# Hrant Gharibyan

> Hrant Gharibyan is the co-founder and CEO of BlueQubit, a San Francisco quantum-software-as-a-service startup he launched in 2022 with Hayk Tepanyan. A theoretical physicist trained at MIT, Stanford (PhD under Leonard Susskind), and Caltech (in John Preskill's group), he co-authored a wormhole-teleportation algorithm that Google Quantum AI later ran on a real superconducting processor. BlueQubit builds GPU-accelerated emulators and a cloud platform that lets enterprises design and run quantum algorithms, and raised a $10M seed round in December 2024 led by Nyca Partners.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at BlueQubit
- **Organizations:** BlueQubit, California Institute of Technology (former), Google Quantum AI (former researcher)
- **Nationality:** Armenian
- **Education:** B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), M.S. in Physics, Stanford University, Ph.D. in Physics (advisor: Leonard Susskind), Stanford University, 'It from Qubit' / Simons postdoctoral scholar, John Preskill's IQIM group, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- **Known for:** Co-authored the 'Quantum Gravity in the Lab' / 'teleportation by size' wormhole-teleportation protocol later implemented by Google Quantum AI on a superconducting processor., Raised $10M seed funding for BlueQubit (December 2024), led by Nyca Partners., Built GPU-accelerated quantum emulators marketed as running up to 100x faster than common alternatives.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Earned dual B.S. degrees in physics and mathematics from MIT.
- **2017** — Completed M.S. in physics at Stanford University.
- **2019** — Completed PhD in physics at Stanford under Leonard Susskind, focused on quantum information and quantum gravity.
- **2019** — Joined Caltech as an 'It from Qubit' postdoctoral scholar in John Preskill's Institute for Quantum Information and Matter.
- **2022** — Co-founded BlueQubit with Hayk Tepanyan, reportedly conceived while sitting on surfboards in Santa Monica.
- **2024** — Spoke at IQT Quantum + AI conference in NYC on emerging markets for quantum machine learning.
- **2024** — Led BlueQubit to a $10M seed round backed by Nyca Partners and others.

## Achievements

- Co-authored the 'Quantum Gravity in the Lab' / 'teleportation by size' wormhole-teleportation protocol later implemented by Google Quantum AI on a superconducting processor.
- Raised $10M seed funding for BlueQubit (December 2024), led by Nyca Partners.
- Built GPU-accelerated quantum emulators marketed as running up to 100x faster than common alternatives.
- Led BlueQubit collaborations including a DARPA project on neutral-atom quantum computers and work with Honda Research Institute on quantum image classification.
- Published research on simulating superstring/M-theory matrix models on quantum computers and on quantum chaos / random matrix behavior in scrambling systems.
- Launched a public Quantum Advantage Challenge with a 0.25 BTC bounty on BlueQubit's peaked-circuit construction.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — BlueQubit raised a $10M seed round led by Nyca Partners to bring quantum software into real-world applications.
- **2024-10** — Spoke on 'Emerging Markets for Quantum Machine Learning' at the IQT Quantum + AI conference in New York.
- **2024-09** — Featured on The Superposition Guy's Podcast discussing BlueQubit and quantum workforce development.

## Links

- Website: https://www.hrantgharibyan.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrantgharibyan/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/qhrant
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMC1iXE0X0k

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Last updated: 2026-06-24