Advancing quantum with lasers made in Scotland – Graeme Malcolm, CEO, M Squared

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Dr Graeme Malcolm, CEO and founder of M Squared, discusses the current state of the quantum computing market, Glasgow’s growing tech sector, and tips for US expansion.

Founded in 2006 by Malcolm and Dr Gareth Maker, M Squared develops laser technologies for a variety of use cases, such as quantum, biophotonics and chemical sensing. Its tech has been deployed across multiple sectors, including in space to calibrate payloads for satellites part of Europe’s Copernicus programme. The company is headquartered in Glasgow and has a presence in the US. Malcolm, who studied laser physics and optoelectronics at Strathclyde University followed by PhD research into compact solid-state lasers, has secured over 400 patents. He was awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to science and innovation. He was also Innovation Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2017 Great British Entrepreneur of the Year Awards and Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2018 Amazon Growing Business Awards.

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0:00.0	We had analog, we've got digital, quantum's what comes next.
0:10.0	In Glasgow just now, it's light technologies, space technologies, life sciences, technologies,
0:19.0	there's a kind of very vibrant scene here.
0:26.6	Don't wake up one day with the industry, it needs long careful kind of planning.
0:35.6	From the first time founders to the funds that back them, innovation needs different.
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0:47.8	businesses, creating meaningful connections and opening up a world of opportunity for entrepreneurs
0:53.4	and investors alike.
0:55.6	Discover more at www.h.hsbc InnovationBanking.com slash EN-GB. Hello and welcome to the UKTN podcast, a weekly chat with the movers and shakers of the UK
1:15.8	tech industry and the destination for all things UK tech related. I am your host, Jane Wakefield,
1:21.7	and joining me this week is Dr Graham Malcolm OBE, founder of M Squared, a photonics and quantum technology company on a mission
1:30.2	to harness the power of light. Welcome Graham. Thanks, Shane. It's great to be here. Thank you.
1:36.0	Now, usually at this point, I try and sort of explain a little bit about what you do, but I think
1:40.3	given that this quantum, which is a difficult topic at the best of times, it would be
1:45.4	better if you explained exactly what it is that you do, how you fit into that wider quantum
1:50.4	industry, and explain a bit as well about photonics.
1:54.2	Okay, great. Thanks, Jane. Well, M Squares is a developer of Photonic.
1:58.6	Photonic means the science of light and quantum, which is the
2:01.9	science of quantum mechanics and quantum technologies. So we're a developer of photonic and quantum
2:07.2	technologies. And what we're aiming to do is to enable new applications that sometimes will enable
2:12.9	industries that haven't been there before or help the world address some of society's greatest
2:19.0	problems. So how do we go about that? Well, the first stage, the photonic stage is about
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