The quantum entrepreneur: Joseph Emerson

I'll Go First by The Globe and Mail

Jan 19, 202131:02Business

What happens when a physicist decides to start a company? As CEO of Quantum Benchmark, Joseph Emerson is melding the two very different worlds of science and business, working with companies like Google to make quantum c...

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