While quantum computing has attracted a number of startups, most tend to focus on a particular aspect of the technology challenge or operate in one layer of the quantum tech stack, leaving R&D on end-to-end quantum computing to the tech giants. Chad Rigetti’s eponymous Berkeley, California–based company is dedicated to developing the full quantum computing stack based on superconducting qubits technology, and as such it is competing head to head with the likes of Google, IBM, and Intel.

Equipped with a PhD in applied physics from Yale, Chad formed the company in 2013 after spending three years at IBM’s quantum computing labs. He has since raised almost $120 million in venture capital. In connection with the BCG report, The Next Decade in Quantum Computing—and How to Play, BCG senior partner Philipp Gerbert, talked with Chad about his vision for quantum computing and how he sees the technology developing.