Conductor Quantum

Conductor Quantum is a quantum computing startup building quantum computers on silicon chips using AI-powered qubit fabrication methods. Founded in 2024 by Brandon Severin (CEO) and Joel Pendleton (CTO), both Oxford University PhD researchers, the company was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch (YC S24).

Conductor Quantum's breakthrough innovation is AI software that creates qubits 1,000 times faster than current methods, dramatically accelerating the development cycle for silicon-based quantum processors. CEO Brandon Severin developed AI for quantum computing in silicon during his PhD at Oxford, while CTO Joel Pendleton studied physics at UCL before dropping out of his Oxford PhD to co-found the company.

The company focuses on making quantum computing more accessible and manufacturable by leveraging existing semiconductor fabrication infrastructure combined with advanced AI optimization techniques. Conductor Quantum represents the next generation of quantum hardware startups combining quantum physics with artificial intelligence to solve critical scaling challenges in quantum computing development.