Yudong Cao

CTO and Co-Founder Zapata Computing

Yudong Cao has a background in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University in 2016, and after graduation, he joined the Aspuru-Guzik group at Harvard University. Yudong’s work at Harvard mainly focused on developing and deploying algorithms for noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices. This work has been the foundation for the applications and solutions that Zapata can offer their enterprise clients today. Today, Yudong continues developing quantum and quantum-inspired algorithms for near-term applications.