Microsoft's Quantum Chief Doesn't Care Who Doubts Him

About this episode

IonQ posts a record quarter and raises guidance, D-Wave claims a tenfold path to lower quantum error rates, NIST sends entangled photons across ordinary internet fiber, and DARPA turns its attention to quantum manufacturing. Then: Microsoft's Chetan Nayak says he doesn't care that much of physics doubts his topological qubit claims — we dig into why, and what's actually at stake. IonQ Q2 2026 earnings — IonQ Investor Relations IonQ earnings coverage — BigGo Finance D-Wave's dual-rail entangling gate — D-Wave (Business Wire) D-Wave Nature paper details — HPCwire Entangled photons across 62km of fiber — NIST DARPA's quantum manufacturing pivot — The Quantum Insider DARPA optical clock manufacturing program — Quantum Zeitgeist Victor Peng on Bloomberg TV — Bloomberg Microsoft's Majorana bet — Science (AAAS) Skeptics on Microsoft's topological qubit — Scientific American Quickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.