Computers, whether quantum or classical, depend on algorithms. Quantum computing, however, needs a larger toolkit of standardized operations.
@BrookhavenLab scientists and partners developed a quantum version of an important classical operation:
Computers for agents. Steaks for the batch. 🥩
Every founder in YC S26 has a 21-day dry aged rib-eye waiting at Olivier's Butchery in Dogpatch, a short walk from YC.
No strings, no account needed, just show up with your ID and tell them your startup's name. They'll know what to do. Open weekends too. One per co-founder.
The last stretch before demo day is brutal. Eat well, ship well. 🚀
Computers don't need to be so complicated to use! I added voice to a realtime generative image system and it feels so natural. I just talk, it talks back, shows me whatever is helpful, and I can still click on anything to go deeper
'If computers could smell' used to be a thought experiment... not anymore. The New York Post's Will Zimmerman traveled to Elizabeth, NJ, where Osmo AI is building the world's first 'Olfactory Intelligence' model to understand, recreate and invent original scents.
Quantum computers are just built different.
A problem that would otherwise take longer than the lifetime of the universe can be solved in nine minutes.
Part two:
Quantum computers will break certain cryptographic protocols, but some will stay safe.
Which cryptography is quantum-resistant and which isn't, and why? Watch my explanation
Quantum computers may arrive in 3 years, 10 years, maybe much later than that. But the threat they pose exists today because today's infrastructure needs to be ready for Q-Day long before Q-Day arrives. So the time to start preparing is now.