Quantum Follow Friday - January 2, 2026
Follow real quantum experts instead of reading slop AI-generated content
Way back at the end of 2025 (Tuesday). I got fed up with all the junk LinkedIn posts about quantum technology and wrote this:
In the last week, there has been a significant increase in slop quantum computing posts on LinkedIn. This is not a new phenomenon on LinkedIn, but with Gen AI now widespread and quantum getting a lot of attention, it’s disturbing but not surprising. The posts have fancy graphics; misleading, incorrect, or out-of-date information; proclamations about the technology “turning the corner”; and many, many blank lines between sentences.
Rather than feed the trolls, as they say, click the three dots in the upper-right corner and consider your options. If you’re wondering where the posts come from, please take a look at the link below about content engagement pods.
That was the whine, so here is some cheese. I’m going to employ the old social media “Follow Friday” ploy to let you know whom I think you should follow for the good stuff about quantum.
I’m going to limit myself to 12 people per Friday post, and please don’t be offended if it takes me a while to get to you. I’ll list people in alphabetical order by first name, but don’t infer any other significance to the ordering.
I’ll provide links to their LinkedIn profiles and, if they have one, their Substacks. If they do, I’m sure they would appreciate your signing up for the free Substack subscription tier. I WOULD (PLUG, PLUG, PLUG) ↓ 😎
Our batch of smart and articulate quantum people for this week is:
Brian Lenahan [Quantum Strategy Institute] – LinkedIn – Quantum’s Business Substack
Brian Siegelwax [The Quantum Dragon] – LinkedIn – The Quantum Dragon Substack
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero [Nu Quantum] – LinkedIn
Charles Beyrouthy [Forma Prime] – LinkedIn
Hilary Kaye [HKA Marketing Communications] – LinkedIn
Oliver Ezratty [Quantum Energy Initiative] – LinkedIn
Petra Soderling [Petra Soderling & Co] – LinkedIn – Deep Policy Substack
Pranav Gokhale [Infleqtion] – LinkedIn
Russ Fein [Corporate Fuel Advisors] – LinkedIn – The Quantum Leap Substack
Sergio Gago [Cloudera] – LinkedIn – Quantum Pirates Substack
Next list of quantum cognoscente: Quantum Follow Friday - January 9, 2026
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