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Authors and Affiliations

  1. director of quantum cloud services at Rigetti Computing in Berkeley, California, USA

    Will Zeng

  2. director of quantum engineering at Rigetti Computing in Berkeley, California, USA

    Blake Johnson

  3. senior software engineer at Rigetti Computing in Berkeley, California, USA

    Robert Smith

  4. senior applications researcher at Rigetti Computing in Berkeley, California, USA

    Nick Rubin

  5. director of quantum engineering at Rigetti Computing in Berkeley, California, USA

    Matt Reagor

  6. principal quantum engineer at Rigetti Computing in Berkeley, California, USA

    Colm Ryan

  7. chief executive at Rigetti Computing, Berkeley, California, USA

    Chad Rigetti

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Zeng, W., Johnson, B., Smith, R. et al. First quantum computers need smart software. Nature 549, 149–151 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/549149a

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