jliebert

It should surprise no one that quantum software companies that *do not build hardware* will flop. It does not matter if it founded by famous Harvard scientists.

Hell, even quantum hardware companies are having a really hard time building a functioning quantum computer, let alone a useful one. Setting aside whether it's worth investing in "Quantum" stock at all, it is quite simply silly to invest in anything "Quantum" if they aren't building actual quantum hardware.

Zapata's PR stunts like "Quantum AI" race cars looks all the more comedically delusional now. Though I'm sure no one's learned a lesson from this. No I am not joking, I wish I could make something like this up:

https://www.digitalengineering247.com/article/zapata-ai-andr...

Two things wrong here: (1) they didn't use an electron microscope, and (2) the microscope they did use was made by a German company Created Gmbh.

This experiment was not done with an electron microscope, which shoots free electrons at a material at very high energies. Instead, they used "Kelvin Force Probe" microscopy which basically measures the electrostatic force from atoms on an ultra-fine tip of metal. Sounds crazy, but it's a technique that has been around for decades.