The Quantum AI Series features exclusive interviews of the global innovators shaping the future of quantum computing. In Episode 2 of Season 2, Maëva Ghonda, the founder and chair of the Quantum AI Institute, interviews Matt Johnson, CEO of QC Ware.

Matt Johnson is the CEO of QC Ware, a quantum computing software company he co-founded in 2014. Prior to QC Ware, Matt worked in principal investing–as a partner at Apollo Management and a managing director at Credit Suisse. Prior to that, Matt was a captain in the US Air Force. Matt has an MBA from Wharton and a BS from the US Air Force Academy. Matt completed a solo crossing of the English Channel and remains an avid swimmer.

QC Ware is a leading quantum computing software startup with offices in Palo Alto, Paris and (soon) Tokyo. QC Ware investors include: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Airbus Ventures, Samsung, Covestro, DE Shaw and Pegasus. Its customer base includes BMW, Roche, British Petroleum, Total SA as well as a number of other undisclosed Fortune 100 companies.