A cutting-edge start-up founded by a quartet of British university scientists has been valued at $3.2bn (£2.3bn) in one of the largest bets yet on a breakthrough that it is claimed will revolutionise computing.
PsiQuantum, launched by professors at the University of Bristol and Imperial College London, has raised $450m from backers including BlackRock, Microsoft and Scotland’s Baillie Gifford.
Our reader here, who is also a British professor of quantum computing, is in the other lot. Who have not just been invested in at such a valuation.
Ah..photonics..
To be fair, judging from their site they’re light on the Soon™ and their point about what it takes to actually build a functioning processor is solid.
And even if the “quantum” bit doesn’t pan out, the basic tech is also a serious option for “discrete” computing.
To quote the Mythbusters: “Plausible”.
So, we know where the reader is…
“Who have not just been invested in at such a valuation.”
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