# Jack Hidary

> Jack Hidary is the founder and CEO of SandboxAQ, the Alphabet spinout focused on quantitative AI. A Brooklyn-raised entrepreneur, he co-founded EarthWeb, helped turn Dice into a technology careers business, ran for New York City mayor in 2013, led AI and quantum teams at Google, and wrote a practical quantum computing textbook.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at SandboxAQ
- **Organizations:** SandboxAQ, Alphabet/Google X, EarthWeb, Dice, XPRIZE Foundation, Vista Research
- **From:** New York City, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Studied philosophy and neuroscience; degree unspecified in cited primary biographies, Columbia University, Stanley Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience, National Institutes of Health
- **Known for:** Co-founded EarthWeb, which went public in 1998 and acquired Dice.com in 1999., Built AI and quantum teams during six years at Google before the SandboxAQ spinout., Authored Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach, now in its second edition.

## Career timeline

- **1995** — Co-founded EarthWeb with Murray Hidary and Nova Spivack.
- **1998** — EarthWeb went public.
- **1999** — EarthWeb acquired the technology careers site Dice.com.
- **2000** — EarthWeb was renamed Dice Inc.
- **2013** — Ran as an independent candidate for mayor of New York City on the Jobs and Education line.
- **2019** — Published the first edition of Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach.
- **2021** — Published the book’s second edition.
- **2022** — Led SandboxAQ’s spinout from Alphabet as founder and CEO.
- **2026** — Discussed quantitative AI, materials and cryptography in an August interview.

## Achievements

- Co-founded EarthWeb, which went public in 1998 and acquired Dice.com in 1999.
- Built AI and quantum teams during six years at Google before the SandboxAQ spinout.
- Authored Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach, now in its second edition.
- Co-founded the Automotive XPRIZE and has served as an XPRIZE trustee.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — In an interview, described SandboxAQ’s work on quantitative models, materials discovery and cryptography.
- **2026-03** — Discussed AI for the physical world and energy in a SandboxAQ account of a Bloomberg interview.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sandboxaq.com/company/leadership/jack-hidary
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackhidary
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/jackhidary
- GitHub: https://github.com/JackHidary

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Last updated: 2026-09-29