Yudong Cao (Preferred)
Yudong Cao
Co-founder and CTO, Zapata Quantum
Head of Quantum and AI, BCG X, Boston Consulting Group
Joined
November 2025
Names
Emails
****@bcg.com (Confirmed)
****@zapataquantum.com (Confirmed)
****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
Personal Links
Career & Education History
Co-founder and CTO
Zapata Quantum (zapataquantum.com)
2026 – Present
Head of Quantum and AI
BCG X, Boston Consulting Group (bcg.com)
2025 – 2026
Co-founder and CTO
Zapata (zapatacomputing.com)
2018 – 2024
Postdoc
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University (harvard.edu)
2016 – 2018
PhD student
Computer Science, Purdue University (purdue.edu)
2013 – 2016
Advisors, Relations & Conflicts
Expertise
Quantum computing
2012 – Present
Publications
Co-Authors
- AkshatKumar Nigam
- Alex Aliper
- Alex Zhavoronkov
- Alán Aspuru-Guzik
- Amara Katabarwa
- Anna Lyakisheva
- Ardalan Hosseini Mansob
- Christoph Gorgulla
- Collin Farquhar
- Daniel Nagaj
- Daniel Varoli
- Daniil Polykovskiy
- Dirk R. Englund
- Dmitry Bezrukov
- E. Schuyler Fried
- Eric Anschütz
- Eugene Radchenko
- Fanye Meng
- Feng Ren
- Gian Giacomo Guerreschi
- Hyeongrak Choi
- Ian D. Kivlichan
- Igor Stagljar
- Jamie Snider
- Jen-Yueh Hsiao