While other startups are building a better qubit, Yaqumo aims to become the Toyota of Quantum. They don’t make the lasers or the chips, but integrate everything into one machine that actually works. 0:00 Intro / Founder University Tokyo 2:20 Guest intro: Kazu of Yakumo 3:20 What is a qubit? 8:34 Why quantum computers are so fragile 8:45 PayPal - Built for payments, growth, and agentic. Paypal Open, built for all business. Visit to get started 13:36 Spinning IP out of the university lab 18:42 DigitalOcean - Head to to start building on DigitalOcean's AI-Native Cloud today — and cut your AI workload costs by up to 50%. 28:01 Building the "Toyota of Quantum" 29:38 Rippling - Thanks to our partners at Rippling! Head to and get the only AI built to give you full visibility across your startup and take complex actions across your entire business. 31:25 AI for quantum, and quantum for AI 38:35 Harvest Now, Decrypt Later 41:41 Q&A: Yaqumo's business model 43:22 Q&A: Yaqumo's business model @KNakashoji joins @Jason at @FounderUni Tokyo to explain why the real game is about assembly, not invention. 🎥 Watch the full episode here 👇