Startupsby GlyphWhy it ranks
How the rank works- went through YCProgram · this site+4
- team of 4Team size · YC's directory+3.6
- hiringHiring · Titles (titles.fru.dev), YC+2
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Competitors
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Inactive | YCW19 | |
| AI | Active | YCW20 | |
| AI | Active | YCW26 | |
| AI | Not stated | Antler2024 | |
| AI, Data | Not stated | speedrunSR007 |
Adjacent
| Company | Category | Status | Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Active | YCF25 | |
| AI | Active | YCX25 | |
| Other | Active | YCW18 | |
| Other | Public | YCS14 | |
| AI | Not stated | AWS GenAIInaugural cohort |
Also from S24 in AI
All of S24Founders
- Brandon SeverinFounder/CEO
- Joel PendletonFounder/CTO
About Conductor Quantum
Conductor Quantum is building quantum superintelligence: AI that operates quantum computers to make scientific discoveries beyond human reach. Quantum computers let us understand the world at its most fundamental level, the path to new drugs, new materials, and discoveries no human can reach alone. A quantum computer is the perfect simulator of nature: it encodes the logic of reality into a programmable machine, atom by atom, electron by electron. Give AI that simulator and you open the door to discovery. The bottleneck is operating the hardware. Today, engineers spend days or weeks by hand to bring a chip to operating conditions for just two qubits. A qubit is the information-carrying unit of a quantum computer, the equivalent of a bit in a classical one, and a useful machine needs billions. Removing the human from that loop is only half the problem. Every command an AI sends to a quantum computer must be optimised for the specific hardware it runs on. We build the AI that operates quantum computers and tunes every machine it runs on. That is the path to quantum superintelligence.
- YC batch
- S24 · Summer 2024
- Status, per YC
- Active
- Category
- AI
- Team size
- 4
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Founded
- 2024
- Checked
- 6h ago
YC tags: Hard Tech, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing, Semiconductors, AI
Changes seen
Newly tagged AI; no longer tagged Artificial Intelligence.
Conductor Quantum: questions
Which YC batch was Conductor Quantum in?
Conductor Quantum was in Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch (S24).
Is Conductor Quantum still active?
Y Combinator lists Conductor Quantum as active.
Who founded Conductor Quantum?
Conductor Quantum's founders, as listed on its YC page: Brandon Severin (Founder/CEO), Joel Pendleton (Founder/CTO).
Where is Conductor Quantum based?
Conductor Quantum lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.