Alán Aspuru-Guzik

Alán Aspuru-Guzik is a professor of chemistry, computer science, chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Toronto. His research group, the matter lab, studies quantum chemistry, AI for chemical and materials discovery, quantum computing and self-driving chemical. He is the chief scientific officer and a co-founder of quantum computing startup Zapata Computing and the co-founder of Kebotix a company focused on automated chemical and material discovery. Despite early funding and ambitious claims, Zapata's quantum technologies reportedly did not achieve the breakthroughs in predictive accuracy and materials discovery that had been highly publicized. This shortfall led to the company's liquidation and closure of all public accounts, resulting in the termination of its workforce on October 7, 2024. Provided by Wikipedia