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Time to Talk Quantum
Time to Talk Quantum (TTQ) is a new podcast hosted by Dr Kris Naudts, co-founder of Firgun Ventures, a $250M VC fund focused on early growth-stage quantum technology companies. Dr Naudts is also a neuroscientist and psychiatrist, and founder of Culture Trip.
In each episode, Dr Naudts applies his innate curiosity to the cutting edge of quantum innovation, exploring its intersections with AI, health, finance, defence and... art. Featuring conversations with the world’s top entrepreneurs, experts, artists and investors driving the field from lab to market, TTQ provides insights into these various verticals and industries, as the world wakes up to quantum’s game-changing potential.
Stay tuned! Episode 1 of Time to Talk Quantum launches on March 3 across all major streaming platforms and is also available to watch on YouTube.
Featuring upcoming guests including:
- Professor Mete Atatüre – Physicist; Head of the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
- Refik Anadol – Media Artist & Director at RAS; Co-Founder & Artistic Director of DATALAND
- Professor John Morton – Professor of Nanoelectronics & Nanophotonics, University College London; Director, UCL Quantum Science and Technology Institute
- John Ridge CBE – Chief Adoption Officer, NATO Innovation Fund
- Professor Lara Jehi – Chief Research Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic; Professor of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
- Professor Bob Coecke – Theoretical Physicist & Musician; Emeritus Professor, Wolfson College, Oxford; Former Chief Scientist, Quantinuum
- Zeynep Korütürk – Founding & Managing Partner, Firgun Ventures; Former Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
- Joab Rosenberg – Partner, Deep33; Founder, Epistema (now Ment.io)
Follow TTQ on social media:
- Instagram: @timetotalkquantum
- TikTok: @timetotalkquantum
- X @talk_quantum
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This podcast is brought to you by Firgun Ventures.
Music: NGN2 by ILĀ from their album Quantum Computer Music.
About the host: Dr Kris Naudts is the founding and managing partner of Firgun Ventures, a global quantum-first VC firm investing in Series A/B scale-ups. Prior to Firgun, Naudts was an award-winning academic psychiatrist and medical doctor at King’s College London, with a PhD in neuroscience. He later pursued his passion for entrepreneurship, culture, and creativity by founding Culture Trip, which he scaled into one of the world’s leading travel and media brands, raising over $100 million in funding and growing the platform to 20 million monthly visitors.
- Follow Dr Kris Naudts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kris-naudts-md-phd-10403838/
- Follow Firgun: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/firgun-ventures
- Firgun Website: https://firgun.vc/
Content advisory: Time to Talk Quantum explores the intersections between quantum technology and AI, health, finance, defence and art. Some discussions may cover sensitive or technical subjects related to cybersecurity, global security, geopolitics or emerging technologies. The podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, scientific, or medical advice.
Time to Talk Quantum
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Quantum in the Age of AI, with Dr Robert Sutor & Yariv Adan
In this week’s episode of Time to Talk Quantum [TTQ], Firgun Ventures co-founder Dr Kris Naudts is joined by Yariv Adan and Dr Bob Sutor for a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is reshaping the foundations of computing and wha...
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The Quantum Leap in Health and Medicine
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Quantum Technologies and the Future of Security, with John Ridge CBE & Joab Rosenberg
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Entangled: Art, AI & Quantum, with Refik Anadol & Professor Bob Coecke
In this week’s episode of Time to Talk Quantum [TTQ], Firgun Ventures co-founder Dr Kris Naudts is joined by Refik Anadol, an internationally renowned media artist, and Professor Bob Coecke, a theoretical physicist and former ch...
From Qubits to the Quantum World Ahead, with Professor Mete Atatüre and Zeynep Korutürk
In the first episode of Time to Talk Quantum [TTQ], Firgun Ventures co-founder Dr Kris Naudts is joined by physicist Professor Mete Atatüre, Head of Department at the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, and fellow Firgun Ve...
