In this first episode of The Quantum Kid , 9-year-old Kai explores big questions, together with:
his mom, physicist and STEM communicator, former WIRED business editor and IBM Research Head of Comms for Europe Katia Moskvitch,
a quantum expert – ETH Zurich Quantum Information Professor Renato Renner, and
a business leader – patent attorney and investor, also Kai’s awesome uncle, Andrei Moskvitch
In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai teams up with co-host Katia to explore how quantum computing is beginning to reshape how we build, design, and optimize everything — from materials to supply chains.
They’re joined by two brilliant guests: Frederik Flöther – Chief Quantum Officer at QuantumBasel, home to Switzerland’s first commercial quantum computer and Antonio Linares – Global manufacturing executive working on real-world tech integration
In this episode of The Quantum Kid, 9-year-old Kai and his science writer mum, Katia Moskvitch, travel to the Atacama Desert in Chile, the driest place on Earth. They visit the Paranal Observatory, home to the Very Large Telescope, which combines four 8.2-meter telescopes into a single virtual mirror, giving it the highest optical resolution in the world. The Atacama is so free of light pollution that astronomical observations are stunning, with the Milky Way stretching overhead like a magical, colorful blanket.
In this hands-on session, Robert Loredo—former head of the IBM Quantum Ambassador Program, CEO of Entangling Solutions Group and an excellent educator—guides you through the process of programming the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) using Qiskit and running it on a real IBM quantum computer.
In this episode, a 9-year-old codes on a real quantum computer! Join us as we visit an actual quantum computing lab at ETH Zurich – Albert Einstein’s alma mater – with Kai, The Quantum Kid.
Together, we step inside the cutting-edge world of superconducting qubits and meet Dr Anatoly Kulikov, one of the ETH researchers pushing the limits of physics. And… we even see Kai run his very own quantum algorithm on a live quantum processor!
In this episode of The Quantum Kid, Kai and Katia explore one of the biggest questions of our time: Can quantum computing help the environment and make our world just that tiny bit more sustainable? They’re joined by two legendary scientists: Dr. Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate in Physics and former U.S. Secretary of Energy, and Professor Peter Shor, inventor of Shor’s algorithm, the discovery that sparked the modern era of quantum computing.
In the webinar, our guest Noelle Ibrahim, PhD, Quantum Industry Leader at IBM, dives deep into one of the most practical and promising quantum use cases: portfolio optimization in finance. From explaining the core principles of superposition, entanglement, and interference to showing how they map directly onto financial decision-making, Noelle walks us through how quantum computers can evaluate risk, correlation, and uncertainty in entirely new ways.
Peter Shor’s 1994 discovery of his quantum factoring algorithm ignited the practical field of quantum computing, showing for the first time that quantum machines could outperform classical computers on real-world problems. In this 5-minute conversation with 9-year-old Kai, Shor explains—in simple, human terms—how quantum computers can break big numbers into prime factors, and why that breakthrough continues to shape the future of cybersecurity, finance, and global business strategy.