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Jeremy O'Brien

Unicorn founder

Founder at PsiQuantum

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedPsiQuantum$7B

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PsiQuantum's investors · 30

AtomicoLondon · since 2025Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks · since 2025C4 VenturesParis · $500K – $10M checks · since 2025Cold Start VenturesNew York · since 2025Founders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checks · since 2025FPVJackson · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025HARPER COURT VENTURESChicago · since 2025imec.xpandLeuven · $270K – $5.4M checks · since 2025Integra GroupeMenlo Park · $100K – $200K checks · since 2025M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checks · since 2025MFV PartnersSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Multicoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checks · since 2025New Ground VenturesWestport · since 2025NVenturesSanta Clara · since 2025NVIDIASanta Clara · since 2025Open Field CapitalNew York · since 2025Playground GlobalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025Roadster CapitalPortland · since 2025S VenturesMountain View · $1M – $5M checks · since 2025Scale-Up CapitalPalo Alto · since 2025SciFi VCSan Francisco · $100K – $1M checks · since 2025Sound VenturesSanta Monica · since 2025Stack CapitalToronto · since 2025TEL Venture Capital, Inc.Fremont · since 2025Third Point VenturesMenlo Park · since 2025Tribeca Early Stage PartnersNew York · $1M – $2M checks · since 2025Type One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025WorldQuant VenturesOld Greenwich · since 2025

Co-founders at PsiQuantum

PTProf. Terry Rudolph
Prof. Terry RudolphCo-founder & Chief Architect
DPDr. Pete Shadbolt
Dr. Pete ShadboltCo-founder & Chief Scientific Officer
PMProf. Mark Thompson
Prof. Mark ThompsonCo-founder & Chief Technology Officer

Experience

  1. PsiQuantumExecutive Chairman & Co-Foundercurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. PsiQuantumCEO and Co-Founder2016 — 2026Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. Royal Academy of EngineeringRoyal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies2014 — 2024
  4. World Economic ForumCo-Chair Global Future Council on the Future of Computing2016 — 2020
  5. Stanford UniversityVisiting Professor, Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering2015 — 2016
  6. University of BristolDirector, Centre for Quantum Photonics & Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering2006 — 2015
  7. NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)Visiting Professor2012Atsugi
  8. Osaka UniversityJapan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Research Fellow2009
  9. University of SydneyInternational Visiting Research Fellow2008
  10. Université Nice Sophia AntipolisVisiting Professor2008
  11. The University of QueenslandSenior Research Fellow2001 — 2006
  12. Hokkaido UniversityJSPS Visiting Research Fellow2005

Skills & more

Information Technology1Research3Science1Higher Education1Artificial Intelligence1Theory1

Languages English · Japanese

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jeremy O'Brien?
Founder at PsiQuantum
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Jeremy O'Brien is Founder of PsiQuantum.
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Jeremy O'Brien founded PsiQuantum.
Where did Jeremy O'Brien go to school?
Jeremy O'Brien studied at UNSW (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics); UNSW (BSc(Hons), Physics); The University of Western Australia (BA/BSc, Physics).

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Also worked at Royal Academy of Engineering35

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Also worked at Osaka University3

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Also worked at University of Sydney91

Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsSahil AroraVenture Capital at Skip CapitalWarren RiddellInvestor at Eaton SquareStephanie ChanPrincipal at SamaipataToby HeapFounding Partner at H2 VenturesPhil MorlePartner at Main Sequence Ventures

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Also worked at Université Nice Sophia Antipolis3

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