Corporate Collision provides an opportunity for corporate partners to discover, connect, and collaborate with some of the nation’s top quantum startups.

Select corporations will have the opportunity to present a short “reverse pitch” (5 minutes), sharing more about their innovation initiatives, including specific challenges or areas of interest for which they are seeking innovative solutions and partnerships. Companies will then hear from startups as they pitch and showcase their technologies.

Following the pitches, there will be a networking reception and additional follow-up opportunities for meetings with startups of interest.

AGENDA:

8:30 – 9:15 a.m. // Breakfast and Morning Networking

9:15 – 9:30 a.m. // Opening Remarks:

• Samir Mayekar, Associate Vice President and Managing Director, Polsky Center
• Shyama Majumdar, Interim Senior Director, Accelerators and Investments, Polsky Center

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. // Keynote Speaker:

• Pranav Gokhale, PhD ’20, CTO of Infleqtion and Duality alum

10:15 – 11:15 a.m. // Pitches from Startups and Corporate Partners

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. // Networking

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. // Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. // Closing Remarks

PRESENTERS:

​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

Thank you to our event sponsors: IBM and Rohde & Schwarz.