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Y Combinator-Funded Startup To Do Quantum Computing -- Only Better (bizjournals.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the because-everything's-better-in-the-cloud dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A "spaceshot" company that emerged from Y Combinator three summers ago and is targeting a revolutionary change in the way computers work has landed $64 million to help it in the race against much bigger tech giants. Rigetti Computing, which operates out of Berkeley and Fremont, is tackling quantum computing and going up against research being done by the likes of IBM, Intel, Microsoft and others... Rigetti is building a cloud quantum computing platform for artificial intelligence and computational chemistry. It recently opened up private beta testing of 'Forest', its API for quantum computing in the cloud. It integrates directly with existing cloud infrastructure and treats the quantum computer as an accelerator.
"The potential to make a positive impact on humanity is enormous," said Chad Rigetti, the startup's founder and CEO -- who declined to say whether the company is actually earning any revenue yet.

13 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Y Combinator by nitehawk214 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is there anything that comes out of Y Combinator that isn't a buzzword-laden funding scam?

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    1. Re:Y Combinator by locater16 · · Score: 2

      Can't, tell, if, April, fools story yet. Must, not, give in! Must, type, like, Captain Kirk.

  2. April First? by JonathanP.Bennett · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is this the first of Slashdot's April Fools posts? It's getting harder to tell.

    1. Re:April First? by lucm · · Score: 2

      Is this the first of Slashdot's April Fools posts? It's getting harder to tell.

      We live in a strange time. Donald Trump is the president, Facebook makes 2x more money than Ford, and that profit wouldn't be enough to cover Uber losses while it's decimating the taxi industry. So yeah, April Fools is all year round.

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  3. Re:Eyebleed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    They copied the "Hacker News" layout.

  4. Re:So momey was spent by whipslash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually it was me. Money wasn't spent. Hence "Slacker News". BAH HUMBUG to you to

  5. Re:So momey was spent by whipslash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cool. See ya

  6. Re:So momey was spent by bored_engineer · · Score: 2

    Alas, your joke went live a few hours before the first of April where I am, so I was quite confused for a moment. Other than the colors, I really like the front page, though. :-)

  7. Re:Yet another shitty April Fools Day. by MrMr · · Score: 2

    I the the joke's on slashdot. Still looks better than the mobile site.

  8. Re:So momey was spent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    I have this theory someone took over a bunch of low-user-ID accounts, and they then just periodically use them to post "Slashdot's finally gone too far and I must avert my eyes!"

  9. Re:So momey was spent by whipslash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What exactly are you upset about? That I responded to a rude comment with a little rudeness of my own? I'm not your butler

  10. Re: So momey was spent by whipslash · · Score: 2

    I responded to a rude comment attacking one of my editors. Weird that it's upsetting to people

  11. Re: So momey was spent by mnemotronic · · Score: 2

    Group hug!

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