In this episode of The Quantum Economy Podcast, Anders Indset talks to Steve Brierley, founder and CEO of Riverlane, about how fault-tolerant quantum computing will transform industries from chemistry and materials to climate tech.

They dive deep into quantum error correction, the race to utility-scale quantum computers, and why error-corrected qubits are the missing layer in today’s quantum hardware stack. Steve explains the fundamental fragility of qubits, how error rates have steadily declined over the past 25 years, and why progress must move from roughly a thousand reliable operations to billions and trillions to unlock meaningful real-world applications.