Former Microsoft Quantum CTO’s New Chinese-Based Startup Lands Pre-A Funding
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A former Microsoft Quantum CTO raising roughly $44M for Shanghai-based Taiyi Quantum underscores how quickly China is building senior talent and capital around quantum stacks. Global infra and security planners should treat quantum as a geopolitical capability race, not just a research domain.
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