist Association and has served on the Board of Directors for Humanity+ for two terms.

George’s work has been featured in such publications as The Guardian, the BBC, CBC, Forbes, the New York Times, Slate, Radio Free Europe, and al-Jazeera. Outside of work he is also an avid CrossFitter, an ancestral health enthusiast, and an accomplished music performer, composer, and recording engineer.

 

 

Listen and Learn:

* How life extension and longevity affect society and the technologies ending aging

* The dangers of AI and problems with containment

* Why consciousness is such a hard problem and what it means for all of us

* How George’s study of the past influences his views on the future

* Why mutually assured destruction could become a thing again

* The reason AI regulation is harder than it seems

* Which technologies have George most excited today and why

* Why tech ethics are so important going forward

* What happens if and when we invent AGI

* The problems and possibilities of exponential technology in today’s world

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.George Dvorsky (@dvorsky) is a Canadian futurist, science writer, and ethicist that has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology—particularly as they pertain to the improvement of human performance and experience. He is also a senior staff reporter at the popular tech blog Gizmodo, a contributing editor at io9 where he writes about science, culture, and futurism and blogs at sentientdevelopments.com

George is a founding member of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, he is Chair of the Board and is the founder and program director for its Rights of Non-Human Persons program. In addition, George is the co-founder and president of the Toronto Transhumanist Association and has served on the Board of Directors for Humanity+ for two terms.

George’s work has been featured in such publications as The Guardian, the BBC, CBC, Forbes, the New York Times, Slate, Radio Free Europe, and al-Jazeera. Outside of work he is also an avid CrossFitter, an ancestral health enthusiast, and an accomplished music performer, composer, and recording engineer.

 

 

Listen and Learn:

* How life extension and longevity affect society and the technologies ending aging

* The dangers of AI and problems with containment

* Why consciousness is such a hard problem and what it means for all of us

* How George’s study of the past influences his views on the future

* Why mutually assured destruction could become a thing again

* The reason AI regulation is harder than it seems

* Which technologies have George most excited today and why

* Why tech ethics are so important going forward

Sam Watts is one of the foremost thinkers on VR and the Director of Immersive Technologies at MakeReal, a company that believes that immersive digital products are transforming the way we work, play and learn. MakeReal makes virtual reality experiences, augmented reality devices, collaborative ‘serious games’ and other tools that support new types of work, play and learning.

Sam’s passion for VR shows throughout his previous work with BBC, Channel 4, Sky and PlayStation. He has 20+ years in software and game development and project management and now spends his days focused on creating the epic immersive experiences of the future.

 

In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* How psychedelics started the virtual reality movement

* Why dystopian VR is unlikely in Sam’s opinion

* What areas are advancing rapidly and causing VR’s progress

* The reason a single company probably won’t own the VR market

* Why immersive experiences change the equation for the entertainment of the future

* The problem with consumer VR today and what needs to change to spur adoption

* What is the experience escape velocity and why is it so important?

* When we can expect to see consumer VR takeoff

* The chicken and the egg problem of content and cost

* Why 5G will drive the adoption of VR

* The reason the future is likely mixed reality

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Sam Watts is one of the foremost thinkers on VR and the Director of Immersive Technologies at MakeReal, a company that believes that immersive digital products are transforming the way we work, play and learn. MakeReal makes virtual reality experiences, augmented reality devices, collaborative ‘serious games’ and other tools that support new types of work, play and learning.

Sam’s passion for VR shows throughout his previous work with BBC, Channel 4, Sky and PlayStation. He has 20+ years in software and game development and project management and now spends his days focused on creating the epic immersive experiences of the future.

 

In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* How psychedelics started the virtual reality movement

* Why dystopian VR is unlikely in Sam’s opinion

* What areas are advancing rapidly and causing VR’s progress

* The reason a single company probably won’t own the VR market

* Why immersive experiences change the equation for the entertainment of the future

* The problem with consumer VR today and what needs to change to spur adoption

* What is the experience escape velocity and why is it so important?

* When we can expect to see consumer VR takeoff

* The chicken and the egg problem of content and cost

* Why 5G will drive the adoption of VR

* The reason the future is likely mixed reality

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books–including:

* Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

* Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World

In addition to his books, Bruce has hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers, his influential newsletter “Crypto-Gram” and his blog “Schneier on Security” is read by over 250,000 people.

Bruce has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, AccessNow, and the Tor Project; an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org; and a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer at IBM Resilient.

Listen and learn:

* The difference between the US, Europe and Asia when it comes to privacy and data, and what it all means

* Why IoT internet security is one of the biggest problems no one is talking about

* Which tech giants will get broken up and which will reign

* The problem with social media and ideas on how to solve it

* How regulations affect business and monopolies and where we are headed

* Why voting and elections are so susceptible to manipulation

* How Bruce thinks about privacy in a surveillance capitalism economy

* Why your car could kill you and your fridge won’t feed you

* The reason Bruce is optimistic and pessimistic about the future

* Why things are going to get worse before they get better

* The sad truth GDPR and data privacy

* What you need to know about China, Huawei and surveillance

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a “security guru” by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books–including:

* Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World

* Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World

In addition to his books, Bruce has hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers, his influential newsletter “Crypto-Gram” and his blog “Schneier on Security” is read by over 250,000 people.

Bruce has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, AccessNow, and the Tor Project; an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org; and a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer at IBM Resilient.

Listen and learn:

* The difference between the US, Europe and Asia when it comes to privacy and data, and what it all means

* Why IoT internet security is one of the biggest problems no one is talking about

Garry Golden is a professionally trained futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on complex issues shaping society and business in the 21st century. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies and the US Army on issues related to transportation and mobility, food safety and health, the future of portable power, financial services and much more.

Garry teaches an online course on The Future of Energy & Environment through the University of Houston Futures Studies program, and was Founding Editor of The Energy Roadmap.com Garry is co-author of Designing Your Future (2008) a Fast Futures / ASAE publication, and has co-written several business white papers including the Future of the Social Web and the Future of Green as a Business Strategy published by Future Think.

 

Listen and Learn:

* The future of energy consumption and the grid

* Why Garry isn’t sold on electric vehicles and battery technology

* The 4 types of futures and what they mean for society

* How we save the planet while still using fuel

* Why consciousness could be a problem with AI

* The reason politicians pull progress backward

* How futurists help society evolve

* Why Garry is quite enthusiastic about automation and AI

* Where the US is falling behind the rest of the world

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Garry Golden is a professionally trained futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on complex issues shaping society and business in the 21st century. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies, governmental agencies and the US Army on issues related to transportation and mobility, food safety and health, the future of portable power, financial services and much more.

Garry teaches an online course on The Future of Energy & Environment through the University of Houston Futures Studies program, and was Founding Editor of The Energy Roadmap.com Garry is co-author of Designing Your Future (2008) a Fast Futures / ASAE publication, and has co-written several business white papers including the Future of the Social Web and the Future of Green as a Business Strategy published by Future Think.

 

Listen and Learn:

* The future of energy consumption and the grid

* Why Garry isn’t sold on electric vehicles and battery technology

* The 4 types of futures and what they mean for society

* How we save the planet while still using fuel

* Why consciousness could be a problem with AI

* The reason politicians pull progress backward

* How futurists help society evolve

* Why Garry is quite enthusiastic about automation and AI

* Where the US is falling behind the rest of the world

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a futurist trend spotter, public speaker, best selling author and advisor to investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic Council in the White House where she was the point person on Enron and Terrorism Risks to the Economy after 911. She was the initial negotiator on Sarbanes Oxley and the Patriot Act and was on the President’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets.

Pippa anticipated the Financial Crisis in 2007, the slowdown in China, Brexit, Trump and the return of inflation. She is ranked in the top 25 Most Influential Economists in the World and one of the top 10 of global experts on Geopolitics and she was ranked in the top 5 on the Most Powerful Women in Finance list, all in 2017.

As an economist, she focuses on how new technologies solve old problems and generate new forms of growth. In 2015 she won the Intelligence Squared Debate on Robotics alongside Walter Isaacson, which was broadcast by the BBC to 80 million homes worldwide, has been published in Wired Magazine, Monocle, The International Economy and other publications and is a regular guest anchor for CNBC, Bloomberg and often on the BBC (radio and TV).

In 2016, her book Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy became a best-seller on Amazon in four categories after being crowd-funded on Indiegogo. She also wrote Geopolitics for Investors which was commissioned by the CFA:

She is a Non-Executive Board Member of the Department of International Trade in the UK, advising on Brexit. She also serves on the British Ministry of Defence Working Group on Global Strategic Trends and briefs Britain’s top Generals at Sandhurst. She serves on several advisory boards and working groups: She Chairs the Lewis PR Advisory Board (LAB) and is on the Advisory Boards at Real Vision TV, the Ditchley Foundation and Indiana University’s School of Public Policy and Environmental Affairs as well as the Indiana University Manufacturing Initiative.

Pippa founded DRPM Group, an economic advisory firm that helps global firms understand the economic landscape and before that was the Deputy Head of Strategy for UBS and the Chief Currency Strategist for Bankers Trust, ran Bankers Trust’s Asset Management business in Asia from Hong Kong and was named a Global Young Leader by the World Economic Forum.

 

Listen and Learn:

* How automation equals more jobs

* The reason Pippa is optimistic about the world economy

* Why China is investing heavily in Mexico

* How the 21st century is flipping leadership and business on its head

* Why entrepreneurship is the future and education is broken

* The reason our world is becoming more polarized, separated and populist

* How drones and autonomy will impact our economy

* The problem with healthcare and technological solutions to fix it

* Understanding ways of rewriting government

* Why capitalism is the best system we have

* What Pippa learned from advising George W Bush

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Dr. Pippa Malmgren is a futurist trend spotter, public speaker, best selling author and advisor to investors and governments about macroeconomic policy and investment strategy. She is a former Presidential Advisor who served on The National Economic Council in the White House where she was the point person on Enron and Terrorism Risks to the Economy after 911. She was the initial negotiator on Sarbanes Oxley and the Patriot Act and was on the President’s Working Group on Corporate Governance and ...

Eric Ladizinsky is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of D-Wave Systems (@dwavesys), the world’s first quantum computing company and the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems and software. Their mission is to use quantum computing to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

D-Wave’s systems are being used by world-class organizations like Lockheed Martin, Google, NASA, USC, USRA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Volkswagen, and many others and they have been granted over 160 U.S. patents and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals.

As a leader in the space, Eric is often called upon to evangelize on all aspects of quantum computing.Prior to D-Wave, Eric was a principal investigator at Northrop Grumman Space Technology (formerly TRW, Inc.) where he ran a multi-million dollar DARPA program in Quantum Computing using superconducting integrated circuit technology.

 

Listen and Learn:

* How quantum computing unlocks new paradigms

* The reason quantum computers are a race akin to AI

* Why countries are investing heavily in quantum

* How to simulate the future with perfect accuracy

* Why reality isn’t what you think and physicists often get it wrong too

* The reason we may all be living in a quantum computer simulation

* How quantum computing can help solve many of the world’s impossible problems

* Understanding the origins of life

* When quantum computers will pass conventional computing in terms of price efficiency

 

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Eric Ladizinsky is the co-founder and Chief Scientist of D-Wave Systems (@dwavesys), the world’s first quantum computing company and the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems and software. Their mission is to use quantum computing to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.

D-Wave’s systems are being used by world-class organizations like Lockheed Martin, Google, NASA, USC, USRA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Volkswagen, and many others and they have been granted over 160 U.S. patents and has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals.

As a leader in the space, Eric is often called upon to evangelize on all aspects of quantum computing.Prior to D-Wave, Eric was a principal investigator at Northrop Grumman Space Technology (formerly TRW, Inc.) where he ran a multi-million dollar DARPA program in Quantum Computing using superconducting integrated circuit technology.

 

Listen and Learn:

* How quantum computing unlocks new paradigms

* The reason quantum computers are a race akin to AI

* Why countries are investing heavily in quantum

* How to simulate the future with perfect accuracy

* Why reality isn’t what you think and physicists often get it wrong too

* The reason we may all be living in a quantum computer simulation

* How quantum computing can help solve many of the world’s impossible problems

* Understanding the origins of life

* When quantum computers will pass conventional computing in terms of price efficiency

 

Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.