The company’s official name is Andreessen Horowitz, which is from Mark Anderson and Ben Horowitz’s name. Interestingly, because Andreessen Horowitz is too long, the 16 in the company’s nickname a16z represents the total of 16 letters between the first English letter a and the last English letter z. This nickname a16z is now used by most people.
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Rules from new technology in 250 years
The distinction between “confirmed new technology trends” and “exaggerated or unconfirmed new technology trends” listed above is quite strict. “Confirmed new technology trends” must be accepted by the market, uncontroversial, widely adopted by general users, truly proven to be disruptive, and profitable. Moreover, the list above is purely my personal subjective opinion and viewpoint.
Rigetti is known for its universal modular superconducting qubit architecture
Rigetti uses superconductor technology, which cannot operate at normal room temperature. The company’s main business is developing systems and cooling equipment.
D-Wave, world’s first commercial quantum computer supplier
D-Wave is recognized as the world’s first commercial quantum computer provider. D-Wave excels at computing speed and has pioneered quantum annealing, a near-term optimization-first approach that has been used in real-world applications.
IonQ, the most competitive advantages, most valuable and first public pure-play quantum computing company
Ionq’s trapped ion technique has advantages in accuracy and cost. IonQ was developed by Christopher at the University of Maryland. It was founded in 2015 by Chris Monroe of Duke University and Jungsang Kim of Duke University.
Top 3 quantum computing listed companies, Ionq, D-Wave, Rigetti
There are currently top 3 quantum computing listed companies, their businesses are 100% focused on quantum computing-related fields. There are IonQ, D-Wave, and Rigetti.
a16z’s “Secrets of sand hill road” to investors and entrepreneurs
“Secrets of sand hill road” is a practical book written by key members of the management team of Andreessen Horowitz, one of the top, mainstream, and still very active Silicon Valley venture capital firms.
Chinese tech singularity or just a flash in the pan? From DeepSeek, Huawei, TikTok, to Game Science
Chinese tech singularity or just a flash in the pan? From DeepSeek, Huawei, TikTok, to Game Science; and from BYD, CATL, DJI, Shein, Temu, to Hesai.
How is Y Combinator different from other venture capital firms?
The biggest difference from traditional venture capital firms is that Y Combinator is more like an “incubator” for new startup teams and a “training camp” aimed at nurturing startups; they not only provide startups with a certain amount of seed funds will be provided to them
The famous Chinese founder and CEO of semiconductor companies
A large proportion of Chinese descent in world top chip companies, But you may have discovered the proportion of leaders of global semiconductor companies from mainland China is very low. Why?