Fixing Broken Connections in Innovation
During my PhD I woke up and went to sleep every day thinking about why quantum computers can't solve real problems today
The Fundamental Challenges
The truth is current systems fail at speed, scalability and precision (fidelity). Alongside my PhD research, I worked on how to overcome these, from first principles.
Speed
Current quantum systems operate too slowly for practical applications
Scalability
Existing architectures struggle to scale beyond limited qubit counts
Precision
Quantum fidelity issues prevent reliable computation at scale
A Universal Problem
The same breaks killing my quantum computer killed my childhood dreams of colony ships and these same breaks kill almost everyone's breakthroughs.
Innovation isn't failing because of a lack of ideas—it's failing because the connections needed to bring those ideas to life are broken.
Starting Small, Thinking Big
Now fixing innovation seems like an enormous challenge. And we have enormous plans. But we are beginning with an internal pilot, on our slice of innovation, quantum computing.
Internal Pilot
Focused on quantum computing
Industry Solution
Scaling to quantum ecosystem
Global Platform
Transforming innovation broadly
The Vision and Mission
1517
Making the Impossible Possible
by Reengineering Innovation
Our end goal is to completely reengineer the infrastructure of innovation, so those who dream of colony ships and flying cars can build them.
Sam's motivation
When I was young the world seemed full of endless opportunity. I would get home from school and watch the Discovery Channel for hours.
Stealth fighters. Antimatter drives. Nuclear fusion. Planetary colonization.
Stealth fighters. Antimatter drives. Nuclear fusion. Planetary colonization.
It was the late 90s and early 00s. Tech was taking over world. Everything seemed possible and just around the corner. I would sit by my dad at his office enthralled. The Gateway 2000 logo, that black and white cow pattern, symbolized a world of possibilities. Compute would enable imaginations.
But we hit a barrier. I went to university 10 years later and around me the hunger and drive for innovation was gone. Incrementalism and safety replaced it. Compute, and true innovation, became too expensive, too out of touch. The domain of governments and megacorporations. And still, as I entered my PhD, the promised breakthroughs had yet to materialize.
When I was a child I drew plans for an interstellar colony ship. Hydroponics and algae vats fed the crew. I calculated the thrust required and packed it with J-2's - the rocket engine from Saturn V, the moon rocket. I didn't yet understand relativity.
My dream, my vision, my mission, is to enable that child to grow into the pioneer who can realize his dreams. I was too early for that boat, but, through the power of compute, we will enable the pioneers of tomorrow to engineer the future, to boldly go, to increase happiness for all humanity.
Unique advantage
1
Early Inspiration
At 15, I discovered quantum computing and knew it would be the computational leap that enables humanity's next pioneers. In my mind I determined to build what I described as the "Microsoft" of quantum computing. The definitive corporate in the market.
2
Practical Experience
My journey to build this future took me from working as a lumberjack - learning how civilization-scale industries operate on the ground - through a Masters in Quantum Technologies and a PhD developing modular quantum hardware.
3
Problem Identification
I identified the fundamental bottlenecks: speed, scalability, accuracy. While still a student, I strategically used Sussex's IP policy to build Bosonic's foundation, separating breakthrough work from academic entanglements.
4
Solution Development
As managing director of another pre-funding startup, I increasingly saw firsthand what the industry was doing wrong. My postdoc translating quantum from lab to real world completed the picture, with the foundation for commercialization.
Shaped by these experiences, I developed the architecture that will first democratize quantum compute, and then innovation itself - giving tomorrow's pioneers the tools to engineer the future.
Bosonic exists to ensure a child dreaming of colony ships has the computational power to make them real.
Bosonic exists to ensure a child dreaming of colony ships has the computational power to make them real.
Jack's motivation
When Sam first talked to me about co-founding Bosonic, he asked me this question – what happens after we solve the problem of quantum-powered compute? What happens when computational power and development resources are so abundant that even school-age builders have access to the kinds of resources that are currently reserved for national labs? When the problem of hardware is solved, innovation becomes a problem of institutions, incentives, property rights.
An economics problem. And that's exactly where I come in.
An economics problem. And that's exactly where I come in.
Unique advantage
Interdisciplinary Expertise
With a PhD in economics grounded in advanced mathematics and scientific computing, I bring a rare combination of technical fluency and strategic systemic thinking. I can speak the languages of quantum physics, algorithms, and engineering, but also of incentives, systems design, and market structure.
Systems Understanding
I understand how industries are shaped and reshaped, cutting through the noise to see the equilibrium dynamics, and I'm excited to have the opportunity to do that intentionally – not just observing change, but engineering it. I've built the analytical muscle to understand complex systems as well as the storytelling ability to explain them.
Communication Strength
This communication strength is fundamental to who I am. I love to present, to tell stories, to move people. I've won awards for my university teaching and captivated large audiences. My value to Bosonic goes far beyond any one domain; I bridge gaps.
I translate between stakeholders and engineers, between quantum researchers and real-world ROI. I ensure that conversations between customers, partners, and internal R&D are coherent and aligned. In a technology as complex and full of promise as quantum computing, having someone who helps everyone see clearly is essential.
Team Complementarity
I'm also a co-founder who complements the team that's already forming around Bosonic. I support the product vision by focusing on outward-facing market engagement, capturing insight, organizing internal knowledge, and maintaining momentum day-to-day.
I bring operational flexibility – IT and dev skills to support engineers, organizational skills to capture and structure ideas, and the ability to hold everything together as it grows. I work fast, I learn fast, and I seek to reduce friction wherever I go.
Resilience
And when things get difficult, as they inevitably do in startups and in life, I keep going. I've overcome heavy personal and professional adversity: an explosive PhD supervision situation, multiple family and health crises, losses I never thought I'd recover from.
But I did recover. I'm used to getting hit in the face and showing up again the next day. I've never given up on finishing something I believe in, and I believe in the mission of Bosonic.