{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Quickly Quantum","title":"Weekend Bonus: Quantum’s Limits, Chicago Hardware and a $10.9 Billion — November 7, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ac8370e5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1361,"description":"This Weekend Bonus connects a mathematical limit on random-input speedups with a map of 24 possible quantum-advantage targets. It also covers Chicago’s operating IBM system, hybrid battery chemistry work, topological-material evidence and the gap between investment, booked business and recognized revenue.\nA proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture — PSI\nIBM's Quantum System Two begins operations at Chicago research hub — Interesting Engineering\nHorizon Quantum Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Entropica Labs for $27 Million — Quantum Computing Report\nIQM and Volkswagen Advance Quantum-Classical AFQMC to Simulate Next-Generation Battery Chemistry — Quantum Computing Report\nExperiment supports theoretical foundation for potentially more error-resistant quantum computing — Quantum Physics News\nMIT and Accenture find $10.9 billion flowed into quantum computing last year — Quantum Zeitgeist\nPasqal Reports Third-Quarter Revenue Decline as QPU Services Revenue Grows — The Quantum Insider\nStudy Maps 24 Problems Where Quantum Computers Could Gain an Edge — The Quantum Insider\nChapters\n00:00 Today's headlines\n00:59 Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture is now a theorem\n03:40 IBM Quantum System Two operational in Chicago\n06:30 Horizon Quantum letter of intent for Entropica\n08:48 IQM Volkswagen QC-AFQMC runtime reduction\n11:21 Cologne team observes predicted Andreev states\n13:48 2026 Quantum Index Report: $10.9 billion invested\n16:34 Pasqal QPU services revenue increased 53%\n18:58 Study maps 24 problems with quantum advantage\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}