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Will Zeng

Investor

Partner at Quantonation

New York, New York, United States

About

Built and led a quantum and advanced computing research group at Goldman Sachs and taught quantum programming at Stanford, after launching early quantum computers at Rigetti. Founder and President of Unitary Fund and holds a DPhil in Computer Science from Oxford (Rhodes Scholar) and a physics degree from Yale.

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Experience

  1. Unitary FoundationFounder, President, Scientistcurrent2018 — present
  2. QuantonationAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
  3. QuantonationPartner2023 — 2026New York, New York, United States
  4. Normal ComputingAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
  5. Schmidt FuturesSchmidt Futures Innovation Fellow2023 — 2024
  6. Goldman SachsHead of Advanced Computing R&D2020 — 2023New York, New York, United States
  7. Stanford UniversityVisiting Scholar, Adjunct Lecturer2019 — 2020
  8. Rigetti ComputingVarious Engineering and Product roles2015 — 2018Berkeley, CA

Education

  1. University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science
  2. Yale UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc), Physics
  3. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and TechnologyHigh School

Skills & more

Public Speaking5Physics15Computer Science9Algorithms8Programming2Quantum Information4Quantum Computing5Pure Mathematics1Category Theory2University TeachingMathematical ProgrammingResearch
+5 moreSoftware DevelopmentEngineering ManagementMathematical ModelingPythonHard-tech Business Development

From Will's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oxford687

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended Yale University491

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures

+ 485 more

Also attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology15

Marcie VuPartner at GreycroftMorgan CheathamPartner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer CapitalEdi DanalacheSenior Associate at Scale Venture PartnersShreyas GargInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Parth ChopraPartner at Bain Capital CryptoAlexis EchanoInvestor at Ardent Venture

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Shared employers

Also worked at Unitary Foundation1

Christophe JurczakPartner at Quantonation

Also worked at Quantonation8

Pauline BoucherInvestor at DaphniChristophe JurczakPartner at QuantonationOlivier TonneauPartner at QuantonationEmily MeadsPrincipal at QuantonationJoseph MaillardCOO at QuantonationRaphaël BodinAssociate at Quantonation

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Also worked at Schmidt Futures9

Kelvin DegbotseCommercial Lead at Founders FactoryAaron SistoPartner at First Spark Ventures, LlcElana BerkowitzManaging Partner at SpringbankJordan BlashekCo-Founder and Managing Partner at America's Frontier FundDomFounding Director at Deep Science VenturesDaisuke Dan NagayamaVenture Partner at Arbor Ventures

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Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,186

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

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Colleagues at Quantonation

Christophe Jurczak
Partner at Quantonation
Emily Meads
Principal at Quantonation
Joseph Maillard
COO at Quantonation
Marie-Sophie Chevreteau
Legal Counsel at Quantonation
Olivier Tonneau
Partner at Quantonation
Raphaël Bodin
Associate at Quantonation
Ylan Tran
Senior Analyst at Quantonation
Yu-Hsin Wang
Associate at Quantonation