20 May 2026

Quantum Computing: Theory to Commercial Reality

Great discussion from BASELINE with our partner Kirill Pyshkin on how quantum computing is moving from theory to commercial reality. A key theme: once a single meaningful commercial use case is proven, adoption can accelerate very quickly. “It only takes one commercial case study and the whole sector moves.” An insightful conversation covering quantum applications, […]

8 May 2026

Rajesh Agrawal visits Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

It was a pleasure to invite Rajesh Agrawal over at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus last week. Steven Metcalfe arranged a tour for Rajesh, who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Business for two terms, and it was a brilliant afternoon with Monika Zemla, Kirill Pyshkin, the wider Harwell team and Diamond Light Source. […]

30 Apr 2026

“It’s too early” does a great deal of work as an argument because it sounds prudent, yet in practice it is often a way of deferring a decision that is becoming harder to ignore.

What is usually meant is simply that the technology is not yet fully mature, which is true of quantum and was equally true of every transformative technology at the point it began to matter… just like with AI. The pattern seen in AI is instructive, as many organisations treated progress as incremental or overhyped until […]