{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"Google’s 40-Fold Error Cut: Does It Shrink the Quantum Bill? — October 16, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9cadc6ca\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":793,"description":"Google demonstrated magic-state cultivation on Willow, reporting a roughly 40-fold error reduction while leaving factory-scale costs unresolved. The episode also covers parallel silicon-qubit control, new research and hardware deployments, and company and market projections.\nSilicon qubits surpass 99.99% gate fidelity while operating three at once — Quantum Physics News\nIonQ and University of Cambridge Open Quantum Innovation Centre — The Quantum Insider\nD-Wave Delivers Advantage2 Annealing Quantum Computer to Italy — The Quantum Insider\nSEALSQ has $465M to fund post-quantum semiconductor plans — Quantum Zeitgeist\nMorgan Stanley Sees Quantum Computing A $100B Market, And It's Betting On This Stock - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance\nGoogle Says it cuts quantum error rates by 40x with ‘magic state cultivation’ — Quantum Zeitgeist\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:37 Silicon qubits, shared microwave control\n01:58 IonQ opens Cambridge research centre\n03:08 D-Wave system delivered to Como\n04:14 SEALSQ preliminary revenue and guidance\n05:25 Morgan Stanley's Quantinuum forecast\n06:48 Google magic-state cultivation on Willow\n09:43 Cultivation fidelity, retention and cost\nSource links\n@IonQ_Inc on X\n@QuantumBullHQ on X\n@sundarpichai on X\nthequantuminsider.com\nthequantuminsider.com\nQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.\nFollow Quickly Quantum: subscribe on YouTube · Apple Podcasts · Spotify\nMore from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1qOeu8wRfJFs3z-U1wrMD-YZu-jcbB7N-VepH0eoyOg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zZTQ5/Y2VkNzY3NzhhZTcw/MzQwZTM3NGEwOWMy/YmU2Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}