Boston · Hybrid · $200-325k
Extropic
Backed byKindred VenturesAbout Extropic
Extropic is a quantum computing spinoff founded in 2022 by former Google researchers that is pioneering thermodynamic computing, a fundamentally new computational paradigm. The company has developed Thermodynamic Sampling Units (TSUs), specialized chips that harness thermal noise in CMOS transistors to perform probabilistic computation with unprecedented power efficiency. Drawing on the founders' experience managing thermal noise in quantum systems, Extropic has reimagined this challenge as an opportunity, creating accelerators designed to work alongside traditional CPUs and GPUs to enhance AI workloads. With approximately 30 employees, the company is positioned at the forefront of alternative computing architectures that could significantly reduce the energy demands of modern artificial intelligence applications.
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Company at a glance
Location
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Other Specialized42%
- Hardware Engineering21%
- Software Engineering21%
- Business Operations & Management13%
- Leadership4%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.University of Waterloo
- 2.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 3.University of Chicago
- 4.University of Oxford
- 5.Boston University
Team Worked At
- IBM
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- DARPA
- Analog Devices
Team Composition
18 people- Engineering1 senior9
- Operations2
- Entrepreneurship1 senior1
- Finance1 senior1
- Information Technology1 senior1
- Leadership1
- Research1
Culture & values
Tight-knit, full-stack organization of approximately 30 people
Four core groups work in close collaboration: Algorithms, Systems, Physics, and IC Design
Everyone gets their hands dirty across the organization
VP of Engineering participates in hands-on layout work
Engineers pick up tasks outside their core specialty
Distinctly startup culture
Leadership values intellectual curiosity
Leadership values deep technical intuition
Leadership values willingness to tackle unglamorous but necessary work
Funding History
$14.1M
raised
Extropic, a physics-based computing startup merging AI and physics, raised $14.1M in a seed round led by Steve Jang and Kindred Ventures; Buckley Ventures, HOF Capital, Julian Capital, Marque VC and others participated.
Life at Extropic
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