Opening Remarks:
- Samir Mayekar, Associate Vice President and Managing Director, Polsky Center
- Shyama Majumdar, Senior Director, Accelerators and Investments, Polsky Center
Keynote Speaker:
- Pranav Gokhale, PhD ’20, CTO of Infleqtion and Duality alum
Speakers from the Duality Accelerator:
- Connor Horn | K1 Semiconductor – K1 Semiconductor is a deep-tech company pioneering a semiconductor wafer-splitting platform technology that enhances the efficiency and economics of advanced chip manufacturing.
- Stuart Pino | QodeX Quantum – QodeX Quantum is developing a user-friendly quantum circuit model—built on naval research—that replicates transformer neural networks to help customers solve complex problems and train QML models without quantum or AI expertise.
- Dan Holme | Qoro Quantum – Qoro Quantum develops the network stack for scalable, distributed quantum computing. With software that automates how quantum programs are prepared, optimized, and executed across heterogeneous hardware — from CPUs and GPUs to quantum processors — making it easy for researchers and enterprises to run quantum workloads efficiently at scale.
- Brandon Kim | SQK Inc. – SQK Inc. is a US–Canada–Korea deep-tech startup developing quantum–AI hybrid computing solutions for precision medical imaging and related applications.
- Avery Linder | Stac12 – is building an integrated diamond platform that enables the practical adoption of diamond in semiconductor and quantum applications. The startup’s thin-film single-crystal diamond is bonded to materials such as silicon, sapphire, and fused silica, unlocking new possibilities for next-generation devices.
Speakers from Corporate Presenters:
- Allstate
- Boeing
- Chicago Trading Company
- IBM
