Evaluating a Quantum Company: The Business
Technology diligence tells you whether the machine can be built. Commercial diligence tells you whether the company will still be there when it is.…
How to Tell a Quantum Chokepoint From an Inconvenience
Scarcity is the wrong first question. Five tests separate a dependency that stops your quantum program from one that only costs money and time,…
Six Control Points in a Rented Quantum Computer
Most organisations will rent quantum access, not own it. Six control points decide how much sovereignty survives the contract, and each one is negotiable.
Who Wins If Superconducting Wins
A refrigerator company just signed a decade-long contract for helium mined on the Moon. Here is what the superconducting supply chain looks like layer…
The Four Capabilities an Alliance Cannot Give You
Coalitions supply roadmaps, standards, funding and facilities. They cannot supply the capability to specify, verify, integrate and substitute. Here is what each member has…
How to Read a Quantum Patent Portfolio in Diligence
A patent count is the easiest number in a quantum pitch deck to produce and close to the least informative. Here is what to…
Quantum in Government and Defense: A Field Guide to Three Decisions
Quantum in government and defense is mostly a procurement and workforce problem. A field guide to the migration deadlines, the claims worth grading, and…
Entanglement-as-a-Service: What Is Actually Being Sold
Entanglement can be delivered on demand, but it cannot be copied, amplified, or stored for long. Here is what an EaaS offer contains and…
Sovereignty in Quantum Navigation Starts at Acceptance Testing
Quantum navigation and sensing are reaching field trials. The scarce national capability is not building the hardware, it is being able to verify it.…
A Baloney Detection Toolkit for Quantum Claims
Overstated quantum claims rarely contain a lie. They swap one thing for a similar-sounding thing. Six substitutions, and the questions that catch each one.