Ep 8: Israel's $5 Billion Quantum SPAC Bet

About this episode

Two of Israel's best-funded quantum startups, Quantum Art and Classiq, are reportedly in advanced SPAC talks worth up to $5 billion each — we dig into the numbers and the skepticism. Plus: a superconducting quantum heat engine, a silicon qubit noise fix at QuTech, cheaper magic-state distillation out of France, Toyota's quantum bet on Yaqumo, Alice & Bob's error-correction cost comparison, and why that viral Willow clip isn't actually news. Israeli Quantum Startups Eye Wall Street as SPAC Interest Accelerates — The Quantum Insider World's first superconducting quantum heat engine — Phys.org / Aalto University QuTech Silicon Qubits Achieve 760µeV Valley Split — Quantum Zeitgeist Institut d'Optique: Quantum Codes for Efficient Non-Clifford Gate Circuits — Quantum Zeitgeist Alice & Bob on the Cost of Quantum Error Correction — Quantum Zeitgeist JIC Venture Growth and Toyota Invention Partners Join Yaqumo Round — The Quantum Insider Recirculated Neven/Willow commentary — X/@zodchiii Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.