Interview
How NVIDIA is building quantum computing
Sam Stanwyck
Director of Quantum Product, NVIDIA
20 minHosted by Kim Isenberg
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Kim Isenberg talks with Sam Stanwyck, who leads NVIDIA’s quantum computing product team, about where quantum computing really stands today — beyond the hype. They cover NVIDIA’s role in the quantum ecosystem, why NVIDIA is not building its own quantum computer, and how GPUs, AI, accelerated computing and software like CUDA-Q could make quantum systems practically useful.
Sam previously worked on quantum hardware at Rigetti Computing and on quantum control systems at Keysight, giving him a full-stack perspective — from quantum devices and control systems to the infrastructure that connects quantum processors with classical supercomputers.
Topics
- What NVIDIA is building for the quantum computing industry
- Why quantum computing will likely be hybrid: CPUs, GPUs and QPUs together
- How AI helps with calibration, simulation, control and error correction
- What CUDA-Q is and why developer tools matter
- Where quantum computing is today — and when real value might arrive
- The most important long-term use cases
Kim Isenberg is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Superintelligence, an AI newsletter published every weekday.
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