Alireza Najafi-Yazdi (Anyon Systems): Building quantum computers that run without a babysitter

Key takeaways

  • Anyon Systems builds the full stack in house, from cryogenic refrigerators to qubits to control software, rather than outsourcing any layer
  • A major design goal is making superconducting quantum computers operate unattended, without a technician present for every cooldown or calibration cycle
  • Owning the cryogenics stack lets the company tune fridge design specifically for qubit performance instead of adapting general purpose dilution refrigerators
  • Vertical integration shortens the feedback loop between hardware problems and fixes, since the same team controls chip fabrication, wiring, and software

Summary

Alireza Najafi-Yazdi, founder and CEO at Anyon Systems is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Alireza and Yuval talk about Alireza’s full-stack quantum computer company that tackles everything from cryogenics to qubits to software, how to keep quantum computers running without attaching a technician to them, and much more.

The full transcript is available on the Quantum Computing Report site