Re:A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype
by jkravitz61 on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:28PM
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Those companies were created at a very different time and are 79 and 216 years old respectively. I can't think of any other moderately successful tech company that has started in recent memory which is named after the founder, although perhaps there are a few examples. In my mind, it takes a certain amount of arrogance to name a tech company after yourself; you alone cannot possibly make it great (unlike a law firm, consultancy, hedge fund, etc.) and naming it as such severely discounts the perceived worth of other employees.
Re:A quantum computing startup tries to live up to the hype
by adthomsen on Friday August 10, 2018 @05:49AM
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Hashicorp perhaps? I was thinking it was named after one of the founders, Hashimoto.
Besides you should watch some of Rigetti's speeches, he really seems like a great guy and CEO who is passionate about quantum computing.