Brandon Severin
FounderCo-Founder & CEO at Conductor Quantum
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedConductor Quantum · YC
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About
Brandon Severin completed a PhD at Oxford involving quantum research across multiple institutions including IST Austria, Basel, UNSW, and Diraq, with publications on AI-driven quantum device control. He now leads Conductor Quantum.
Co-Founder & CEO at Conductor QuantumYC S24
Intro paths
Brandon went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Conductor Quantum's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Brandon can intro founders to Conductor Quantum's investors below.
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Experience
- Conductor QuantumCo-founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- FeynmanCo-Founder & CEO2023 — 2024
- University of OxfordPostdoctoral Researcher2024Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- University of OxfordDPhil2019 — 2023Natalia Ares Group
- UNSWJunior Visiting Research Fellow2022 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Pareto HoldingsAnalyst2022 — 2023
- Nickel Digital Asset ManagementDeFi Analyst2021London, England, United Kingdom
- University of OxfordMasters Researcher2018 — 2019Photonic Nanomaterials Group
- Tsinghua UniversityResearch Student Intern2018Beijing, China
- Photonic Nanomaterials Group, University of OxfordResearch Student Intern2017Oxford, United Kingdom
- St Catherine's College, University of OxfordTelethon Caller2017Oxford, United Kingdom
- St Catherine's College, University of OxfordTelethon Caller2016Oxford, United Kingdom
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brandon Severin?
- Brandon Severin completed a PhD at Oxford involving quantum research across multiple institutions including IST Austria, Basel, UNSW, and Diraq, with publications on AI-driven quantum device control. He now leads Conductor Quantum.
- Where does Brandon Severin work?
- Brandon Severin is Co-Founder & CEO of Conductor Quantum.
- What companies did Brandon Severin found?
- Brandon Severin founded Conductor Quantum.
- Where did Brandon Severin go to school?
- Brandon Severin studied at Y Combinator (S24); University of Oxford (DPhil, A.I. for Quantum Computing in Silicon); University of Oxford (Master of Engineering - MEng, Materials Science).
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