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Dr. Robert Schoelkopf

Dr. Robert Schoelkopf

Sterling Professor of Applied Physics at Yale, Co-founder and CTO of Quantum Circuits

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Notable Quotes

The dual-rail encoding allows you to build these cavities and get nice error properties with error-detection capability built in.

Fault-tolerant error-corrected quantum computing is within our reach, and this acquisition is expected to significantly speed up the timeline.

Stories

The quantum computing land grab

New Capabilities

Joined D-Wave as chief scientist through Quantum Circuits acquisition, leading New Haven R&D center

D-Wave Quantum closed its $550 million acquisition of Quantum Circuits in January 2026, bringing Yale's breakthrough dual-rail qubit technology under one roof with the world's leading quantum annealing platform. It's the latest move in a nine-month consolidation spree that saw IonQ spend $1.08 billion on Oxford Ionics in June 2025, announce a landmark $1.8 billion SkyWater Technology acquisition in January 2026, and complete multiple strategic purchases to build a vertically integrated quantum platform. Quantinuum filed for a $20 billion IPO, and at least four quantum startups announced SPAC mergers worth over $3 billion combined.

Updated Feb 17