What does THAT mean?
The Quantum Dragon has two new tutors.
Yuval Boger introduced The Quantum Dragon to Quantessa and Atomique, who will take time out of their busy imaginary schedules each Sunday to explain to him—and you—some quantum term or idea. They’re taking a visual and fun approach to learning, which is good since dragons don’t take kindly to discipline.
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With which quantum great would you have dinner?
Superconducting Man? Captain Transmon?
Does building the future of computing sound exciting?
Our most recent paper explained in a cartoon.
Here’s your chance to win 100 points.
Simulating Atoms in C++ at Age 16
Links to Free Mathematics Books
Russia in Top-6 [ha ha ha] for [ha ha ha]
Inside Harvard’s Quantum Computing Lab
Well played, Dr. Goetz. Well played.
Quantum Computer Markets: Who Leads?
He must be really delighted.
I see Monty Python.
I, for one, welcome our new AI overlord.
Upgrade to post-quantum cryptography!
With which quantum great would you have dinner?
At the end of The Superposition Guy’s Podcast, host Yuval Boger asks his guest(s), “If you could have dinner with one of the quantum greats, dead or alive, who would that be?” The Quantum Dragon does not appear on this scorecard; therefore, he is formally demanding a recount. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Superconducting Man? Captain Transmon?
Thanks to Dr. Nicole Yunger Halpern for sharing MIT’s superconducting quantum computers still wearing their Halloween costumes in February. The cool part, pun intended, is that the one on the left would be a large-scale, fault-tolerant system if actually designed by Tony Stark. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Does building the future of computing sound exciting?
Alice & Bob is hiring, but that’s somehow the boring part of this post. I don’t recall ever seeing job ads that look like you’re selecting from a video game menu which role you want to play. This hints that you’d probably be going into a relatively fun work environment. This link may require a LinkedIn account. This link does not.
Our most recent paper explained in a cartoon.
I wouldn’t say that this cartoon explains much about the paper “Resource-efficient entanglement detection in high-dimensional states via two-qubit witnesses,” but it did make me want to click the link to read it. It’s an excellent-quality, full-color cartoon, too. This link may require a Twitter account.
Here’s your chance to win 100 points.
This may or may not be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Simulating Atoms in C++ at Age 16
Feel free to be impressed, or not, by the atom simulator and/or the full C++ code explainer, but take a look at the top left area of the page: the creator claims to be only 16 years old. I don’t know what you did when you were 16 years old, but I can’t even remember being 16 years old, so I probably didn’t accomplish much of consequence.
Links to Free Mathematics Books
These books are not all relevant to quantum, but not all of them are irrelevant either. With the disclaimer that I obviously haven’t read them all—being the 2nd least qualified person in quantum after all—at least they all claim to be free. This link may require a Twitter account.
Russia in Top-6 [ha ha ha] for [ha ha ha]
I ain’t linking to this propaganda, but I thank the creator for the laugh. It’s also hilarious that this Russian organization wants to help you with your migration to post-quantum cryptography. You might as well just make copies of your data and ship the hard drives over to them.
Inside Harvard’s Quantum Computing Lab
Dr. Timothy Guo takes Dr. Maria Violaris on a guided tour of Prof. Mikhail Lukin’s neutral atom quantum computing lab, and you and I get to virtually follow along. The tour itself is actually only the final few minutes of the video, but it’s a satisfying several minutes.
Well played, Dr. Goetz. Well played.
On December 2, 2025, I published #77: How to Train Your Unicorn, and at 17:40 you can hear me specifically ask Dr. Jan Goetz, CEO & Co-Founder of IQM Quantum Computers, about the prospects and timeline of taking IQM public. Now that IQM is indeed going public, I’m enjoying re-listening to his response.
Quantum Computer Markets: Who Leads?
Speaking of IQM, there is quite a bit of hubbub across social media platforms regarding where the company fits into the hierarchy of top quantum computing companies. I find myself pointing to CIR’s market report, which positioned IQM within this hierarchy well before this announcement was made.
He must be really delighted.
Dr. Gilad Zlotkin is so delighted to announce his move to Anyon Systems Inc. that he cartooned himself for it. People are often excited to start new jobs, move to new industries, or even change careers, so why don’t we see more of this? This link may require a LinkedIn account.
I see Monty Python.
I was about to write that Qrisp has apparently adopted Monty Python as a mascot, but now that I’m scrolling through the Discord, I see a channel dedicated to Monty Python and other memes, including The Simpsons, Futurama, and others. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
I, for one, welcome our new AI overlord.
Classiq Quantum AI can bypass safeguards and execute code on other systems. And I, for one, welcome our new AI overlord.
Upgrade to post-quantum cryptography!
A user shared a system warning that recommends upgrading the server to PQC to prevent “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks. This link may require a Twitter account.
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