# The VC Window Into Quantum Is Finally Open | Mike Keymer, AlphaKet Capital

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Podcast: [Top Decile Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-decile-podcast-7851283)
Published: 2026-06-05T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Mike Keymer is an MIT-trained engineer who spent two decades commercializing deep science for U.S. defense agencies, biotech analytics, and quantum computing platforms. He launched AlphaKet Capital to back seed-stage companies building the infrastructure layer that quantum needs to scale: the quantum equivalent of modems, repeaters, and memory. We get into why a massive capital influx in late 2024 fundamentally changed quantum's investment landscape, what it means to bet on sensors that can navigate without GPS by mapping the Earth's magnetic field, and why the four-to-seven-year horizon to utility-scale quantum puts us squarely inside the venture window right now.

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