DCVC recalls backing Atom Computing from pitch deck to DARPA QBI finalist
hardimanjames · x · 2026-10-08
Investor hardimanjames congratulates Atom Computing on advancing to Stage C of DARPA QBI. He recalls Ben Bloom pitching with just a deck for the company's first financing round, which DCVC backed and continued to double down on — from air-stabilized optical tables in Berkeley to fully productized quantum computers using neutral atoms.
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