In less than two years, we've built a five-qubit quantum computer and grown to about 35 people in a warehouse in Berkeley, including around 20 PhDs.

The foundation of Y Combinator was based on the idea that it was becoming easier to build startups without needing massive capital or large teams, a trend that has accelerated with AI.

Getting accepted into Y Combinator's winter 2014 batch provided us with a crucial base to start our journey in the U.S.

When we decided to join Y Combinator, we were already profitable and saw it as an opportunity to scale our team and improve our fundraising efforts.

I co-founded Y Combinator, the first startup accelerator, which began with a hypothesis about what people wanted, and it turned out they did want it, leading us to fund over 1,800 startups valued at over a hundred billion dollars.

The primary reason we did Y Combinator was to connect with the tech ecosystem, not just for the capital.

Getting into Y Combinator was a turning point for us, as it validated our idea and pushed us to fully commit to the startup.

To be genuinely useful, a quantum computer needs to exceed 50 qubits, as tasks requiring fewer qubits can still be efficiently simulated by classical computers, making them less impactful.

I got into Y Combinator in the summer of 2012 after applying on a whim, just minutes before the deadline.